Every now and then...

Every now and then I experience something that completely uplifts me and shows me the beauty of the world and of the people that inhabit it.  There are many things in this life that I cannot hope to control or influence in any way, and over the past year I've realized that.  I've realized that I just need to go with the flow and make the best of whatever situation life puts me.  I don't believe in God (because why would I want to believe in something that supposedly governs and influences the actions of humanity when recent events have really screwed with the human race?) so I have been forced to find other motivators for such experiences.  Loneliness has taken over my emotions for the past week so what I've realized is that music is the universal language.  It is the language of every race and nationality that can be used to make unlikely connections and initiate strange acquaintances.  It is beauty like today that makes life worth living, and it's all influence by music.  Put down the weapons of war and pick up the weapons of song.  If only WWII had been a Battle of the Bands.  Music cures the soul of the weary and enlightens the heart of the dreary.  Give in to music and let go into an effortless plane of love, friendship and brotherhood.  Find beauty in the smallest things but don't forget the importance of the big things.

I'm realizing this as I listen to Sigur Ros and drinking Yunnan black tea.

Spring Break!

Lots of time to listen to music!

Radiohead - Hail to the Thief
Radiohead - King of Limbs
Sam Rivers - Fuchsia Swing Song
The Smiths - The Queen is Dead
Bill Evans - Crosscurrents
The Claudia Quintet + Gary Versace - Royal Toast
Max Roach - Freedom Now Suite
Steve Reich - "City Life" and "It's Gonna Rain"
Milton Babbitt - Philomel
Pink Floyd - The Division Bell
Prince - The Black Album
Miles Davis Quintet - Steamin
NoFX - I Heard They Suck Live

Coming down to crunch time...

Darcy James Argue's Secret Society - "Infernal Machines"
Joe Henderson - "Black Narcissus"
Joe Henderson - "Lush Life"
Mark Taylor - "Spectre"
Miles Davis - "Bitches Brew"