rains on me

heb deitl

steve coel

i can remember rooms full of elderly people 
whose feet didn't reach the ground when seated.
hard times. hard people. hard lives lived.

saw it again recently. one difference.
younger people.
there are, everyday reminders of what is
rapidly being replaced.
the landscape of memory is being smashed,
not just threatened.

old photographs should be exactly that.
some things, so we are told, are best forgotten.

rains on me

steve coel

innocence doesn't exist here.

not even for the young.

only dead eyes stare from photographs

taken by drunk uncles.

short goodbyes to forgotten lovers

are etched into shop front, dockside

and idle backyard gossip.

De / City Tour continues.

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An 11.59 Publication

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Birmingham

visiting shoes

homesick

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visiting shoes

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weapons

of a mind

warped by experience and time

distorted metal visions

roadside games

deserted streets destroyed

by the future

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Eight Rooms

Eight Rooms

[ the confession trade]

'...get good at anything and you will create

your own enemies.'

[ bukowski ]

extract[s].
thing you learns, my uncle told me, is that most folk will 
tell you the things you needs to know.
trick is to know how to get the right information quick.
uncle who taught us said that it's just a simple matter 
of gentle persuasion.rely on your rooms to get the right 
results, he said.
...this morning. only needed a plank of wood with a couple 
of nails and a clasp knife, and it's funny how fishing line, carefully knotted, works too. eight rooms minimum is 
the best number of rooms to have in this business. 
we knows that. used to be a trade secret.
trusted we are.so we gets plenty of work.
want to find out whose been busy lately?
bottle of whisky, a betting shop pen and padlock usually 
does the trick.
first time round.
where's the money gone?
cosy sofa, glass coffee table, bit of fake blood on the 
carpet, garden fork leaning on a chair...trust me.
see reputation is everything in this game.
if you hears someone gone missing or someone gone back 
home just spread the word. hint at reasons.
make it a bad one. job done. easy.
things can get difficult. a lie if you hears different 
because some people do try it on. thats how you learns 
to select right room.
all you needs to succeed in this game is a fucking good 
sense of fen shui and an ability to disguise yourself like.
stands to reason pays good. hours can be shit. but, if you
continues to get result they say you can retire young.
move on. go live in ibiza or the canaries or some place.
it's my family business at the moment.
just a job really.

Eight Rooms from Tin Collector [ 2015 ] 
by steve coel. An 11.59 Publication

UnEven Street

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De / City Tour - Eight Rooms.

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An 11.59 Publication

Ingot Studios

Birmingham

small country

small country

me? i like to walk.

i like listening to places.

steve coel

[ interview: American Audio Prose Library, Missouri, 1985 ]

12 months ago.
wave goodbye to the good times
...she noticed the writing when quickly dropping from 
view to hide from her minder. he was still busy looking 
for her and she didn't fancy getting beaten up again so 
soon after the last time.
evil man, evil temper, bad habits.
but not even street minders come in this place.
not here.
owner, seeing it all, simply placed her own drink 
on the table.
...watching her calmly go outside and have a quiet 
word with her minder,she could tell straight away who 
was more powerful.
she watched them shake hands.
tonight.
...she looked out to the empty dark street and once 
more at the words, by the door, written in her own 
language.

small country, from Tin Collector [ 2015 ] 
by steve coel, An 11.59 Publication.

UnEven Street

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De / City Tour - small country.

steve coel

An 11.59 Publication 

Ingot Studios

Birmingham

hanging on to the bruised fence

hanging on to the bruised fence 

[ extract ]

...out of the system and placed inside a ball you are 

thrown against an uneven bridge of lies. this is 

much more than fantasy, as, triggered by piano mesh, 

it hurts you a lot.


almost like the first time.


your eyes speak for reason as you let alcohol fall 

to the ground and disappear into pockets of concrete.

steve coel


[ 'hanging on to the bruised fence' was 

part of the introduction to the Two Voices 

performances - 1999 - 2011. ]

Dinbych y Pysgod

steve coel

Dinbych y Pysgod

steve coel

the De / City tour starts again.

steve coel

An 11.59 Publication

Birmingham

Full Tilt at the Moon

...the singers swing

and musicians strike

drinks drunk 

as revels play.

                       

performed extracts from 'Downhill Struggle' for the 

first time in a long time this week.

still powerful in places.

De / City Tour [ Poster ]

steve coel

new poster ideas for the extended An 11.59 Publication tour 

which now continues until January 2017.

mud on a plate [ extract ]

from the sky

comes the crack of light.

fire burning into wood

as you offer me

mud on a plate.

steve coel

steve coel

An 11.59 Publication