Yes! This!

Same here! As soon as sshe started talking about that, i knew exactly where she was going- it's a hypnotic kind of therapy. And, like she said, there's so bloody few chances in life when you get to permanently and instantly change something.

Hey there, again. this is a weird, byzantine chain of events, but: i was flipping through some old sheets of paper today and came across your dream (which i had paraphrased for myself, then promptly forgotten). As luck would have it, couple days ago i read an interview with George Saunders where he talked about…

Hey, thank you so bloody much! I truly appreciate it, and am off to scour/evaluate each of those on amazon.
Also: over-eager amateur here too- i wish you the absolute best, and keep the faith!

Complete tangent and shot in the dark, BUT: judging from your statements (i read that 'song machine' book recently too- bloody interesting) and login, i figure you might be a musician yourself. I wanted to buy a microphone to record better quality vocals over my laptop in garageband; might you be able to recommend a…

And that's not even including Sia's somehow-forgotten earlier albums, 'some people have real problems' and 'color the small one'. If you've never given those a shake, please do- they're pretty amazing. Both're stacked with songs- songs which (get this!) she actually wrote herself.

So true! that song kills me (and it almost sounds like it kills him, singing). I think he's said he was in such a bad place at the time, he was literally on his knees praying.

Did the av club delete my comment, just b/c it was (slightly) negative concerning Miranda's musicianship??? Makes no sense! And now i see they deleted my first one.
anywhoo, here it be again:
While I adore Miranda, do you really think he's got a solid grasp of musical technique?? I agree with everything else you…

Gotcha. I suppose I'm just the opposite- the lyrics carry no weight if they're not in the service of a good melody. (we should team up- write a musical).
But you're right- Sondheim's shadow is long on broadway. But, i would add: i think that might be part of the reason why (for the most part) broadway…

While I adore Miranda, do you really think he's got a solid grasp of musical technique?? I agree with everything else you said, but i can't help but think he's lacking in the melody department. Even his previous show ('in the heights'), while being less rap-based, suffered (imo) from a dearth of melodies. Though i…

Know the feeling of 'needing to share to make sure it's true'. Weird the things our brain will do to us. Again, glad you shared. I've always liked Bowie's thoughts on the mystical etc- he seemed to not be opposed to it, but not completely embrace it as well. As always, he was the liminal-ist. That said, the song…

Don't mean to second-guess you at all, but: this really happened?? I just want to make sure it's not some reference (or lyric) i'm missing or something.
But regardless, i'm quite thankful for it. Truly (and weirdly). And happy for you, that you were able to experience that.

Lovely write-up, and lovely song. Many thanks for introducing it to me- completely agree about the necessity of a sense of mystery. Here's one of my fave's of Britten's:

I never understand why the av club seems to (pretty consistently) give us news about them, or the God's Not Dead production company/movies, either. This isn't really the target demographic, and this news isn't really worthwhile, i.e. newsworthy.

hey, I just got through reading that story in his bio- that, and the peacock story, floored me. Dude lived a couple lifetimes. all of 'em hard.

(You might not be making this point, but I'm a gonna): anytime they bring up a faith-based film in the Newswire, it seems solely for condescension purposes. Which is fine! (and generally funny). But ones like these strike me as so superfluous and mean-spirited. "Hey, these Christians are making Christmas,…

that last sentence's a keeper, i tell ya!

A Robert Service mention! My dad raised us on his poetry; so while i totally get the literary snubbing, i still think some of his stuff is so colorful and wild. Esp as opposed to a lot of academic poetry.

Glad you brought up the Sarah Jessica Parker thing. it's not even just on av club- it seems every link that has one of those cruel "celebrities who are ugly" titles will use her picture. Maybe compared to Kate Beckinsale she, and every other human, is unattractive, but other than that she just looks like a regular…

Many thanks! (Am listening to 'chicken feet and diamonds' as we speak- lovely). I'm a songwriter myself- best of luck to you!