December 9, 2008
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKoDOxrxVOY
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December 7, 2008
Peter Blegvad -- Driver's Seat.
It's that time again.
I learned of Peter blegvad through my sister. Of the two of us, Hen was always the sharper, the more creative, the one with better taste, the one with spark. I came back to live with my folks one summer and found myself looking at her books and records one afternoon.
There's an album of his that I always wanted to put up on here for people, one song at a time; Blegvad's awesome to me because he doesn't just write songs, he tells stories, simply and elegantly. The song "shirt and comb" and "gold" captures what love and commitment mean for me in a way that no other songs have ever managed to do. I know his songs sound humble and plain and I'm sure to many people are techincally amateurish and irritating. But to me they are lit from within by a fierce inner beauty that brings me to tears way faster than many better written songs.
This small offering that I found on Youtube is darker than his usual fare, but it strikes a chord all the same right now. I hope someone finds this and likes it.
Hen, you were a good sister. Look after that baby of yours. I'll miss ya kiddo.
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November 16, 2008
Two quotes
"The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred with sweat and dust and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause; who, if he wins, knows the triumph of high achievement; and who, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory or defeat."
- Theodore Roosevelt
"Pain is the greatest teacher, but no one ever wants to go to the class".
- Unknown.
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