Happy Accidents is the debut poetry album by D.L. Lang of Vallejo, California. It expresses with humor, imagination, and passion themes of social justice, spirituality and Judaism, and spans reflections on the poet's life in both Oklahoma and California.
D.L. Lang in 2015
My sincerest thanks to my friends, my husband, and my synagogue community for their encouragement and support. Without it this album would not have been possible.
Shout out to Dan Nichols for his amazing musical blessing and priceless encouragement that kept me going.
A huge thank you to my friends Aviva, Bonnie, Donna, Dustin, Eileen, and Fred for their donations which made the digital release possible.
Last but not least thank you to Grey for patiently recording my poetry.
Happy Accidents is the debut spoken word album by D.L. Lang of Vallejo, California. It expresses with humor, imagination, and passion themes of social justice, spirituality and Judaism, and spans reflections on the poet’s life in both Oklahoma and California.
Recorded at Grey Havens Studios in Enid, Oklahoma on March 12 and 15, 2015.
D.L. Lang recording at Grey Havens Studio in Enid, Oklahoma
Happy Accidents, recorded in 2015 contains recordings of poems originally published in D.L. Lang’s first four books.
If you don’t want/cannot afford to purchase the entire album, consider downloading this 9 track sampler from bandcamp for $2.99.
The poem “The Reset Seven” is not for kids because it contains some adult language. You were warned.
Excerpted from the following books:
Tea & Sprockets (2011): L’Adonai, Earth, The Rest Seven
Abundant Sparks (2013): Penguin’s Prayer, Basherti,
The Snarkadelic Word Smith Awaits The Penguin Whisperer
Personal Archeology (2013):
Dining With Your Skeleton, The Ladder,
Mother’s Road, Haight, The Dreamer
Look Ma! No Hands! (2015): L’chayim,
Wake Up, Kid!, My Shul,
What’s In A Name? Or Fun With Etymology,
What I Learned One Stanford Afternoon,
Dissolving Lines, Hiking is Never Alone,
These Hands, Peace is…, To my Soul Tribe,
Love is Anarchy, Defrosting Frogcicles
I hope you will find it to be an enjoyable listen.
Full track listing:
1. What’s in a Name? (or Fun With Etymology)
2. L’adonai
3. Mother’s Road
4. Haight
5. Dissolving Lines
6. Hiking Is Never Alone
7. These Hands
8. What I Learned One Stanford Afternoon
9. Defrosting Frogcicles
10. Peace Is…
11. Love Is Anarchy
12. To My Soul Tribe
13. Basherti
14. Penguin’s Prayer
15. My Shul
16. Wake Up, Kid!
17. L’chayim
18. Earth
19. Dining With Your Skeleton
20. The Dreamer
21. The Snarkadelic Wordsmith Awaits the Penguin Whisperer
22. The Ladder
23. The Rest Seven
24. Poet’s Brain
You might also be interested to know that in 2016, Grey took four poems from Tea & Sprockets and created the song, “Oh My Chameleon Perceptions” with Mike Harbour and Steven Harwood. The song appears on his album Booze & Psychedelics.
Lang has a long history with Grey. Lang designed the album covers for many of Grey’s albums, including Faded Colours, Colours, Rock & Pop, Words & Music, Anamnesis, Inquire Within, Live at PEGASYS, and Acoustic Grey. In addition, she designed the album cover for We’re Almost Gone, the debut album by the group Bermuda County, whose musicians often play on Grey’s albums.
One of a few gracious donors that allowed this album to be produced was Fred Ross-Perry, who also was inspired to create the song, “Peace Will Come“
