My mind still spins in song lyrics, mostly when I'm caught in my head. More and more, recently, I have been abandoning that in favour of being in tune with body, spirit, emotions. This may sound silly and trite; to me, it is an overt embrace of my humanisitic values. At my core I retain a deeply materialistic impulse, which still causes the ( Read more... )

Since my knowledge of music is so limited, but music has played such a pivotal role in my life, I've been thinking about it again. This is a fairly common refrain, a silly little cultural discussion that always fills my minds. If I were to update that history --the musical history of my life -- then, as mentioned recently, there are 3 contenders ( Read more... )