a dog barks in a blizzard of tickertape

from the word that refers to the word that refers to walt disney by Beargarden

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The semi-instrumental b-side of the 12" single of "I Write The News"

The crowd sounds heard in the vicinity of the single vocal line were extracted from tapes of an AC/DC concert.

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~ a dog barks in a blizzard of tickertape ~
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brandishing bells,
and rattling hand-drums,
dancers precede the king's Rolls-Royce -
for a program of sacred dramas,
and sports events.

cheerleaders, Brenda McCampbell and Chip Cornelius,
wring mounting decibels
from the frenzied crowd -
as monk-dancers don frightsome demon-masks,
scattering spectators like chaff,
in a game
said to date from the days of Genghis Khan.

the sounds of laughter
ring through trumpets of thigh-bones,
and rosaries of 108 disc-like beads,
each cut from a separate human skull.

most spectacular of all
is the somersaulting of young men
over axe-men balanced on logs.

'all the lakes are brimming!'
sings one peon.

far from seeing such things as gruesome,
they are looked upon as reminders,
of the brevity of life,
and the importance of pomp and pageantry.

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from the word that refers to the word that refers to walt disney, released November 30, 2010

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