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We'll Teach Them How to Privatize (Extended Play Instrumental)

by John Davis

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This is a 45 minute long instrumental guitar piece. It's an exercise in repetitive hypnosis and a semi recognizable version of the second track from the 2017 album El Pulpo by John Davis & the Cicadas. This version originally came out on cassette in 2015 on Unread Records, but has now been remastered for digital re-release here in its original form as a single track, rather than being cut into two to fit the cassette format. Digital download is accompanied with a new slide show put together for this reissue about various sources that speak to the lyrical concerns of the vocal version. I like how the 45 minute version makes me think of the last chapter of Autumn of the Patriarch by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, which I talk to my students about every year as an example of how form can show, rather than tell, content.

This is a side project, but one that I love and listen to more often than most things I have done - especially while cooking. I was surprised when I put it out how much my band the Cicadas liked it, so this goes out to Justin, Rob, and Alex for the sense of community.

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released April 28, 2020

Guitar, Kaivo, (re)mixing, mastering: John Davis

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John Davis & The Cicadas Durham, North Carolina

John Davis is a musician who works solo, with Folk Implosion, with a backing band called the Cicadas, and with Dennis Callaci. He also works on defending and transforming public education as a teacher - organizer with the Durham Association of Educators. ... more

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