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Ockham's Razor

1. the maxim that assumptions introduced to explain a thing must not be multiplied beyond necessity. Also, Occam's Razor [after William of Ockham]

2. late 20th cent. North American musical group, consisting of (Irish-style, right to left) guitarist Tommy Byrnes, bassist Sean Cowhig, drummer Fraser Stowe, flautist Brad Hurley, and lyrical collaborator Philip Craig Chapman-Bell ( not here shown, a.k.a. the shadowy "fifth Razor") . Noted for a dangerous combination of ersatz Scholasticism and contemporary instrumentation, the group follows Ockham in maintaining that general ideas have no reality out of the mind, but are merely a product of abstraction. They have also been heard to mutter "it is vain to do with more what can be done with fewer."

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People ask us about our influences all the time. Truth is, all we really want to do is to someday write a song as good as
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Upcoming Gigs

  • The Red Lion Inn,
    Stockbridge, MA
    Wednesday, 19 January 2000
    at 8:00pm
  • The Red Lion Inn,
    Stockbridge, MA
    Wednesday, 16 February 2000
    at 8:00PM
  • The Flywheel,
    Easthampton, MA
    Saturday, 4 March 2000
    at 8:00PM
  • The Red Lion Inn,
    Stockbridge, MA
    Thursday, 16 March 2000
    at 8:00PM
    A St. Patrick's Day Celebration

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You're not alone -- many of the municipal Police Departments throughout the Commonwealth have had serious thoughts upon the matter. Ockham's Razor comes in a variety of convenient configurations and pricing structures. For more details, please contact our representative and agent,

Abhainn Music Services
31 Flagg Hill Road
Heath, MA
Phone (413) 337-5337

Guys of the Loo -- For Sale!

Like the sounds? Well, how much fun do you reckon we can pack into a measly 20 kilobytes per second? Do not be as the digerati, who troll vainly after alphanumerical trefe upon the Webs of Illusion, but instead, get you into a corner and cop on yourselves, already. Order the real thing , the au naturel, the chrome-plated, the officially sanctioned analog version of our latest recording, Guys of the Loo . You'll get:

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Abhainn Music Services
31 Flagg Hill Road
Heath, MA 01346




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