Song of the Day: Joshua Radin - Winter

This song captures my mood at the moment, just captures a vibe.

"Joshua Radin - Winter"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHlf08yTPiU


Lyrics, from AZLyrics.com:
http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/joshuaradin/winter.html

"Winter"

I should know
Who I am by now
I walk
The record stands somehow
Thinking of winter

Your name is the splinter inside me
While I wait

And I remember the sound
Of your November downtown
And I remember the truth
A warm December with you
But I don't have to make this mistake
And I don't have to stay this way
If only I would wait

The walk has all been cleared by now
Your voice is all I hear somehow
Calling out Winter

Your voice is the splinter inside me
While I wait

I remember the sound
Of your November downtown
And I remember the truth
A warm December with you
But I don't have to make this mistake
And I don't have to stay this way
If only I would wait

I could have lost myself
In rough blue waters in your eyes
And I miss you still

I remember the sound
Of your November downtown
And I remember the truth
A warm December with you
But I don't have to make this mistake
And I don't have to stay this way
If only I would wait

Quote of the Day: Stanley Kubrick, on Meaning and Fulfillment

“The most terrifying fact about the universe is not that it is hostile but that it is indifferent; but if we can come to terms with this indifference and accept the challenges of life within the boundaries of death — however mutable man may be able to make them — our existence as a species can have genuine meaning and fulfillment. However vast the darkness, we must supply our own light.”
- Stanley Kubrick, interviewed by Eric Nordern, Playboy (September 1968)

"However vast the darkness, we must supply our own light."  So true.

Song of the Day: Marina and the Diamonds - Happy

This is a song from one of my favorite artists.  It touches me deeply, for reasons too personal to post.  Enjoy.  And may you, my seven readers*, also find a way to be happy.

MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS | "HAPPY"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCB_MbYyCYQ

And an accoustic version, which I think is simply amazing:
MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS | "HAPPY" ACOUSTIC BAND VIDEO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6AHxF0s764

Lyrics from LyricsMania:
http://www.lyricsmania.com/happy_lyrics_marina_and_the_diamonds.html

Lyrics to Happy

Couldn't relax, couldn't sit back
And let the sunlight, in my lap
I sang a hymn
To bring me peace
And then it came, a melody

It felt so sweet
It felt so strong
It made me feel like
I belonged
And all the sadness inside me
Melted away
Like I was free

I found what I'd been looking for in myself
Found a life worth living for someone else
Never thought that I could be
Happy, happy

Don't go out
Much at all
I've never been
The type to call
I realize to be happy
Maybe I need
A little company

So now you know
You know it all
That I've been
Desperately alone
I haven't found the one for me
But I believe in divinity

I found what I'd been looking for in myself
Found a life worth living for someone else
Never thought that I could be
Happy, happy
I believe in possibility
I believe someone's watching over me
And finally I have found a way to be
Happy, happy

From the concrete to the coast
I was looking for a holy ghost
Like the land joining the sea
Happiness it followed me
I believe in possibility
I believe someone's watching over me
And finally I have found a way to be
Happy, happy



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Song of the Day: "Brandi Carlile - The Eye (Official Video)" on YouTube

It's been a long time since I've posted a song from Brandi.  Too long.  Just heard this amazing song a few days ago and needed to share it with you, my seven readers*.

"Brandi Carlile - The Eye (Official Video)"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wl_eNu4NUVI

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Building monuments to waste

Ever wonder if our government is too big?  Don't.  There is plenty of proof that it is.

From the Washington Post:

"NASA’s $349 million monument to its drift"

http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/national/2014/12/15/nasas-349-million-monument-to-its-drift/

I don't even know what to say.  What a fucking joke.

Song of the Day: Alt-J - Every Other Freckle

Tell me this song isn't hot.

"Every Other Freckle - Alt J (∆) | Official Audio & Lyrics"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUZBFLPRUUM

The official version:
"alt-J - Every Other Freckle (Official Video - Girl)"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mhgfXgwdls


And the delicious, precise, descriptive lyrics, from AZLyrics.com:
http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/altj/everyotherfreckle.html

"Every Other Freckle"

Aaah
I want to share your mouthful
I want to do all the things your lungs do so well
I’m gonna bed into you like a cat beds into a beanbag
Turn you inside out and lick you like a crisp packet

Hey!
Hey!
Hey!
Hey!
Hey!
Hey!

You’re the first and last of your kind
(Pull me like an animal out of a hole!)
I wanna be every lever you pull
And all showers that shower you
Gonna paw paw at you
Like a cat paws at my woolen jumper
Be your Minpin
And borrower of handsome trivia

Hey!

Ooh, devour me
Aaah
Lou Lou, let the cover girls sing
Hey!

Do, do do do, do do do do
Do do do, do do do, do do do do, do do
Do, do do do, do do, do do, do do
Do do do, do do

All hand claps
You will clap
(Let me be the wallpaper that papers up your room)
I want to be every button you press
And all mouths that surround you
Yes, I’m gonna roll around you
Like a cat rolls around saw-dusted patios
I’m gonna kiss you like the sun browns you

Hey!

Oh oh oh oh oh devour me
Oh oh oh oh oh oh devour me
Oh oh oh oh oh (Oh oh oh oh oh)
Oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh (Oh oh oh oh oh)
If you really think that you can stomach me

Hey hey!

Hey!
Hey!
Hey!

I want every other freckle
I want every other freckle
I want every other freckle
I want every other freckle
I want every other freckle
I want every other freckle
I want every other freckle
I want every other freckle
Freckle

Just how segregated we really are...

You know I love the clever use of maps, particularly Google Maps, and have featured maps many time on this blog (although it's been a while).

Here's a great map showing demographic information across the United States.  Zoom in and see just how segregated we really are.  All communities, really, if you zoom in far enough.  I don't think this is a good or bad thing, in and of itself.  Anyway, look at the map and see for yourself.

The map was created by Dustin Cable, of the Weldon Cooper Center at the University of Virginia.
"The Racial Dot Map"
"One Dot Per Person for the Entire United States"

Full screen map:
http://demographics.coopercenter.org/DotMap/index.html
Note: I prefer to click the "Add Map Labels" button on the left to better see what I'm looking at.

Explanation of what the map is showing you:
http://www.coopercenter.org/demographics/Racial-Dot-Map

Look at Milwaukee in the image below.  Amazing to see the clear lines between groups.