I don't think pleading ignorance is ever a great defense, but it's also ludicrous to claim that you'd no idea that killing civilians in a country with which you are not explicitly at war is criminal.

Yes they can. "Just following direct orders" is not a widely accepted legal defence for committing war crimes, and this was thoroughly put to the test at the Nuremberg trials where many people were sentenced for following orders which they knew to amounted to crimes against humanity.

Well, is it more efficient to put resources into putting out fires or into actively reducing the risk of them happening or spreading as easily in the first place? International aid brings soft power, stability, and positive relations with global communities. More military spend does the opposite.

A couple of pictures of the main body of the score, if you're curious!

Depends on when exactly, as I am unavailable through basically all of February, but I am definitely interested!

It was written for this space, the war memorial room at Aberdeen Art Gallery, setting the final stanzas of "There Will Come Soft Rains", a war poem by Sara Teasdale expressing the grim positivity that nature will live on after humanity perishes. I find it strangely comforting in the present era.

The piece uses a graphic score for the choir which is loosely based on a diagram of the nuclear fission chain reaction, which I will share a picture of shortly,but it seems I don't have one saved to my phone.

The opening minute of Explosia never fails to get some kind of stank-face from me. Kinda true of the whole L'Enfant Sauvage album TBF, but it starts out well. youtu.be/QqB4YPcacdo?...

I believe that is a part of the opening chapter of the book! I definitely heard something recently on one of John's streams where he was reading from the book where this was the subject.

Reminded of this moment from Parks and Rec:

Addendum:
If you are reading off a paper copy of this score during performance, end when the paper is falling apart. (This is, of course, not advised.) If you laminated it, you only have yourself to blame for the extreme length of your performance.

(2/2)

To decipher my handwriting:

Flow State

Hum a drone with your shower.

Find pulsations with the sound.

When you feel cleansed, refreshed, or ready to face the bathmat (ideally at least two of the three), end the drone.

Addendum:

(1/2)

My guitar, kind of the centre of my setup, is currently being serviced and I may not get back for a couple of weeks so keep your fingers crossed for me that I get it back in good time 😅