here and now
the title of this week's podcast is borrowed from the first line in julius caesar's new song "near death"
"you'd better get a grip, kid / change the shape you're in...
startin' to look a little worn for the wear, wonderin' if you're still in there
i know it's been troubled times, but hey, it's time to be alive
and change the shape you're in..."
in listening to ryan's new songs the past few weeks, i've been reminded how often music prompts me and leads me in ways i don't expect. but need. in a way, i guess most of it just down to the crossroads of everyday decision making? all these endless possibilities that exist in any given direction. and why and how we choose things the way we do is so limitlessly complex and odd and random. y'know? and miraculous too. it's a strange thing.
this feeling echoes in the podcast tonight. and it says a lot about ryan and heather's songs. i wanna thank them both for sharing their work with me over the past year or so. their songs have become a part of my life, and i completely admire the ability they have to evoke mood and feeling and metaphor so personally. as i've mentioned before, the way music does this - reaches inside, connects, gets past our emotional defenses, undoes our pretense - is neverendingly inspiring to me. and i realize i've said the same thing in many different ways over the course of 94 podcasts and blogs now. over and over? maybe. if i do, it's simply because it taps into a feeling i can't put into words, or seem to get right... but want to. and songs like these do it - time and time again.
so, i dunno. maybe this is all "sacred" ever means? i think so.
as i was editing the show tonight, i realized how the last few weeks have been filled with some amazingly rich talent and voices. i'm very much thankful to everyone who's participated - heather, keith, chris (of sparklebritches), ryan (of julius caesar), and the upcoming music and discussion with ryan sharp (of the cobalt season), nick fitzsimmons (of penny distribution) for sharing tom mcshane's recent work, and angela for sharing foundreality.com. there's some really cool stuff coming up in the next few weeks. i hope you'll stay tuned, and share as much as you can with other friends who might be interested. :)
so, hm - come to think of it - the sparklebritches song "on the one" (about half way through tonight's podcast) is what i mean by all of this. that feeling. it says it better than anything. i hope you'll take a listen, and check the links to everyone i mentioned tonight...
julius caesar - myspace.com/thekoedonarmada
sparklebritches - myspace.com/sparklebritchesmusic
khalil gibran - on wikipedia
ryan sharp & the cobalt season - thecobaltseason.com
wishin' u the best,
russell
"you'd better get a grip, kid / change the shape you're in...
startin' to look a little worn for the wear, wonderin' if you're still in there
i know it's been troubled times, but hey, it's time to be alive
and change the shape you're in..."
in listening to ryan's new songs the past few weeks, i've been reminded how often music prompts me and leads me in ways i don't expect. but need. in a way, i guess most of it just down to the crossroads of everyday decision making? all these endless possibilities that exist in any given direction. and why and how we choose things the way we do is so limitlessly complex and odd and random. y'know? and miraculous too. it's a strange thing.
this feeling echoes in the podcast tonight. and it says a lot about ryan and heather's songs. i wanna thank them both for sharing their work with me over the past year or so. their songs have become a part of my life, and i completely admire the ability they have to evoke mood and feeling and metaphor so personally. as i've mentioned before, the way music does this - reaches inside, connects, gets past our emotional defenses, undoes our pretense - is neverendingly inspiring to me. and i realize i've said the same thing in many different ways over the course of 94 podcasts and blogs now. over and over? maybe. if i do, it's simply because it taps into a feeling i can't put into words, or seem to get right... but want to. and songs like these do it - time and time again.
so, i dunno. maybe this is all "sacred" ever means? i think so.
as i was editing the show tonight, i realized how the last few weeks have been filled with some amazingly rich talent and voices. i'm very much thankful to everyone who's participated - heather, keith, chris (of sparklebritches), ryan (of julius caesar), and the upcoming music and discussion with ryan sharp (of the cobalt season), nick fitzsimmons (of penny distribution) for sharing tom mcshane's recent work, and angela for sharing foundreality.com. there's some really cool stuff coming up in the next few weeks. i hope you'll stay tuned, and share as much as you can with other friends who might be interested. :)
so, hm - come to think of it - the sparklebritches song "on the one" (about half way through tonight's podcast) is what i mean by all of this. that feeling. it says it better than anything. i hope you'll take a listen, and check the links to everyone i mentioned tonight...
julius caesar - myspace.com/thekoedonarmada
sparklebritches - myspace.com/sparklebritchesmusic
khalil gibran - on wikipedia
ryan sharp & the cobalt season - thecobaltseason.com
wishin' u the best,
russell