Oregon 2017

Welcome to Camp Don’ttouchyourthingtothething or sometimes known as this year’s collection of field recordings from the 2017 Oregon annual rainbow gathering. It was held near the town of John Day, Oregon in the Malhuer National Forest.

Once again, Kristen and I set up Story Glory, which is a place where folks could stop by and share sounds, songs, stories, poems, rants, rambles, riddles, rhymes, editorials, tutorials, memorials, complaints, blessings, prayers, incantations, yodels, what ifs, and other what nots (for the full Story Glory wish list listen HERE). The place/camp is a Gome Tent, where we set up a recording studio in the woods, if you will. Since we were not located on a main thoroughfare, it was less active than the previous year in Vermont. Instead, we focused on mobile recording, primarily in the trees behind the tent, near Rough & Ready kitchen.

Given the environment, it is likely I mistitled or uncredited a track so please contact me with a correction.

To assist you with your listening adventure(s), I have organized this year’s recordings by camp. Scroll away to find 108 songs, stories, poems, jokes, and what have you. Thanks to everyone who shared/has shared to this ever growing archive.

I offer a poem to you, me, and we..

~~~~~~~~~ Tangles Strings On A Bean ~~~~~~~~

We strive to become better writers of the written word
To loose upon this world the tongues of the scarlet mind
In an attempt to outwit the perils of dull dungeon dooms
We reach for the holy ink to enrapture in a triumphant wink
For the halcyon days we herald in these days that seemingly go by
Are saturated with splotches of divinities oxymoronic ephemeral
And who here can ever truly believe the seeker with timeless cries
That embodies the tricks of the trade for anyone who tells the tale
Of when the day gives birth to the decorative eyes of the night
Or when the nonsense of salvation becomes the anointed longing
Thrust upon the dusts of all the bones in our sacred heart
Like almonds that pledge their gems in spite of everything
Sweet rewards like the the prince of peace among life’s nectarines
Brought forth the apple basket bearing gifts from ten thousand tribes
All the myths abound in the galaxies of whatever we choose
So these words which go to the witch that is no witcher
Far away in the ether floats the riddle that has no stitcher
I seek of you what you seek in me though the seek seems unseen
In this voyage on the uncertain sea like tangled strings on a bean

Photo by Kristen Blinne

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Story Glory (June 30th – July 5th)

1. Aslan – Water
2. Clouds – Gathering
3. Cyphertrain Sillyness Takey Take 1
4. Cyphertrain Sillyness Takey Take 2
5. David – Wayward Wind
6. Emerald Otter – Animal Noise (Monkey)
7. Emerald Otter – Song, Story, Poem 1
8. Emerald Otter – Song, Story, Poem 2
9. Emerald Otter & Pedro – The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise
10. Forrest – Seen Anything Strange Out Here
11. Freya – Sherpa Complaint
12. Jason – Blessed Be
13. Jason – Hymn To Pan
14. Jason – Hymn To Venus (De Rerum Natura)
15. Joe – Not My Time
16. Joe- I’m Over Me
17. Jon – Dornoch Highland Gathering & Angus MacKinnon
18. July 5th Open Mic Circle Share
19. Kristen – Live Learn Listen Love
20. Kristen – Story Glory Wish List
21. Mauze & Shams – I Told Them All About You
22. Mauze & Shams – I’ll See You In My Dreams
23. Mauze & Shams – Lady Be Good
24. Miguel – Revolución 
25. Opia – Infinite
26. Opia & Joe & Tenaynay – Makin’ It Hum
27. Opia & Joe- Making It Up
28. Owen – A Girl & Her Doll
29. Owen – Banana Butthole Face
30. Owen – Jokes
31. Owen – The Brevity Of This Land
32. Owen – The Cyclops And The Girl
33. Owen – The Horror of the Sleepover
34. Owen – The Monster & The Hiccup Frog
35. Pedro – Csárdás
36. Pedro – It Belongs To You
37. Pedro – Vos De
38. Raining Logic – Sound Sounds One Point O
39. Raining Logic – Sound Sounds Two Point O
40. Rowen – La Corazon
41. Rowen – La Reina
42. Rowen – Little Red Riding Hood
43. Rowen – Not A Genie
44. Rowen – Two Amigos
45. Satori – A (Sour) Scary Story
46. Satori – Knock Knock
47. Satori – Poop Wedding
48. Satori & Owen – Two Knock Knocks
49. Shams – Chimpanzees
50. Shams – Ease My Mind
51. Shams – Stew Song
52. Shams – Walking My Troubles Away
53. The Teafaerie – Mapping The Source
54. The Teafaerie – Carrying The Light
55. Unknown – 1978 New Mexico Rainbow

Rough & Ready (Early July)

1. Fried Rice
2. Hanz – Ain’t That Skippin’ and Flyin’
3. Hanz – Bucky Fuller (East Virginia Blues)
4. Hanz & Shams – Bully On The Tow
5. Hanz & Shams – Green River Blues
6. Hanz & Shams – Hitch Me To Your Buggy And Drive Me Like A Mule
7. Hanz & Shams – Lonely One In This Town
8. Hanz & Shams – Low Down Dog Blues
9. Jasper & Pedro – Gypsy Fantastic (Almost Stung By Bee)
10. Jasper & Pedro – I’ll See You In My Dreams
11. Jasper & Pedro – Si Tu Savais
12. Jasper & Pedro – Swing Gitan
13. Jasper & Pedro – Tzigane Skia
14. Quicksand & Flame – Caged Birds
15. Quicksand & Flame – So Easy
16. Quicksand & Flame – Yes No Maybe
17. W Blake Derby – Kahoha
18. W Blake Derby – What She Does
19. W Blake Derby – Yesterday’s Rock
20. W Blake Derby – Breaking My Heart

Granola Funk (July 1st & July 4th)

1. Carlos & Star – Joking Jokes
2. Charlee – Human Race
3. Cowboy & Zach – Song
4. Dan – Standing Rock
5. Drew All – Meditation
6. Gfunk July 4th Variety Aum
7. Gfunk Shitter PSA
8. Hanz & Shams – Green River Blues (GFunk)
9. Louise – Ebola Song
10. Mj – Akiwowo
11. Quicksand & Flame – Caged Birds (Gfunk)
12. Reconnect – Words Wisely
13. Yights – Illusion

Tea Time (July 3rd)

1. Glowing Rambles
2. Jon – Tea Time Bagpipe Wedding Pre-ceremony
3. Jon – Tea Time Bagpipe Wedding Opening
4. Jon – Tea Time Bagpipe Wedding Closing
5. Tea Time Wedding Horns

In The Field (Late June/Early July)

1. Birds & Breeze
2. Close Water Line Distant Drums 1.0 
3. Close Water Line Distant Drums 2.0
4. Close Water Line Distant Drums 3.0
5. Crickets Cricketing
6. Evening Wind
7. Flagtail Creek
8. Morning Stroll
9. Music Box Wind Through Trees
10. Rain Tarp Thunder
11. Tantalizing Tiger – Meadow Muse
12. Thunder Chipmunk Birds
13. Thunder Long Time
14. Thunder Rain Bird
15. Tickle Tator – Ponderosa Drone

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