Out of the Blue is a piece for solo tuned bell-plates from Arthur Jarvinen’s latest CD, Erase the Fake, available on O.O. Discs #48.
The following poem by AJ is from the cd liner notes:
Out of the Blue
that's how the news came
randy died, age 32
metronome just stopped
slap in the face
cold hard reality
brutally insinuating itself
where it's not wanted
truth hurts
don't it
like a cruel insult
to everything you value
sometimes you have to hit back
reclaim your dignity
turn the tables
reshape the moment
turn no into yes
music can do that
hitting back with hammers
pounding steel ringing out
crying out
loud
difference tones buzzing in the ears - i've always liked that feeling -
that sound that's not "really" there
the inner ear's way of making sense of it
creating
you can hear them but they don't get on tape
reality or imagination
what's the difference?
it feels good
hammers hitting steel
a simple affirmation
of a worthwhile life
