A Playlist for November 6, 2024
songs for whatever it is that's happening now.
Welcome to Reasonable Things, an occasional newsletter about music, language, and meaning from Joel Heng Hartse.
“Your task is to be faithful: to do the next thing. And when you cannot get up on your own, let someone carry you, knowing that in due time you will be called on to do the same for others. And when you are blessed with the responsibility of carrying someone else, then your own experience with suffering, your own experience of depending on others, will give you the wisdom and empathy you need to love them well.” -Alan Noble
The playlist doesn’t seem to want to embed in this email, at least not for me, so you can listen to it on Spotify here.
“Fantasy Baseball at the End of the World” by John K. Samson
“I’m putting in love now/ I’m putting in faith/ putting fear on a long-term IL/ I’m going outside/ I’m gonna help organize/ something better/ something beautiful”
“A Song is a Weapon” by Stars
“You will be here ages after I’m gone / I can only hope to kill you with a song”
“Select All Delete” by John K Samson”
“When it gets too complicated/ and you can’t get to sleep/ when the morning seems impossible/ select all, delete”“End of the Empire IV” by Arcade Fire
“I unsubscribe”“Hold on When You Get Love (and Let Go When You Give It)” by Stars
“Take the weakest thing in you/ and then beat the bastards with it”
“Standing in Oppression’s Way” by Michael Stern
“Maybe I don’t know that Jesus/ there’s another one I whom I pray/ he’s the one I feel beside me/ standing in oppression’s way”“My Enemies are Men Like Me” by Derek Webb
“How can I kill the ones I'm supposed to love?/ My enemies are men like me/ I will protest the sword if it's not wielded well/ My enemies are men like me”
“Brother’s Keeper” by Rich Mullins
“I will be my brother's keeper/ Not the one who judges him/ I won't despise him for his weakness/ I won't regard him for his strength/ I won't take away his freedom/ I will help him learn to stand”
“I Ain’t Got No Home” by Woody Guthrie (performed by Bruce Springsteen)
“I mined in your mines and I gathered in your corn/ I been working, mister, since the day I was born/ Now I worry all the time like I never did before/ 'Cause I ain't got no home in this world anymore”
“Mouth’s Cradle” by Bjork
“I need a shelter to build an altar/ away from all Osamas and Bushes”
♥JHHNov 8, 2024
Vancouver, BC