Steven Hale
Nov 6, 2023

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I'll post individual scores later (spoiler: 8 Miles High is one of my top;10 tracks of all time).

In the meantime, here's a rather obscure London song (as the title might suggest): "Lost Rivers of London" by Coil. The text is inspired by fin de siecle writer Hubert Crackanthorpe, specifically his poetic travelogues in “Vignettes”), which is how I discovered the song and the group.

https://youtu.be/ZmsGR4eAyMM?si=MGjoAM76ctv79ZGV

Article about the inspiration by Crackanthorpe: https://transpont.blogspot.com/2014/01/music-monday-coil-lost-rivers-of-london.html

Text of “Vignettes”: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/60193/60193-h/60193-h.htm

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Steven Hale
Steven Hale

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Music: Discovering the lost and forgotten. Politics: Exposing injustice. Screenwriting: Emotional storytelling.

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