On “Protest”

"Protest" serves a purpose. What is it? I don't know.

This One

What's your all-time favorite album? The ONE I am writing.

GOAL.

How do you plan your goals? I DON'T.

“On the Virtues of Warmth”

The Voice of love knows no boundaries. That is why. I love you. https://youtu.be/yoiB1-Ubn2I?feature=shared Traditional Irish folks tunes because, you know, why the hell not?

“My Fair Lady”

https://youtu.be/xmADMB2utAo?feature=shared Nothing says "class struggle" like Audrey Hepburn in "My Fair Lady." Rahr... And George Bernard Shaw...

In Protest.

"I protest," said the poet to the preacher and the king. I protest, but, "what's this?" It's, then, that life begins.

On Rilke, again…

"Und wir, die an steigendes Glück denken, empfänden die Rührung, die uns beinah bestürzt, wenn ein Glückliches fällt." - Rainer Maria Rilke, "Duino Elegies: The Tenth Elegy" Translated from the original German, it more accurately reads... "I am walking in your footsteps with YOU, FATHER..." From a certain perspective...

“The Good Dinosaur”

https://youtu.be/eyHSnDcWdOA?feature=shared What do "The Good Dinosaur" and "The Road" have in common? Find out! Discuss below. P.S. Love the Of Monsters and Men musical overlay in the trailer... (Hint, hint, clue, clue...)

“The New Faith”

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lM-HEeINpsyZbFAPEbhzoXVvZpaAlGjfo&feathttps://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lM-HEeINpsyZbFAPEbhzoXVvZpaAlGjfo&feature=sharedure=shared No other album I have heard more adeptly ties our eternal damnation to notions of "Judgment" and "Atonement." Think "The Road," but with a climate change angle.

“Human”

https://youtu.be/0EnrFe3Zb6k?feature=shared The actor in this video looks suspiciously like Hugo Weaving in "The Lord of the Rings." And "The Matrix." Interesting.