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MERAPI AND MUSCA, ON THIS DAY, 22 02 22

29th March 2022


I listened to the tracks on the album whilst watching the webcam.
I didn’t initially put it on.
Hearing the audio vhf radio transmitter, live transmission, its high pitch sound reminded me of a Matthew Herbert’s album.
So I played it whilst watching the webcam.
They worked well together.

Together they quietened my tinnitus.

MUSCA
Two doors
Hypnotised
Chain reaction
Fantasy
Might as well be magical
Let me sleep
The slip
The impossible
The horror
The way
Tell me a secret
Be young
Unrestorable
Gold dust

On the screen was a highly pixelated image of this large, live volcano (the largest in Indonesia). It was of a viridian shade with a gentle almost static flow of red, calmly cutting through at this time.
I go back to the track titles, and if I could have written anything about this webcam, I would have liked to come up with those headings.
There, lies the headings for a good story.
Occasionally the transmitter was quietend and think it was the cloud overhanging the volcano.
Return to the tinnitus.
I was hypnotized by this webcam.

I switched it off and continued looking out of my window and the stillness was still there.

 

Jane Murray

Scotland's Stories Now

This story was submitted as part of Scotland's Stories Now, a mass participatory project that sees people of all ages and from all backgrounds creating and telling stories about Scotland today. #YS2022 #TalesOfScotland

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