Music

David Lang & The Crossing - I saw a poor man - choral return

Gregory Uhlmann, Josh Johnson, Sam Wilkes - The Fool On the Hill

Fools Work - Inara George

Not a cover tonight, just one of the best songs, Trouble Over Me, by Tift Merritt, a song discussed by Nick Hornby in his book, 31 Songs.

ASK THE GOVERNMENT.

The lord is my shepherd but I shall want….more organ.

I’m not a big Free Design fan - for all their incredible harmonies and sophisticated arrangements, the lyrics to songs like Kites Are Fun are just too sugary and naive. So I guess I needed a Free Design about death to convince me.

The Mekons, “Last Night On Earth,” off Journey To The End of The Night (2000)

Life is a debt that must someday be paid born when we were born has left us helpless and self-obsessed