Voices of Joy and Truth
A Saturday morning at my computer — head full of ideas that are driving me insane — spinning a digital image.
It’ ain’t no Guernica, but . . .
Van Morrison: the Journey, the Joy, the Healing
Van Morrison’s music and spirit have been a great joy in my life for 50+ years.
As a comment on one of his videos recently put it — he has “preserved and refined his soul over the decades and returned this precious gift to a world that so badly needs tenderness and joy!”
If most of what you know if Brown Eyed Girl and Moondance, here are a few gems for you to enjoy and hopefully go back and explore some of his 40+ albums.
1974 — Cul De Sac
1980 — Summertime In England (live)
1984 — The Master’s Eyes
1986 — In the Garden
1991 — Hymns To The Silence
1995 — Days Like This
2016 — The Pen In Mighter Than The Sword
Van Morrison has a new album coming out in June.
Here is a beautiful single from it.
2025 — Down To Joy
I prescribe a dose of Van’s musical elixir on a daily basis.
Speaking of music (and corporate greed, and manipulative algorithms) . . .
If any of you folks use Spotify to get your audio pleasures please take a moment to read this.
Mood Machine by Liz Pelly review – a savage indictment of Spotify | Music books | The Guardian
The global streaming behemoth has made music blander and life harder for artists, according to this enraging portrait
Beware the traps of convenience.
POLITICS (Paying Attention)
Jeffrey Sachs — economist, public policy analyst and professor at Columbia University. His take on the political issues of the day are the most honest, direct and revealing — with all the underlying truths — that I have heard over the past few years.
Here he is on various current issues.
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