[(Duran Duran) Le Bon, Rhodes, Taylor, Taylor, Taylor; arr. Steady Delta and Michael Ash Sharbaugh] Michael Ash Sharbaugh [ https://soundcloud.com/michael-ash-sharbaugh ]: vocals, synthesizers and sequencer programming, bass synthesizer, drums and machine programming, and 'found sounds' Steady Delta [https://soundcloud.com/steadydelta ]: synthesizers, synthesizer and drum machine programming Composed and Recorded ca. 1983 to August 19, 2016. Mixed by Michael Ash Sharbaugh [ https://soundcloud.com/michael-ash-sharbaugh ]. sm33b [LANDR2med].

("Thanks!!!" go to Russell Sinfield [ https://soundcloud.com/russell-sinfield ] and Steady Delta [ https://soundcloud.com/steadydelta ] for their invaluable guidance during the mixing process!)

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“Secret Oktober”

wise on a birthday party in a world full of surprising fireworks and sudden silence (shhh!)

lies on a stranger’s bed the new day breaks like a speeding train or an old friend—ever expected, but never knocking

holding your own in a battered car all night parties, cocktail bars, and smile when the butterfly escapes the killing jar

sure eyes awake before the dancing is over wise or naked in secret oktober

freefall on a windy morning shore nothing but a fading track of footsteps could prove that you’d ever been there

spoken on a cotton cloud like the sound of gunshots taken by the wind and lost in distant thunder

racing on a shining plane tomorrow you’ll be content to watch as the lightning plays along the wires and you’ll wonder

sure eyes awake before the dancing is over wise or naked in secret oktober sure eyes awake before the dancing is over wise or naked in secret oktober

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