♫ how would you like / to be eaten / by rats? ♫
just a little jingle I’m writing for my service where … where people get eaten by rats, where I get paid because people want to be eaten by rats, because the jingle was so catchy they were like “hey, maybe I want to be eaten by rats”
People from the next village over think they’re soooo cool ’cause their intramural basketball team usually takes nationals and also because they don’t have an ancient evil in their farmland, pinned in place with a slowly degrading rune-marked plinth. Sure, it keeps getting struck by lightning, the plinth, and yes, it’s been attacked by mad-eyed mask-wearing strangers with picks and axes, but you know… we have a nice cucumber festival. We have some nice things.
The Signal: EP176 – Exactly 45 minutes of music as we kick off year 9 of this little curation project. We’ve got UK bass, Filipino/Canadian hip-hop, French garage rock, Spanish punk, and enough funk for several trunks.
Download by clicking on the link (or image) above. The file is available only for a limited time. If you’re interested in the tracklist, it’s in the mp3 itself, in the id3 tags.
I’ve cancelled my Spotify account, so I’m not making playlists over there anymore. Feel free to recreate ’em using the tracklist in the file, I guess.
Sweet the Observed. Adherents serve this tiny god when they stage a marriage proposal, or gawk at same. Sweet lives behind the eyes of the person aiming the Kiss Cam during a sporting event. Delivered flowers. Petaled paths. Documenting intimacy for public consumption.
Tickle Friend. Lives in the space between wiggling fingers and ribs. A faith that fills the gap between “I’m not touching you” and laughing at the idea of touch. Phantom ants when sitting in grass. Phantom ticks in the woods. Phantom spiders in bed.
Witch coins can be felt, but not seen, except under certain circumstances, so their valuation is often taken on trust and verified later. Yes, this leaves open the opportunity for fraud, but those who engage in fraudulent witch coin transactions— or are even accused credibly enough— can find themselves hounded out of markets and locked out of easy/profitable trade opportunities.
To view the denomination of a witch coin, one must:
