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Banff Center Sessions

by Owen Steel

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-------------------------------------------------- do the garments that we put on everyday help shape our lives? is there connection between appearance and the habits of ones mind? flow and seduction of a robe so elegant cashmere, silk, cotton, satin, lace and velvet daring, detail, fabulous design politics, armor, sex and disguise (feast your eyes) very, very baggy pleated trousers just won't cut it hanging from the waists of young university undergraduates freedom in comfort strength in adornment 'scuse me while i slip into something more transcendent confidence, shape, hue, ritual pattern, style, shade, value i wanna wear a dress wear a dress i wanna wear a dress wear a dress does the garb that we wear everyday shape our lives? is there connection between appearance and the habits of mind flow and seduction of a robe so special cotton, lace, velvet, silk, satin and cashmere daring detail! detail! design fabulous armor, politics, sex and disguise i wanna wear a dress wear a dress i wanna wear a dress
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i was sent to collect balsam in a thicket beside a lake filled my bucket to the brim as i whistled lazily boiled it down into syrup stirred it with a wooden spoon eyes rolled back into my skull reeling from its sweet perfume i carried that golden sap wrapped in a jar of glass sealed tightly with a lid i needed that scent to last from mountain peaks into valley towns across the plains to the sea where i'm forever bound gasoline, coffee beans armpit hair, cigarettes horse manure, wisp of smoke coming from the chimney bricks rosemary on the lamb fresh dug soil 'tween my hands an old man pushes out a breath could that be the scent of death? buttered onions in the pan to wake those in the bed i watched that scent climb up the stairs go thru the nose into the head there's chewing gum infused with mint puke spewed onto the sidewalk there's the smell of grass the smell of flowers the smell of condoms the smell of cock balm of gilead in the air - i smell balm of gilead everywhere i go balm of gilead reminds me of what i once had the scent of things that have gone and of those yet to come

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Fashion can be used as an incredibly powerful tool. We communicate visually before we do verbally. So, in a sense, what we're wearing is our first statement in a conversation. Clothing can give people confidence, express values and politics, bond us with friends, and function as disguise or armor! Getting dressed is a daily ritual And your sex shouldn't determine what you are expected to wear .. The dress is transcendent!

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released April 20, 2017

Written by Owen Dacombe Steel

Produced by Howard Bilerman & Owen Steel
Enginnered by H. Bilerman & Shae Brossard //

First mix by Shae Brossard & Anders Kapur.
Final mix & master by Shae Brossard

Completed during a songwriting residency @ The Banff Centre for Arts & Creativity, AB, Canada, March 2017.

Owen Steel: Guitar / Vox
Anders Kapur: Bass
Tasy Hudson: Drums

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Carla J Easton: Backing vox
Fats Kaplin: Pedal Steel

Thank you to ARTS NB for financial support of this residency, and to all those involved in the experience: My fellow songwriters; Howard; Shae, Anders; Tusy; our mentors, and the Banff Centre bees, on and on, forever and ever ...

(Photo: David Simard)

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