Kicking off the advent calendar in the finger picking style fashion.

Here it is...

hear...

A Small Collection of Odd-ball Tracks.
by S M Abel

01. The Mutant Mushrooms
02. The Venus Mushroom
03. Cheesy Bees
04. Rolling Obsidian Ball
05. Siftin' Venus For Phoon
06. Eleanor Vere Boyle
07. Daft Track #2
08. A Mushroom Fade 2 Dust
09. Gauntlet For Pint
10. Kate's Mid-Afternoon Thought Of Concern At The Swan Princess Tea Party
11. Poledyke For Shop Fit

This is in part a tribute to Os Mutantes. If you want to know what a Venus mushroom looks like go to the Merchandise section of my bandcamp site.

One of my favourite videos on YouTube is of Os Mutantes performing live (Os Mutantes "Dois Mil E Um" ("2001") - FIC 1968). It's probably the most colourful video on You tube even though it was captured in b&w. Those cats are a riot!

Thanks for listening to my mellower track Venus Mushroom with a little
Os Mutantes thrown in at the end. Hope the lovely Rita and gang enjoy it too.

The Venus Mushroom is probably called something else in scientific circles, but I named it this for obvious reasons. Captured with a cheap digital camera and illuminated with a bike light. Looks like a fairy's taken a slice. She must want bigger boobs.


The Mutant Muwshrooms on the cover are as follows:

Mint Choc Chip Mushroom

Pearlescent Tiffany Lamp Mushroom *

Berry Sour Sherbert Mushroom

Fairy Odd Musher

* If this was an ice-cream desert it would be vanilla with a swirl of acacia honey and a sprinkle of Raspberry flavoured Krakatoa Foam.

PS Someone once asked me:

'Why?'

If I knew the answer to that I'd charge rich people to scratch
my mushrooms even though I'm very poor.

Well good luck not reviewing that one.

Further information:

I worked as a removal man for a bit. The job came about when the
removal mans co-pilot slammed his thumb in the lift door. It was
funny because for some reason he was trying not to swear even though
there were no kids present in the storage unit.

'Aargghh! Ya fun wee basa! Shift! Futch! Fu! Fun wee bassa!
Fu! Fuu!!

He was a fun guy but there wasn't much room.

PS Big thanks to Corpus Christi Catholic Church food bank for helping me out a few years ago when I was struggling to make ends meet due to rising cost of living. Anyway I would have starved without your help so thanks again! And thanks to Eaglesham food bank for a few tins also as the job center still haven't sent me my PSN number through the post. I was working before I left school and I'm very independently minded, but it's still come as a bit of a shock to have been denied job seekers and housing benefits allowance because I didn't own a mobile phone (I ended up on the street for a bit as a result). I'm angry because most people I know have had to claim benefits at some point in there life. Anyway, it's not easy to stay healthy in this day and age so thanks for that extra weeks energy as it really helped to keep me going.

This is for people living in the Eaglesham area:

Hello,

This is a letter of concern about the quality of the water in our cold taps.
I noticed there was an odd smell like Chlorine in the water just over a week ago. In this same time period I have experienced some of the symptoms caused by ingesting chlorine.

Blurred vision
Burning pain, redness, and blisters on the skin if exposed to gas. Skin injuries similar to frostbite can occur if it is exposed to liquid chlorine
Burning sensation in the nose, throat, and eyes
Coughing
Chest tightness
Difficulty breathing or shortness of breath. Thesemay appear immediately if high concentrations of chlorine gas are inhaled, or they may be delayed if low concentrations of chlorine gas are inhaled.
Fluid in the lungs (pulmonary edema) that may be delayed for a few hours
Nausea and vomiting
Watery eyes
Wheezing

I called Scottish Water and they said that I should flush the water through for two hours. They use it as a cleaning agent and the man said that due warning is given on the website. I can't afford the luxury of internet at home and asked him if he could make people aware that there will be high levels of Chlorine in the water and he said they can't afford the expense of letting everyone know by mail. I thought I'd let you know and if you could help spread the word about this to you
friends an family then that would be great. It can be detected by it's smell and there is also a slight taste of it as well. So, follow his instruction by running the water through for two hours and I would suggest boiling a pot and bottling it up for your drinking water.

Thanks for reading and if you're going to have a gossip about something this Christmas down the pub make it this. Enjoy the festive period!

Stephen