Idle Dub by Wyoming Toad

released October 14, 2022

Ryan – Korg Triton Le, Roland D-05, Yamaha reface DX, Ensoniq MR-61, Korg Wavestate, Moog Micromoog, Casio CZ-101, Korg Rhythm 55B (Some of the tracks on “In Praise of Folly” were recorded over a year ago with an Alesis HR-16 drum machine and a toy Casio keyboard)

With apologies to Bach, the melody in "Shadow of Things to Come" buggers BWV 731 (“Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier”).

Cover art: A scene from "At the End of the Rainbow" (1946).

Audiobook recordings from the following sources:

“Shadow of Things to Come” – From Colossians 2:16-17 and Matthew 6:28, read by David Cochran Heath. The song was inspired by a currently unpublished essay by the economist Tom Walker.

“Be Bold (Do Nothing)” – Snippets from Cioran’s “The Trouble with Being Born” and “A Short History of Decay.”

“The Right to Be Lazy” – From Lafargue’s “The Right to Be Lazy,” read by Paul Landergan.

“Freedom Begins Where Necessity Ends” – From the third volume of Marx’s “Capital,” read by Andrew S. Rightenburg.

“In Praise of Folly” – From Erasmus’ classic by the same title, read by Anna Simon.