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WASTE LAND
field recordings:
the sewers beneath fleet street, london. accessed by a manhole cover near the unilever building at blackfriar's bridge at midnight.
a household and commercial refuse dump in battersea (85% of uk waste goes in landfill)

all melodies and chords are samples of some weird moaning crushing machine at the household refuse dump, the gas warning meters we had to wear while we were down the sewers, and a flute made from an old toilet roll. These samples were played by phil parnell, dave o'higgins, pete wraight and matthew herbert
live percussion is made from playing an old rice krispies packet with some dustpan brushes, plus the main waste bin from the dairy studios and other general rubbish. it was played by leo taylor

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NIGELLA, GEORGE, TONY AND ME
we recreated the meal that nigella lawson cooked for george bush when he came to britain to thank tony blair for his support during the iraq during the meal the wives ate separately. then we drove over the meal with a chieftan mk 10 battle tank from the mid-late sixties

we used only the finest ingredients, including duchy original organic products (a company run by prince charles with vastly different priorities than the government)

the menu:
roast pumpkin, radicchio and welsh goat's feta

braised norfolk ham with honey and mustard glaze. creamed baked potatoes. seasonal vegetables

double baked apple pie, with cheddar crust. vanilla ice-cream or custard


an advisor to the foreign office baked the apple pie with his fiancee using one of nigella's recipes. it was then taken to manassas, the site of one of the opening battles of the american civil war, where it was shot by an us ex-military intelligence officer using a 9mm luger (1937approx) as used by a nazi sd officer, colt 45 (model 1911) high standard .22.

all melodies and chords are samples of a wine glass and played by phil parnell and matthew herbert

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Background Image: Woodland Free Range Eggs "Free range eggs from hens free to roam in the natural shelter of trees"
Track: The Truncated Life of a Modern Industrialised Chicken