<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 04:11:58 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@theflorescents/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[STEEMIT OPENMIC WEEK 86- There is a place (Original song)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hello steemit openmic, Here in the small village of Ahun, France, just after busking at the local market. The people were so generous and gave us a pate au patate and a peach pie and a load of dough. Here]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/openmic/@theflorescents/steemit-openmic-week-86-there-is-a-place-original-song</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/openmic/@theflorescents/steemit-openmic-week-86-there-is-a-place-original-song</guid><category><![CDATA[openmic]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[theflorescents]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2018 16:07:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45dxg1F2MyFXYn25rdT2NUf62yT2WLumFifDG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[CROSSROADS (that damn bird) - Robert Johnson cover]]></title><description><![CDATA[Alright there! Blues, quick time. This is my interpretation of the Robert Johnson original which is amazing and mad as it has something like 11 and a half bars or 13, and most blues is 12 bar. I much prefer]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/music/@theflorescents/crossroads-that-damn-bird-robert-johnson-cover</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/music/@theflorescents/crossroads-that-damn-bird-robert-johnson-cover</guid><category><![CDATA[music]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[theflorescents]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2018 13:30:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eQSYivZhu5gXoaiKf2WDv7J2ic1RRFWGqtr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[STEEMIT OPENKIC WEEK 85- A Year and a Day (Original song)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hi there, Here we are in La Creuse in central France and I fancied putting down this old song of mine. It is about the search and struggle for purpose and understanding. Why do we live and why do we fear]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/openmic/@theflorescents/steemit-openkic-week-85-a-year-and-a-day-original-song</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/openmic/@theflorescents/steemit-openkic-week-85-a-year-and-a-day-original-song</guid><category><![CDATA[openmic]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[theflorescents]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2018 16:43:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45e6fjd4JUGWUGLxXM7bUcpcua94JhkcmMfVx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[STEEMIT OPENMIC WEEK 79- Saw My Baby (Original)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hi Steemit, Here is another openmic entry from me to you, I wrote this song after a short affair I had a few years ago when a girl I adored chose to go out with one of my best friends, we were never together]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/openmic/@theflorescents/steemit-openmic-week-79-saw-my-baby-original</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/openmic/@theflorescents/steemit-openmic-week-79-saw-my-baby-original</guid><category><![CDATA[openmic]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[theflorescents]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2018 12:28:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eKZrPeqSB9x2rLsYqusLZKr59QhmvUYevvS?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[STEEMIT POETRY CONTEST #16- Step outside the thinking box (Catch 22?)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Think outside the box he said, While sitting in his room, Think outside the room he fled, Slinking from the gloom, Step outside the house he thought, And walked into the street, Step outside the country]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetrycontest/@theflorescents/steemit-poetry-contest-16-step-outside-the-thinking-box-catch-22</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetrycontest/@theflorescents/steemit-poetry-contest-16-step-outside-the-thinking-box-catch-22</guid><category><![CDATA[poetrycontest]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[theflorescents]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 19 Feb 2018 18:53:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/JvFFVmatwWHVQPjDcGkFxELgGtwNAntRtiqDuEyxubr7MgRxUYrt2qMkhzdVjh4KWvASQPVWSXnBfsjX1DeAhmqLp55PZqfCjSKwBJDNtgHJ6YFwUHbyKHrkw9sMKKdHvWCkHJigdC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[My Pepper Heart]]></title><description><![CDATA[My Pepper Heart, You cut it out, You ate it up, And spat it out, You made a shape, Out of my passion, You cut the form, You start the fashion, My Pepper Heart, It has a spice, An edge of art, The food]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@theflorescents/my-pepper-heart</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@theflorescents/my-pepper-heart</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[theflorescents]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 19 Feb 2018 17:59:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/32FTXiZsHoAWXDGUT6XfPTLRBbYW7TUFpRSTArzFncEWFaVSj4RqP5mcwehG2UkdAGqQ32H1RG2W1JojEmEKrPFfL27VdQpUB3qp4WqT1xhLfKQ9P7s6Y6gifLp1z6dt4vyS4KJRTv4gURre?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Steemit openmic week 72- Saz Jam (Original)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Here is a little jam on the Saz a Turkish instrument used mainly by the Alevi sect of Islam originally. I was shown it by my Kurdis mate Mehmet. I am just learning the tuning and the intervals so have]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/openmic/@theflorescents/steemit-openmic-week-72-saz-jam-original</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/openmic/@theflorescents/steemit-openmic-week-72-saz-jam-original</guid><category><![CDATA[openmic]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[theflorescents]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 14 Feb 2018 19:42:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45e7wJzg5w62BKJoZtRnq4Qb8pjmXbdhSdzAi?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[STEEMIT OPENMIC WEEK 71- Treading softly on water, pseudo instrumental, adlib lyrics(Original)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hi there it has been a while, I've been listening to wes montgomery, mingus, mac demarco and James taylor. Have it!]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/openmic/@theflorescents/steemit-openmic-week-71-treading-softly-on-water-pseudo-instrumental-adlib-lyrics-original</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/openmic/@theflorescents/steemit-openmic-week-71-treading-softly-on-water-pseudo-instrumental-adlib-lyrics-original</guid><category><![CDATA[openmic]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[theflorescents]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 08 Feb 2018 14:10:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45e9uofwK5cpD76V1fGEh83dpQ6thzNyfBVHg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Moonlight in Vermont cover- John Blackburn and Karl Seussdorf]]></title><description><![CDATA[My version of 'Moonlight in Vermont' a Jazz standard written in 1944. It has been covered by the likes of Frank Sinatra and Willie Nelson. I want to recommend the Willie Nelson album, 'Stardust' which]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/music/@theflorescents/moonlight-in-vermont-cover-john-blackburn-and-karl-seussdorf</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/music/@theflorescents/moonlight-in-vermont-cover-john-blackburn-and-karl-seussdorf</guid><category><![CDATA[music]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[theflorescents]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 05 Feb 2018 18:43:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eBxtGAVq7FGF71eWoTtgWMSYNjWHXWevh7t?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Back again. New series 'On The Road' about van travel through Europe and Much More Music!]]></title><description><![CDATA[I just wanted to say hello to steemit and all of the fine people here, After a long period of reflection, introspection and debate I am going to start travelling through Europe in a van, I will be travelling]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/travel/@theflorescents/back-again-new-series-on-the-road-about-van-travel-through-europe-and-much-more-music</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/travel/@theflorescents/back-again-new-series-on-the-road-about-van-travel-through-europe-and-much-more-music</guid><category><![CDATA[travel]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[theflorescents]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 04 Feb 2018 00:11:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/54TLbcUcnRm4iYtFdzVNy1kt3F2tvRShXkTnWxjMtD3jyVPp1urSuSEKk43oGb7dGd6dXq8tSu3GQDkEtWv1QVHLpfcHk7px4XcDdnEk2C5kBrFxTuZ39QKFNh6Aaky4WGwtgLC3Y?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[This beautiful view inspired me.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Time to take to the streets for some busking. Lovely autumnal day in Liverpool. Have a fantastic day Steemit.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/art/@theflorescents/this-beautiful-view-inspired-me</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/art/@theflorescents/this-beautiful-view-inspired-me</guid><category><![CDATA[art]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[theflorescents]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 20 Nov 2017 14:20:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/RGgukq5E6HBS5wvERDA3ZF4P2WKQy2VoZZet1QV2iG76uYFXoetn5P3qDPrQo9A55fKrPpAV5J26RuzEhr2TjySHZC7ZyXm495v6YkFowZBJE2Dw1dVLdUigRphQXrW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Somebody threw this beautiful guitar in the garbage!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Yes people are crazy and wasteful and can't see the value in anything but their own longevity. This though is the next level, why would anyone send this to the scrapper? It needs a machine head, a change]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/art/@theflorescents/somebody-threw-this-beautiful-guitar-in-the-garbage</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/art/@theflorescents/somebody-threw-this-beautiful-guitar-in-the-garbage</guid><category><![CDATA[art]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[theflorescents]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 16 Nov 2017 13:48:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/JvFFVmatwWHVQPjDcGkFxELgGtwNAntRtiqDuEyxvT7APuU6z5o1eeBxocD76N55M8HDs5kUKCBwh7xGDMswZVPR3ncjYB98FZxTBQKqJQy889iPip2YTcW9zwxUvoSk3kt6AayNdU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Emptying the mind]]></title><link>http://direct.ecency.com/music/@theflorescents/emptying-the-mind</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/music/@theflorescents/emptying-the-mind</guid><category><![CDATA[music]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[theflorescents]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 15 Nov 2017 23:55:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/JvFFVmatwWHVQPjDcGkFxELgGtwNAntRtiqDuEyxrLVqongepJmHks1GJLzSLpgaC8XStBjCvrh6Lvho25kHVWABkJC1TRjwnjqHB52F5poRDLRxG5cpFBhw1TpNHENAt7hfCU81hp?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ghost coin? Coin ideas]]></title><description><![CDATA[Did I really see that? A verifiable backing for all your coins, that tracks all your wallets and accounts on exchanges creating a way for people who's accounts have been hacked on exchanges to insure there]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/cryptocurrency/@theflorescents/ghost-coin-coin-ideas</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/cryptocurrency/@theflorescents/ghost-coin-coin-ideas</guid><category><![CDATA[cryptocurrency]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[theflorescents]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 22 Oct 2017 13:12:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3jpR3paJ37V8t3d5gG8YxUrFtTrvhgCDjjN8jFs75uJ22MRpFcLi2Rp8mNcj5ainPuDScUDABsq6RsNGFGyakKxVNR1JQ4sS3oiXqh8VBa38j8kXivco34ioxLk7MYHKp41hp?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[STEEMIT OPENMIC WEEK 55- We're not afraid- tribute to Manchester (Original song)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hello openmic, Today I wrote a song which moved me, I felt like I could share it with this open community. It's about the Manchester bombing and although it happened a while ago now I have been alienated]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/openmic/@theflorescents/steemit-openmic-week-55-we-re-not-afraid-tribute-to-manchester-bombing-and-all-victimes-of-terror-original-song</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/openmic/@theflorescents/steemit-openmic-week-55-we-re-not-afraid-tribute-to-manchester-bombing-and-all-victimes-of-terror-original-song</guid><category><![CDATA[openmic]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[theflorescents]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 16 Oct 2017 23:00:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eFZpzYc8aN1zUV4zYfziDoaDXtEWGsyMNrz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[STEEMIT OPENMIC WEEK 52- Call out my name (Original Song)]]></title><description><![CDATA[A little something, happy birthday steemit openmic, it has been a great year once again thanks @pfunk and @luzcypher for organising the event so dilligently and caringly. Much love and to many more years]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/openmic/@theflorescents/steemit-openmic-week-52-call-out-my-name-original-song</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/openmic/@theflorescents/steemit-openmic-week-52-call-out-my-name-original-song</guid><category><![CDATA[openmic]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[theflorescents]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 26 Sep 2017 16:07:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45dvExwk5Jh8GRc2z9HdcaKmML3VXm1z6tFxJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The human form like you've never seenit before]]></title><description><![CDATA[Here is a representation of the human form which throws everything on it's head, by the great emerging artist Jana Euler from the geographical location which houses some fine people known as Germany. I]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/art/@theflorescents/the-human-form-like-you-ve-never-seenit-before</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/art/@theflorescents/the-human-form-like-you-ve-never-seenit-before</guid><category><![CDATA[art]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[theflorescents]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 08 Sep 2017 13:00:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/RGgukq5E6HBS5wvERDA3ZF4P2WKQy2VoZZet1QV2ddbPDSmqQoH96TzVX6d51Wu7JyXr2ws1oHsxwgiVQMQ6cxPeaqwnucmuvXTqhLJMWWxEBbmXt2S9i5eE7NFbPm8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[I want you to meet me]]></title><description><![CDATA[I want you to meet me, I want you to know, I want you to feel me, Where does he go? I've been meaning to meet you, With each of my words, Nothing gets through, But the sounds of the birds. I want you to]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@theflorescents/i-want-you-to-meet-me</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@theflorescents/i-want-you-to-meet-me</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[theflorescents]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 07 Sep 2017 13:55:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/32FTXiZsHoAWXDGUT6XfPTLRBbYW7TUFpRSTArzFoxuayjYupYqgENpXbaXPmmeZHYrKBkToHKgey4FBb1XdMzQWdbzFL4u75KdjMH37uefgsheevMtQgrfnquQBwUByh2btve1C6fawMHJn?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[STEEMIT OPEN MIC WEEK 49- Use your imagination- Original Song]]></title><description><![CDATA[As usual in the @theflorescents camp we try and push ourselves to create more intrepid music and art. Here is another collaboration with the talented and mysterious @riskdebonair. Where does this take]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/openmic/@theflorescents/steemit-open-mic-week-49-use-your-imagination-original-song</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/openmic/@theflorescents/steemit-open-mic-week-49-use-your-imagination-original-song</guid><category><![CDATA[openmic]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[theflorescents]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 04 Sep 2017 15:02:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eKBF3udDfSoC9UDJL5d3PA4RbYCZH4ydrRL?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[We can be Heroes!]]></title><description><![CDATA[On my musical adventures I found David Bowie. At the end of an alley in Belfast he was looking down an out so I decided to share a moment. We posed, we laughed. 'Remember the dream?' he said. 'I do' I]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@theflorescents/we-can-be-heroes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@theflorescents/we-can-be-heroes</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[theflorescents]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 02 Sep 2017 14:09:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/32FTXiZsHoAWXDGUT6XfPTLRBbYW7TUFpRSTArzFosrGoKxpoKuKUAgvMqcYeVYgnjPycbDbqcQvzjYt9uxo8wii9pewfH2TSVddeC6g2b26TXt2H4KyxDk4WCDyoXctBzX4w2Kpw6jN5oLr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>