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

steve coel

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

A Memory for Bukowski

A Memory for Bukowski


i watch you

throw your legs

out of the car

on the passenger side

on to the sidewalk.


straight into the path

of the local blind beggar

i watch you

kick away his stick

steal his money

and dig

your knife

in deep.


i watch you

step back into your car

and drive away

a poorer man.


steve coel

steve coel

De / City Tour.

seems never ending. this is a good thing. i think.


steve coel

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Lighten up

Lighten up

mystery man...shadow man...is what they used to call him...

the thin whistle at dusk...returning from sea to die again...

over and over...shallower sea back then...better cut cloth...

broader smile...too many rope marks...twisted bones

on metal...drinks drunk...with sharp curses shared 

in dark corners...

steve coel

Ranny Bay, Lavernock

steve coel

keepin on, keepin on.

steve coel

An 11.59 Publication

Going on

Going on

poisonous words

leaving that familiar taste

it's a street thing really.

really

if it's going down

you're going to know

someone will always tell you,

get the message through.

so; stands to reason

you'll either deal with it

or leave.

quick like.

most neighbourhoods i know,

or knew,

have the same logic

every time.

steve coel [ somewhere in Idaho or Colorado ]

De / City Tour

steve coel

rumbles on.

steve coel

An 11.59 Publication

De / City Tour

heb deitl

steve coel

preparing for the next gig.

notes:

it's the duty of the blind men

to show us all the way

and daughters of the richer man

to make us want to stay

the seeker of the truth

who fights against his will

it's a great leap into darkness

for us all.

hard countryside.  hard people.

dakota by greyhound.


city nights. is all.

steve coel

An 11.59 Publication

curious man of the sea

Illustration - curious man of the sea

steve coel

Invitation Cover - Launch

curious man of the sea

steve coel

curious man of the sea [ sleeve notes ]

...and a private boudoir

of front page glamour...

written in a painstakingly spidery hand

will simply be...

the reflection of a women

breaking the pinking surface

of a puddle 

with her stride...

 The Wolf Within by steve coel [ 2017 ]

steve coel

An 11.59 Publication

Cadillac Heart

performed this week.

mainly pieces from cadillac heart [ 1986 - 1996 ].

just because.

sounded quite topical even out of my, by now, older mind.

i'm thinking of re-recording many of my previous works.

cadillac heart might just be one of them.

extracts [ lyrics, spoken word ] - selected at random.

His stick tip-tapping down the platform, sympathy and shock

the crowd parting. a bleak groan from a grown man

across the park, as fire cracks it's evil flicker.

pavements glisten, perspiring after another days 

heavy abuse...


a drunken shoe, ghosts dormant in a 

world gone crazy.

nightlife shovelled gleefully into

demanding hands...


gypsy souls drinking thimbles of wine

and scuffles down the street...

UnEven Street [ Poster ]

steve coel

the performances are shorter nowadays but the audience 

energy is still very high and positive.


steve coel

An 11.59 Publication

Enquiries: an1159publication@gmail.com

all that remained were words

all that remained were words

recently performed.

this was written around the same time as 'the house' 

and is published in weekend pass [ An 11.59 Publication ].

all that remained were words [ extracts ]

by 

steve coel

cherry hearts and shattered love

drinking whiskey from broken cups

in unlit rooms

newspaper on feet

keeping cold out and infected mind in...


a closely cropped wild beard

borders your face

and your eyes sing

of lost love and addiction...


next day you are dead

burned alive

in bushes

by children

and all that remains

are your words

1 - 2 - 3 - you can't kill me!

weekend pass

steve coel

tough to write.

tough to perform.

as it should always be.


steve coel

An 11.59 Publication

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