DJO2is aka Mr.ThoughtCrime (ft. Lea C. Deschenes) - "Portrait of an Adolescence in Record Reviews" (Pt. 3, Talking Heads, 'Speaking in Tongues,' 1983)

from Toxic Waltz: Songs Inspired by the Poetry of Victor D. Infante by Various Artists

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Lea C. Deschenes lives in Worcester, MA, and has been writing and performing for over 20 years. Her poetry has appeared online, on stage and in print. She holds an MFA in Poetry from New England College, is a former member of four National Poetry Slam teams and represented Worcester in the 2005 Individual World Poetry Slam. Once, she found a five-leaf clover during a solar eclipse. For more information, visit leadeschenes.com.

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Portrait of an Adolescence in Record Reviews (Pt. 3)
By Victor D. Infante

Talking Heads, “Speaking in Tongues” (1983) This. This is what it feels like to be outside the body, outside classifications gleaned from some John Hughes movie, to move in free space unconstrained by the opinions of children and the culture you suspect they reflect, no visible means of support/ and you have not seen nothing yet. There is gospel in the distance, looming closer and louder like impending high school. There are girls ahead, and sex, the taste of arson in my mouth. The vocals are thin against the grandness of the music. The voice works in counterpoint to melody, ahead of the beat. The off-kilter voice is transformative. It reduces the divine to human scale. I’ve replaced the album three times from overplaying. It keeps developing scratches partway through And She Was. I come to find a sort of comfort in that. Home is where I want to be/ but I guess I’m already there.

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from Toxic Waltz: Songs Inspired by the Poetry of Victor D. Infante, released August 4, 2017
Words by Victor D. Infante, vocals by Lea C. Deschenes, music by DJO2is aka Mr.ThoughtCrime.

Some lyrics sampled from "Burning Down The House" and "This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)" by Talking Heads.

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Victor D. Infante Worcester, Massachusetts

Victor D. Infante is the Entertainment Editor for the Worcester Telegram & Gazette, the editor-in-chief of Radius and the author of "City of Insomnia" from Write Bloody Publishing. He lives in Worcester, Massachusetts, with his wife, and has serious opinions about politics, pop music and "Dancing with the Stars," not always in that order. ... more