William Brittelle is a composer of orchestral pop and electro-acoustic music and co-director of New Amsterdam Presents and New Amsterdam Records. All lyrics, images, and audio are original unless otherwise noted.Tumblr (3.0; @adoveonfire)http://adoveonfire.com/<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/10764551?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" width="400" height="300" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p><em>Acropolis, What Did I Expect?</em> - <a target="_blank" href="http://www.newamsterdamrecords.com/?portfolio=mohair-time-warp">Mohair Time Warp</a></p>http://adoveonfire.com/post/9857482805http://adoveonfire.com/post/9857482805Mon, 05 Sep 2011 20:19:36 -0400Mohair Time Warp<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lr2rrteLkp1r2ggbpo1_r5_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://adoveonfire.com/post/9857684034http://adoveonfire.com/post/9857684034Sun, 04 Sep 2011 20:23:00 -0400<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://assets.tumblr.com/swf/audio_player_black.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/9841822335/tumblr_lr2azaqrMd1r2ggbp&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best" wmode="opaque"></embed><br/><br/><p><em>Dunes of Vermillion - </em><a target="_blank" href="http://www.newamsterdamrecords.com/?portfolio=television-landscape">Television Landscape</a></p>http://adoveonfire.com/post/9841822335http://adoveonfire.com/post/9841822335Sat, 03 Sep 2011 14:21:00 -0400<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lr29ql2HIx1r2ggbpo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://adoveonfire.com/post/9840745076http://adoveonfire.com/post/9840745076Fri, 02 Sep 2011 13:54:00 -0400<p>I never asked her to wear red<br/>she did that on her own<br/>and the canyons curved burgundy<br/>up the spine of the fault</p> <p>In the morning I was sick<br/>like a catholic in a tomb<br/>and all I saw was broken glass<br/>scattered on the shore</p> <p>How do you know when your life is over<br/>when it begins you call to her<br/>she answers with a question<br/>who will sing for me<br/><br/></p> <!--EndFragment-->http://adoveonfire.com/post/9833841607http://adoveonfire.com/post/9833841607Thu, 01 Sep 2011 10:33:00 -0400lyrics<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lr206jonAf1r2ggbpo1_r2_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://adoveonfire.com/post/9833720573http://adoveonfire.com/post/9833720573Fri, 05 Aug 2011 10:27:00 -0400<p><p class="MsoNormal">First the wind<br/>and then the rain<br/>and then the hollow senses<br/>speaking voices<br/>envisioning violence<br/>hidden in the ether<br/>a monster with no mind<br/>like a black building<br/>in the silver sky.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>There is never<br/></span>permission to land<br/>falling backwards<br/>into a sugary mix<br/>obey the glowing rectangles<br/>sacrifice the lamb<br/>it spits out names<br/>like fake diplomas.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>Spiritual robot<br/></span>I am inside of you<br/>the dreams you dreamed <br/>are washed away<br/>there are a billion planets<br/>and everything happens<br/>only once.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>There is no pain<br/></span>the glass shatters<br/>in the blackness<br/>sleep<br/>then awake.<br/><br/></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>From <em>Cheyenne Autumn/Spiritual Robot</em>, B-Side of <a target="_blank" href="http://www.newamsterdamrecords.com/?portfolio=television-landscape">Television Landscape</a>.</span></p> <!--EndFragment--></p>http://adoveonfire.com/post/9857994143http://adoveonfire.com/post/9857994143Tue, 05 Jul 2011 20:30:00 -0400<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://assets.tumblr.com/swf/audio_player_black.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/9858819130/tumblr_lr2sw5r7V11r2ggbp&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best" wmode="opaque"></embed><br/><br/><p>MIDI Mock-up of <em>Cheyenne Autumn/Spiritual Robot</em>, B-Side of <a target="_blank" href="http://www.newamsterdamrecords.com/?portfolio=television-landscape">Television Landscape</a>.</p>http://adoveonfire.com/post/9858819130http://adoveonfire.com/post/9858819130Sun, 05 Sep 2010 20:48:00 -0400<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lr2wr0JBic1r2ggbpo1_r3_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://adoveonfire.com/post/9862594706http://adoveonfire.com/post/9862594706Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:11:00 -0400<p><p class="MsoNormal"><span>We are all god’s children
<br/> some more than others <br/></span><span><em> <br/></em></span>(beneath the purple tree<br/> rots poisonous mangoes
) </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>death to the dream world
<br/> a hard rain will fall </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">(amid the minotaurs
<br/>sadness
<br/>amid the sadness
<br/>a bird)</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>who are you
 <br/> bear bryant<br/> to call a spade 
a spade
<br/><br/></span>(your iconoclastic basement
<br/>traps the vapor
of my mind) </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>your wish is galactic<br/> your words are shampoo</span><span> <br/></span><span>the grey sun will die</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>and in the morning<br/></span>bear bryant
<br/>hyacinth raise the dead
<br/>all along les planches
<br/>the angry ocean
plays witness
<br/>there is no subtlety in death
<br/>like a hurricane
<br/>like farrakhan</p> <p class="MsoNormal">what washes us clean
<br/>ends us bear bryant
<br/>twenty-eight days
<br/>from tennessee</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span><br/>- the junction boys, 1/26/83</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span><span><br/></span></span></p> <!--EndFragment--></p>http://adoveonfire.com/post/9863449864http://adoveonfire.com/post/9863449864Thu, 05 Aug 2010 22:31:00 -0400<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lr2xveAIvt1r2ggbpo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://adoveonfire.com/post/9863607342http://adoveonfire.com/post/9863607342Mon, 05 Jul 2010 22:35:00 -0400<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://assets.tumblr.com/swf/audio_player_black.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/10165033346/tumblr_lrgvr1q7Rt1r2ggbp&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best" wmode="opaque"></embed><br/><br/>http://adoveonfire.com/post/10165033346http://adoveonfire.com/post/10165033346Sat, 03 Jul 2010 11:16:00 -0400<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lrgvjsUqPY1r2ggbpo1_r3_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://adoveonfire.com/post/10164951478http://adoveonfire.com/post/10164951478Fri, 02 Jul 2010 11:11:00 -0400<p><p class="MsoNormal">She played activision<br/>on a Mitsubishi<br/>television set<br/>(it made a hollow sound)<br/>exploding rockets<br/>look like red flowers<br/>her porcelain hands<br/>the genesis of destruction</p> <!--EndFragment--></p>http://adoveonfire.com/post/10165165900http://adoveonfire.com/post/10165165900Fri, 02 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lrgvvh2h8Z1r2ggbpo1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://adoveonfire.com/post/10165084215http://adoveonfire.com/post/10165084215Thu, 01 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0400<p><p class="MsoNormal"><span>I awoke at 9:42<br/></span><span>and the rain was coming down<br/></span><span>in the shadow<br/></span><span>behind the bed<br/></span><span>was a sandbox<br/></span><span>filled with dead dreams<br/></span><span>this is not happening<br/></span><span>said the palm trees<br/></span><span>inside my mind<br/></span><span>and I went away again<br/></span><span>while the curtains<br/></span><span>waved like black water<br/></span><span><br/>I fill everyday with sadness</span></p> <!--EndFragment--> <!--EndFragment--></p>http://adoveonfire.com/post/10165225140http://adoveonfire.com/post/10165225140Fri, 25 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0400<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lry9tr8nuh1r2ggbpo1_r2_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://adoveonfire.com/post/10538972633http://adoveonfire.com/post/10538972633Wed, 23 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0400<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://assets.tumblr.com/swf/audio_player_black.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/10608631131/tumblr_ls1l2zHLqS1r2ggbp&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best" wmode="opaque"></embed><br/><br/>http://adoveonfire.com/post/10608631131http://adoveonfire.com/post/10608631131Tue, 22 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0400<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ls1kkfjis21r2ggbpo1_r2_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://adoveonfire.com/post/10608188899http://adoveonfire.com/post/10608188899Mon, 21 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0400