-
pre-shocks
Like the intro to Needtobreathe's "You Are Here" (first song I ever heard by them!), I can feel it all building up, breaking out, behaving in disregard of any external and artificial constraints. Just letting loose. -
nothing movielike
This week (principally due to starting class again, no doubt) I've seemed to have a lot of deja vu from 2008. It often doesn't seem long ago, but it's long enough that my world is, if not upside down from its former state, at least passing 90 degrees of roll ( Read more... ) -
Two for Tuesday
A couple of songs which seem to fit the mood and the occasion:
Matchbox Twenty - The Burn
Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris - Beachcombing -
weather patterns
So this post is not so much about weather as about music, which is certainly my second favorite topic here behind the translucent soliloquies which my own trials and tribulations often inspire me to unleash on the interwebs. I got to thinking about my favorite songs whose titles consist of or contain the word "hurricane" and was rather surprised to ( Read more... ) -
out there
Just today, or maybe yesterday, I came across Home Fires, a series of New York Times features which are written by veterans. There are definitely some interesting perspectives among the few pieces I've read so far. Reading them also reminded me that I was going to write something on the subject of Veterans Day, so I figure it's better late than ( Read more... ) -
Anybody read Spoon River Anthology?
Interesting concept in general--as I recall, a collection of auto-epitaphs which paint a picture of a small Midwestern town in the early 20th century. It was required reading for me in 10th grade. I've found myself thinking lately of a passage from the would-be tombstone of the town's ruthless, robber baron-ish antagonist (to the degree that one ( Read more... ) -
Soul-diers
Though it may not be news to any regular readers, I love Needtobreathe and am glad I finally picked up their latest album The Reckoning. Listening to it is akin to rekindling a fire which, in recent times, has often appeared quenched. At the least, it reminds me of all the people who believe things in which even I haven't always kept faith. It ( Read more... ) -
To lighten the mood
I'm completely calling myself out, being a (mostly) former AIM user and (very uncool-ly) current LJ user:
Profile Creation
(more applicable circa mid-2000s, but hey, that is when I started this blog after all...) -
having more or needing less?
Let's say there comes a time when you desperately, perhaps inexplicably, but undeniably, need someone. The exact nature of the need is unimportant, be it large or small, concrete or abstract, action or word. So in this moment of need, you call on this someone, and he isn't there--for whatever reason, he has gone MIA. You may be angry; you may be ( Read more... ) -
Keep running baby, don't look back
So I went for a run early yesterday morning, and "Shot in the Dark" (see previous post) was definitely on repeat for the first 10-12 minutes. It felt good.