The Graham Road Curve My skull is a drum, each beat drives my leg, like the point of a stake i9nto

the ground. They drum it into you, the bastards drum it into you... before writing was the drum...drum before writing... the murmour of drums, drums tattoo, taught skins, stretched tongues peeled, wrapped, tongue-twisted, tongue fluted, bones dance...the beef in our burgers is !!"... hit it and it soared...straight into the drink... The #raham $oad %urve...&detail'... (ow you get there, how you got there, what voodoo repetitions... voodoo economics, supply-side, new day new, he goes to smile, he grabs his throat...dissolve...cut...cheese-slicer, round the throat, strangled, body-snatcher, ventrilo)uise, mouth moves, no sound, skull, drum, beat, tap head, *ar head, when is a door, tap throat, egg...yoked+ %lifford ,arvis...died in (ackney, -ovember ./, 99901ncendiary drummer, great teacher. %het 2aker, 3reddie (ubbard, ,ackie Maclean, 4rchie 5hepp, 6haroah 5aunders, 5un $a0(e led his own band in 7ondon The 6rophets of ,a8801 remember %lifford ,arvis at 2irdland in the early /!9s, a young man with (erbie (ancock on Monday night *am sessions, asking to play with Trane, Miles019d seen :lvin, %obham, Mou8on, 2lackwell ; 2ut 1 have never seen or heard anyone like him, it was truly incredible. he could make the worst drum kit sound like magic, he *ust had everything. including a very very very short-fuse0%lifford ,arvis is T(: most under-rated drummer in *a88 history, he belongs to the e<clusive club of drummers that reached the limits of drumming0 =>>M+ %aught+ The moment caught pulsing ; cut off, severed, pulsing, throbbing0The man 1 n the crowd0(ead shot0the point is, the point is, the point is0round like a drum, the screen is s)uare, the artery is round, the point at the tip that you impale yrself on, goes in there+ > drums+ > cymbals+ The *ugular as the plastic bag s)ueeks is round like a drum+ ?aleidoscope, turn, turn, turn0the burger in the bap, the burger in the bap goes round @ round round @ round0tongues wrapped, bells peeling, the tip of the tongue ulcerated, ulcers round as drums, the runaway train0 Aar+ $age+ Tension0 turn of the screw0more tension0more fucking tension+ B problem 19m afraid is over-investment on your part0the eyes dilate, retina9s as round as drums0the use of a power drill for instance, would you say that was tortureC 5low motion...you throw back yr head...%lifford ,arvis walking past the #raham $oad %urve, %lifford ,arvis walking past the #raham $oad %urve, %lifford ,arvis walking past the graham $oad %urve, on 1

the way to, on the way to ,on the way to...The $unaway train came round the track and she blew, she blew, she blew... Arong order+ >ut of order+ :veryone+ :veryone+ Dr asleep...scavenging+ The darkness moves up the veins of my leg, like a swift tide rising, rising @ which will surely burst my skin...floods up through my body...ThatEs all. 5wan-neck, wan-neck, throat, choker, black sun burning a hole... %lifford ,arvis walking past the #raham $oad %urve...the black sun burning a hole...cigarette left burning, burning, through the stretched drum-skin... $ound, round, round, round, round... the bend the curve the brain si88ling mind on fire hands, fingers, electrical with discharge....Ethe greatest drummer etc...E... 4 to 2 ; coordinates, the points of the line connect and bend at free will, twist yr arms, pull the fingers back, socket wrenched...> > > > >, >-drums, >-cymbals, the skins turned tighter @ tighter...noughts, nought, noughts...stamped cylindrically into the ground...buried alive...voodoo...donEt let the curve go slack, no give, no slack, spin the plates, spin the fucking plates you motherfucker+ 1n the unlikely event of fire...%lifford ,arvis @ the graham $oad %urve... The best drummer....%lifford ,arvis @ The #raham $oad %urve... 4 cannonball, a walnut-si8ed bruise, the perfect circle, tap-tap-tap-tap...the ellipsis...dot dot dot...in debt...no credit...no credit...no credit...1Em going to tell you a story about %lifford ,arvis...