Who dropped the octopus behind the piano?

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"Who dropped the octopus behind the piano?" is the soundtrack on a little clip about my first ever zine: youtu.be/571Nk1ni3x0

First released 2017. Re-released as a single.

Compared to some of my recent stuff, it's very silly but then I used to be known as super silly squid..! Maybe it's inspired by Jan Svankmajer and Cathy Berberian. The felt squids in the photo were all hand-sewn by me and found new homes at craft fairs ages ago. Some had squeakers, some had bells and some had both!

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Who dropped the octopus behind the piano?
Wasn't me, wasn't me, wasn't me, wasn't me?
He's all covered in glue and glitter and paint and cheese
and AVOCADO SKINS!

Avocado skins??!!!
Plasterboard, have you been eating avocados
while you were practising piano AGAIN?

What kind of a name is "Plasterboard"?

Well.. his grandfather was called Plasterboard
And his grandfather's grandfather was called Plasterboard
And his grandfather's grandfather's grandfather
was called Plasterboard so...

Who dropped the octopus behind the piano?
Wasn't me, wasn't me, wasn't me, wasn't me?
Who dropped the octopus behind the piano and made him cry?
Tentacles later and nobody's amused...

Whoever dropped in...
Can rest in peas?

Would you like toothpaste or sellotape with your peas?

Just a drop of ink please.

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released August 17, 2023
Song & lyrics by The Mollusc Dimension

Recorded & mastered by The Sound Mechanic

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💜 ASIANS HAVE FEELINGS TOO 🤯

💜 Fantastical journeys and tales of the surreal and the sublime.

💜 British-born, Chinese, transqueerian, non binary mollusc.

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