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Atheist Advent 2011
by Benedict Young
Music for Advent; but not the usual themes. I make up and record a song for each day of Advent. Get a new, brief, original song each day. Past song themes have been: love of family, the world's need for revolution, and the danger of Evil Santa
Episodes
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13 December: Solstice [2009]
I am now totally convinced that Pod-o-Matic makes up the stats about downloads. I am certain I know the one and only person who is listening to this. Swell.
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11 December: A Snow Moon
www.atheistadvent.com
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10 December: Jabbering Away, in their Own Language
Go to www.atheistadvent.com for videos, songs, chat and photos
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8 December: True Lullaby
True Lullaby Promise me baby that you will not cry And I will sing you a true lullaby There are no reasons for tears anymore All reasons for tears are forgotten Promise me baby that you'll never be sad Think of the dreams that a child should have Dream like a demon, don't let them go Dreams…
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7 December: Cheap Credit Killed Hitching
A song about hitchhiking, which needs work
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6 December: I'm Going Postal for Christmas
I’m Going Postal For Christmas I’ve been cooking food for days now Turkey’s on the tray It’s way past autumn baby, no time for making hay But my lover isn’t home yet He really should be hear And my gravy’s getting weaker as I add my salty tears And she says “oh no” And she says “oh no” My lover...
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4 December: Unspecified Incident at Sea
Trouble out in the channel... For pictures, chat and videos, come to www.atheistadvent.com
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3 December: Thank the Chickens
Thank the Chickens When the goose had made my feather bed / He sat back down in his cosy nest Give him half an hour and he’ll feel better He only needs to grow back all his feathers Thank you goosey for my feather bed I looked all round the factory / Searching for the goose who laid that duvet…
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2 December: The Long-Playing Earth
The Long-Playing Earth The stylus of the night / Is swinging round the long-playing Earth And music and lamplight / Spring up wherever it falls Stylus of darkness / Stylus of the stars Where will you fall? The clouds will be my covers / Colder than a stolen throne And the dagger moon will watch…
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1 December: Atheist Advent
A brief hello message, after a year of inscrutable recordings.
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1 Dec: Conference of the Cows
This is the first song of Atheist Advent 2011. For the next twenty-four days I will write and record a song each day. This is the first, entitled, Conference of the Cows. Come over to www.atheistadvent.com to see videos and tell me what you think. I'd love to hear from you.
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Rocking the Cradle (arr. Lyn Geddes)
Recorded during a practice for the the Edge of the Folk concert, Clements Hall, York, Sat Sept 24. Lyn Geddes sings 'Rocking the Cradle' (trad., arr Geddes)
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Santa Claus' Curse, pt. 1 [Reason Breeds Monsters]
With permission of the band Reason Breeds Monsters - by which I mean, my own permission, since most of the band is on a cycling holiday - here is a version of an Atheist Advent 2010 song arranged for several instruments. For more info, songs, pictures, and a logo made on GIMP, see:...
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June 29, 2011: Season of the Wolf
Song written for Atheist Advent 2009 and recorded in this version, 2010. As I upload this, we're far from the Season of the Wolf. Heat waves in Europe, strikes in Greece, strikes in Britain, and under my window the kids from the estate look at the strawberries we planted and I hear them debating...
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26 December: Lord of Misrule
The final song of Atheist Advent 2010. Lord of Misrule.
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24 December: Santa Claus' Curse pt. 3
Atheist Advent song for Christmas Day 2010
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December 22: On Beadnell Bay
Flawed version of a song that could be ok if I had time to practice it.
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19 December: Where the Cities Are
A song about recent, present and future wars.
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15 December: Love During War Time
A song that is clearly a folk version of Talking Heads
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14 December: James Bond Will Return
The theme tune from an as-yet unmade James Bond film.
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13 December: Métro, boulot, dodo
Our song for 13 December. For videos and news, go to http://www.atheistadvent.com
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December 11: Nauseating NGO Publicity Stunts Vol. I
I'll blog about this. If reading does not offend your podcasty sensibilities, look out on www.atheistadvent.com. Or I might actually record a REAL podcast, with words, and tell you about it.
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December 9th: Santa, I've Been Good. So Bring Me a New Government.
Song written on eve of national demonstrations against the education reform vote, in Britain. For more info, go to www.atheistadvent.com
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8 December: They're Nobody's Now
The song for the 8th December Atheist Advent. I was thinking about moving house.
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6 December: Extracts from a Speech by the Executive Secretary of the UN CBD
Atheist Advent. Song for the 6th December. After COP 10.
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5 December: What if Every Falling Snowflake Made a Musical Note?
Atheist Advent. Our song for the 5th December. See www.atheistadvent.com
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4 December: Independent's Wikileaks Editorial Decisions
Song written for Julian Assange, inter alia.
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3 December: Entombed
Atheist Advent, 3 December. 'Entombed'.
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2 December: Jesus Fighting with the Police
Atheist Advent: 2 December. "Jesus Fighting with the Police."
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Frozen Headlights (Atheist Advent, 1 December 2010)
Atheist Advent 2010. 1 December. Much of Europe lies under snow. A cold snap. While on the street we cry for a snap election.
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The Desert (2009)
Song written for Atheist Advent 2009.
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December (A Slight Return)
Song written for Atheist Advent 2009. Now it seems inadequate to the cold snap outside my window ...
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Atheist Advent 2010
"Frenzy on the Highstreet" A song from last year's Atheist Advent. Stay tuned for more ... Or visit www.atheistadvent.com
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Music for Advent; but not the usual themes. I make up and record a song for each day of Advent. Get a new, brief, original song each day. Past song themes have been: love of family, the world's need for revolution, and the danger of Evil Santa
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Benedict Young
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Music for Advent; but not the usual themes. I make up and record a song for each day of Advent. Get a new, brief, original song each day. Past song themes have been: love of family, the world's need for revolution, and the danger of Evil Santa
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