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Waiting for James. It was 9:10, and he still hadn't turned up. We were to play in the second half of the concert. Ulysses sang in my head just after Joyce's centenary. We were waiting for James. Preordained fate? Dave chose the name. The name changes—the names change: the name change only changes the name, and we wait: Waiting for James. The first of seven text-sound compositions for voice and processing. A partial study in the phoneme /eI:/ - but also a bit of fun. KA