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The Guidonian Hands

by Dylan Posa and Jackie Futon

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Bami_POHOat (Hand 1) 09:15
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FLU_CUKO_REoR (Hand 2) 09:42
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REAcckdooR (Hand 11) 01:55
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5GM8BO0M (Hand 4) 06:06
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hey, man (Hand 6) 07:57
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@GEodAt+anD (Hand 5) 09:09
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Yo3_hyNoa Ma0 (Hand 3) 03:55
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c,a'kcaw (Hand 7) 08:22
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âzø (Hand 8) 04:30
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about

F: I guess we should start by saying it was my idea, and my idea alone.
P: The ravings of a lunatic: as poet/philosopher Noel Gallagher once said, "we are all standing on the shoulder of giants".
F P: I dare you to hate my shoulders.
F: Heretofore, ipso-facto, shoulders being connected and whatnot to arms-wrists-and-eventually-hands, it could be said that The Guidonian Hands are standing on the unspoken hatred of giant shoulders.
P: The Guidonian Hands represent a new form of collaboration wherein the goalposts are constantly moving, and the players’ hands are tied behind their backs (playfully).
F: Much like Exquisite Corpse, aka Cadavre Exquis, Guidonian Hand is a turn-taking songwriting challenge, and the name Guidonian Hand refers to (Insert historical info on Guidonian Hand singing technique here).
P: Have you ever watched two people repeatedly kick each other in the ol' breadbasket?
F: Have you ever eaten deviled eggs in the pale moonlight?
P: Have you ever heard of Brian Eno's Oblique Strategies?
F: Yes, and... I have also heard of Second City's Complete Improvisation Program.
P: Del Close would be proud; The Guidonian Hand gives players the chance to build upon previous players' contributions in a democratic yet anarcho-syndicalist round-robin style.
F: Moreover, heretofore, and hencewith, players can choose to build on the prior move to advance the previous player's vision for the tune, or they can sabotage/take the song in a new direction/nude erection.
P: Other decisions such as mixing and titling were made using similar arcane and hilarious methods.
F: Even these very liner notes involved micromanagerial Guidonian canoodling, and that brings us to the Interoffice Envelope filled with irregular slips of paper.
P F: No idea was too ridiculous, and nothing was more ridiculous than the "living" constitution that we composed to codify all the obtuse restrictions we imposed on ourselves - all of it to make each other laugh, though more often than not, the joke was on one's self.
P: And now, dear listener, you are invited to laugh along as we present the fruits (and vegetables) of our labour.
F (P ceded): We proudly present to you, his idea...but my idea alone, The Guidonian Hands.

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released December 24, 2022

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Formerly of: Cheer-Accident, Brise-Glace, The Flying Luttenbachers, Anatomy Of Habit, and other randos.

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