A musical soundtrack to a spiritual journey
Maybe the best part of Friday night’s Travelin’ Music segment — even better than the music itself — is the insight it has offered into nonpolitical aspects of many of those who post here regularly. It has served as a necessary reminder that humanity transcends politics, no matter how fervently that political opinion might be expressed.
Take, for example, tonight’s guest posting from that lover of all things platinum and black, our provocateur du droit and skeptic by way of Harvey Mudd, Le Bruno:
“Part of being human means experiencing hunger. Every day, we hunger for food, which we can easily alleviate with a nice meal. Spiritual hunger is a little more complex and not so easily satisfied. Though many seem to find spiritual comfort in traditional organized religions, that has never been the case for me. While most promote faith, I advocate skepticism. While others seek certainty, I embrace uncertainty.
The closest I come to spiritual peace is while listening to music. Certain artists and albums seem to take me to a higher plane, where it all makes sense — at least for a while. At the top of that list is Santana, whose 1972 effort, Caravanserai, remains near and dear to me and many others. The album was a sharp departure from his earlier work and marked the end of Neil Schon’s and Gregg Rolie’s time with the band. Though it wasn’t a huge commercial success, it was an artistic achievement of major proportions.
While every song is fantastic, from “Song of the Wind” to “All the Love of the Universe” to “Every Step of the Way,” I have selected “Waves Within” as my special song to represent my never-ending spiritual journey.”
– Jay Bookman
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Normal, Human Rights Thug...And liking it!
June 22nd, 2012
8:59 pm
My favorite Janis song will always be…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTFF-BaT0MM
JamVet
June 22nd, 2012
9:00 pm
wiccan, niiice. I own some of his books. He put a great face on being smart.
I just discovered that I’m an Aquarian Contrarian…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EegRh8Z4H-o
Erwin's cat
June 22nd, 2012
9:02 pm
i know redundant, but still
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cqg_ZGcuybs
a perfect song
weetamoe
June 22nd, 2012
9:05 pm
They were called *black and tan* clubs. They did not card, and if you could pay the cover you got in. I saw Ella and Dizzy in Providence; Sarah, Billy Eckstine, and George Shearing in Boston. And I turn on my Mac every morning with James Brown’s *September Song.*
josef
June 22nd, 2012
9:14 pm
moving up a generation…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwJazZIWNgg
godless heathen
June 22nd, 2012
9:15 pm
You can’t get more spiritual than this. One of my favs even if I don’t believe. The lovely Suzanne nails this one.
http://youtu.be/Wp8Vjz4p-j0
Matti
June 22nd, 2012
9:15 pm
Erwin’s cat,
Cash was punk before punk was punk!
And afterward, too!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hm1U5NN-PfQ
Recon 0311 2533
June 22nd, 2012
9:17 pm
Happy Friday night y’all
Dusty
June 22nd, 2012
9:18 pm
Bruno,
All happiness and best wishes for you, whether in the supernatural clouds or the superficial song. I don’t have a melody for you but I do have a song in my heart that is all yours.. It is for one who heals so many with compassion.
Come over to the “good place” more often!
Recon 0311 2533
June 22nd, 2012
9:25 pm
For godless heathen and for all.
http://video.search.yahoo.com/video/play;_ylt=A2KLqIFdGuVPN2MAJu77w8QF;_ylu=X3oDMTBrc3VyamVwBHNlYwNzcgRzbGsDdmlkBHZ0aWQD?p=the+father+and+the+son+vi
G Mare 71(PLEASE VOTE NO ON TSPLOST)
June 22nd, 2012
9:27 pm
Skram, thanks for Janis – awesome.
josef
June 22nd, 2012
9:28 pm
DUSTY
HEEEEEEYYYYYY!!!!
Recon 0311 2533
June 22nd, 2012
9:33 pm
Don’t know how we got the last…try again
http://www.last.fm/music/Vince+Gill/_/Go+Rest+High+On+That+Mountain
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
June 22nd, 2012
9:39 pm
josef:
I miss Kammie. Really.
Tom Middleton
June 22nd, 2012
9:39 pm
Spiritual is as spiritual does, Jay, and any attempt to move past oneself toward that great never-ending “Kingdom” that some call God, must be built on love of that God or it’s just us loving ourselves in yet another limited form.
Here’s a perfect example of someone able to creatively transcend himself through such love, however briefly, in order to look through the eyes of another and experience his or her pain or reality. It’s called “North Country Blues” by an early Bob Dylan, who went on to take us higher and higher musically as he went himself.
Thank you forever, Mr. Dylan, for you are still the very best there has ever been!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSj0sbHnVfs
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
June 22nd, 2012
9:39 pm
Recon 0311 2533:
That one has always been a real tearjerker !
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
June 22nd, 2012
9:41 pm
Tom Middleton:
I heard him live at a small theater there in Buckhead about 10 years ago. Outstanding !
Dusty
June 22nd, 2012
9:42 pm
JOSEF
Hiiiiiiiiii, hon, I’m just visiting.. Be good now…..
josef
June 22nd, 2012
9:44 pm
SCOUT
Not to worry, he’ll be back. He has issues from time to time…
josef
June 22nd, 2012
9:44 pm
DUSTY
I’m always good…I just have trouble being nice…
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
June 22nd, 2012
9:46 pm
He’s Back !!
http://blogs.ajc.com/radio-tv-talk/2012/06/22/watl-tv-brings-the-andy-griffith-show-to-the-evenings-starting-625/?cxntlid=thbz_hm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pd_WJIrxApI
Recon 0311 2533
June 22nd, 2012
9:46 pm
0311/8541
Yeah, it sure makes you reflect on your life and most of all on our wonderful Lord.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
June 22nd, 2012
9:47 pm
josef:
I pulled his chain last night and he went off on me …………………..
(
Recon 0311 2533
June 22nd, 2012
9:48 pm
Where is Betty and Fred?
G Mare 71(PLEASE VOTE NO ON TSPLOST)
June 22nd, 2012
9:49 pm
Jam, I’m with you on the contrarian thing. Had not thought of the Fifth Dimension in ages. Thanks.
G Mare 71(PLEASE VOTE NO ON TSPLOST)
June 22nd, 2012
9:56 pm
0311, I miss Kam, too. So it’s YOUR fault he’s gone? Just damn.
Recon 0311 2533
June 22nd, 2012
10:02 pm
Is Kam a klondike?
josef
June 22nd, 2012
10:06 pm
Okay, going over to ipad now and won’t be able to link so easily and may miss some, but as I was saying earlier, keep the spiritual chin up…the current generation ain’t all that bad when it comes to faith and hope…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-kHleNYIDc
Bruno
June 22nd, 2012
10:07 pm
For my dear friend JamVet:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_1acZdzHSE&feature=related
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
June 22nd, 2012
10:08 pm
G Mare 71(PLEASE VOTE NO ON TSPLOST) :
No ………… it’s “his” fault because he couldn’t control his emotions ……………..
He is unique, very talented but you can’t debate him ……….. he just won’t go there.
Insulates himself from that.
Bruno
June 22nd, 2012
10:08 pm
Come over to the “good place” more often!
Hey, Dusty. Thanks so much for stopping by.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
June 22nd, 2012
10:10 pm
Verdict in Sandusky trial ! Stay tuned !
Bruno
June 22nd, 2012
10:13 pm
Where is Betty and Fred?
Jay, in a moment of smallness banned betty. Not sure about Fred, I think he got his wittle feelings hurt,.
Bruno
June 22nd, 2012
10:14 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbc8kX3CRFE
When the white eagle of the North is flying overhead
The browns, reds and golds of autumn lie in the gutter, dead.
Remember then, that summer birds with wings of fire flaying
Came to witness springs new hope, born of leaves decaying.
Just as new life will come from death, love will come at leisure.
Love of love, love of life and giving without measure
Gives in return a wonderous yearn of a promise almost seen.
Live hand-in-hand and together we’ll stand on the threshold of a dream.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
June 22nd, 2012
10:15 pm
Ooo Rah !!
http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=wbV3lf1HzQI&vq=medium
Recon 0311 2533
June 22nd, 2012
10:15 pm
Bruno,
Didn’t know that …thanks. Betty always seemed harmless to me.
Bruno
June 22nd, 2012
10:16 pm
Hoping Brother Mick makes it on tonight.
Recon and Scout–Glad to have you guys on board for my tribute night. I give you a hard time, but you’re part of the fabric here.
Bruno
June 22nd, 2012
10:16 pm
Headline above says Sandusky guilty……
bman
June 22nd, 2012
10:20 pm
Kamchak got banned? Oh, I don’t believe that. He’s just hiding from all of you
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
June 22nd, 2012
10:22 pm
bman:
Well, let’s put it this way ………….. he had a post pulled and then …………. “poof” !
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
June 22nd, 2012
10:24 pm
Bruno:
Thank you sir and I hear you ……………. we have differences but let someone gang up on us and ………… Blamo !
JamVet
June 22nd, 2012
10:24 pm
That Talking Heads was sweet.
weetamoe, cool story. You were quite the hipster back when!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHY5l4eaOF8
Recon 0311 2533
June 22nd, 2012
10:24 pm
Sandusky will hopefully spend the rest of his life looking over his shoulder in prison.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
June 22nd, 2012
10:26 pm
Victims 45 Penn State 0
Game over !
Recon 0311 2533
June 22nd, 2012
10:26 pm
Bruno,
My best to you and P.B.
PlatinumBlack
June 22nd, 2012
10:27 pm
Interesting take on that one, PB! Deep. (I luvluvluvluv him!)
Thanks, Mat.
Always liked this one but kinda spooky… A little reminiscent of Cheshire Cat:
http://youtu.be/BKmldYSDJaM
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
June 22nd, 2012
10:28 pm
Recon 0311 2533
“Sandusky will hopefully spend the rest of his life looking over his shoulder in prison.”
There should probably be some there with him (including one who recently died) for “misprison of a felony” !!
Penn. State = Perp. State
JamVet
June 22nd, 2012
10:31 pm
Bravos up 3 zip at the stretch in Fenway. Nice.
B, I bought all of those MB records in the day. It seemed a pitiful collection not to have them.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZT0KTAQ2sw&feature=related
Sid Farcas
June 22nd, 2012
10:31 pm
Well the verdict is in and Sandusky is guilty! As he was leaving the court room he was heard repeating over and over, “it was Bush not me”! Must be an Obama liberal. Right Book Man?
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
June 22nd, 2012
10:32 pm
Sandusky is GUILTY so will Sports Illustrated please get that photo of Paterno off the “college football section” of their internet website !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I’m sick of seeing it.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
June 22nd, 2012
10:33 pm
Sid:
Don’t do that …………… I’m having trouble breathing !
G Mare 71(PLEASE VOTE NO ON TSPLOST)
June 22nd, 2012
10:36 pm
0311, I often would like to “go off” on you myself. I never scroll past HIS posts. He makes me laugh, you not so much.
Bruno
June 22nd, 2012
10:41 pm
Sandusky will hopefully spend the rest of his life looking over his shoulder in prison.
Good opportunity here to demonstrate your faith, Del. Just sayin’
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
June 22nd, 2012
10:43 pm
Recon:
There’s 58,000 names on the wall ………. and no one was held to account.
Headline: “U.S. eyes return to some Southeast Asia military bases”
“Amid concerns about China’s growing military power and its claims to disputed territories, Thailand, Vietnam and the Philippines have cautiously put out the welcome mat for the Americans again.”
“In next-door Vietnam, Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta this month became the highest-ranking U.S. official to visit the naval and air base at Cam Ranh Bay since the end of the war. Citing the “tremendous potential here,” Panetta enthused about the prospect of U.S. ships again becoming a common sight at the deep-water port.”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/us-seeks-return-to-se-asian-bases/2012/06/22/gJQAKP83vV_story.html?hpid=z2
Bruno
June 22nd, 2012
10:44 pm
Jam–Enjoying that “sweet” Rundgren.
Alright, guys, just 46 more posts and we’ll crack page 7, which I think will tie the FNM record.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
June 22nd, 2012
10:45 pm
G Mare 71(PLEASE VOTE NO ON TSPLOST) :
Then you sir are more disciplined and that is a virtue to be commended.
Don't Forget
June 22nd, 2012
10:45 pm
Hey Bruno,
Working out of town this week. But you know “if the thunder don’t get ya the lightning will”.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbLx24IfR2g
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
June 22nd, 2012
10:46 pm
Bruno:
If he truly asks for God’s forgiveness in true repentance ………… God will forgive.
God granting parole however, is another matter.
JamVet
June 22nd, 2012
10:48 pm
B, check out Google’s home page and the story about Alan Turing.
What an amazing guy!
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9228397/How_Alan_Turing_set_the_rules_for_computing
Good opportunity here to demonstrate your faith, Del.
I’m not holding my breath. (His god is the angry, vengeful type! Who apparently is fine with bad FNM manners.)
More fantastic, blue eyed Philly soul…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtqF012BZas
Bruno
June 22nd, 2012
10:49 pm
Gotta break down and throw out some Phyllis Hyman for PB. Sadly, she took her own life in 1995, silencing a beautiful voice forever:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQAu65WLlso
Don't Forget
June 22nd, 2012
10:50 pm
Crap that one cut off before it should have. How bout this one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BExP0iZaTI&feature=related
getalife
June 22nd, 2012
10:51 pm
cons screw up everything.
Even the music thread.
This one is for them:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRzMtlZjXpU
Bruno
June 22nd, 2012
10:51 pm
God granting parole however, is another matter.
I’m with you on that point, Scout. As far as being an armchair hater, however, I can only wonder WWJD??
Recon 0311 2533
June 22nd, 2012
10:52 pm
0311/8541,
Except for a feckless government back then we would still have established basing and a significant presence in the South East Asian region. What may forestall or provoke war is the faltering global economy. It could go either way.
Bruno
June 22nd, 2012
10:55 pm
Working out of town this week. But you know “if the thunder don’t get ya the lightning will”.
Hey, DF!!! I was really hoping that you would make it on board for my tribute night. Back at ya with one of my favorite “philosophical songs” by the Dead:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erPRivEyjgU
So happy someone finally put the studio version up.
Recon 0311 2533
June 22nd, 2012
10:57 pm
Bruno,
My faith won’t have anything to do with Sandusky’s fate. Doesn’t even deserve saying.
godless heathen
June 22nd, 2012
10:59 pm
“Bravos up 3 zip at the stretch in Fenway. Nice.”
Looked like the old JJ. I hope he’s back to early 2011 form.
Bruno
June 22nd, 2012
11:00 pm
B, check out Google’s home page and the story about Alan Turing.
Tragically, he was persecuted for being gay by his home country, even though his hard work in cracking German codes saved countless British lives in WW II.
godless heathen
June 22nd, 2012
11:01 pm
“I can only wonder WWJD??”
What would Jay do?
PlatinumBlack
June 22nd, 2012
11:03 pm
You’ll be given love
You’ll be taken care of
You’ll be given love
You have to trust it
Maybe not from the sources
You have poured yours
Maybe not from the directions
You are staring at
Twist your head around
It’s all around you
All is full of love
All around you
All is full of love
You just ain’t receiving
All is full of love
Your phone is off the hook
All is full of love
Your doors are all shut
All is full of love!
All is full of love
All is full of love
All is full of love
All is full of love
All is full of love
http://youtu.be/wxBO28j3vug
Don't Forget
June 22nd, 2012
11:04 pm
Bruno, yup Crazy Fingers was one of those “reset” songs. Great choice. Busy working but had to chime in.
Gone are the days we stopped to decide
Where we should go
We just ride
Gone are the broken eyes we saw through in dreams
Gone – both dream and lie
Life may be sweeter for this I don’t know
Feels like it might be alright
While Lady Lullaby sings plainly for you
Love still rings true
G Mare 71(PLEASE VOTE NO ON TSPLOST)
June 22nd, 2012
11:04 pm
0311, did you not notice that I said I mostly scroll past your posts, ma’am? Buh bye.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
June 22nd, 2012
11:06 pm
Bruno:
“As far as being an armchair hater, however, I can only wonder WWJD??”
“Depart from me you workers of iniquity for I never knew you.” Jesus (Matt. 7:23)
Recon 0311 2533
June 22nd, 2012
11:06 pm
I wonder if Sandusky’s homosexual affinity for boys truly went unnoticed by his wife over so many years. Hard to believe it did given the evidence, so shouldn’t she be an accessory?
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
June 22nd, 2012
11:06 pm
G Mare 71(PLEASE VOTE NO ON TSPLOST) :
Do me a presonal favor ………. keep scrolling and NEVER stop.
JamVet
June 22nd, 2012
11:07 pm
I read that. Homophobia is just another form of bullying. He took his own life because of it…
cons screw up everything.
Even the music thread.
Brother getalife, true and LOL!
heathen, we need him to get back to that!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vg98l6zVj2E
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
June 22nd, 2012
11:07 pm
Recon:
“I wonder if Sandusky’s homosexual affinity for boys truly went unnoticed by his wife over so many years. Hard to believe it did given the evidence, so shouldn’t she be an accessory?”
Yes, especially with that adopted step son or whatever. Along with a lot of coaches and other individuals.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
June 22nd, 2012
11:08 pm
Recon @ 10:52
Exactly !
godless heathen
June 22nd, 2012
11:10 pm
How about Snoop and Willie together for a take on our fate.
http://youtu.be/1KbKH4A7VFY
PlatinumBlack
June 22nd, 2012
11:18 pm
Depart from me you workers of iniquity for I never knew you.” Jesus (Matt. 7:23)
“Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.” (Ephesians 4:32)
Sometimes it seems you only read half the Bible, Scout.
Bruno
June 22nd, 2012
11:18 pm
Oops–That 11:18 was from Bruno. Forgot to change the handle.
JamVet
June 22nd, 2012
11:21 pm
Fix your heart on me
I’ll show you what I’ve memorized
Fix your gaze on me
I need to see your eyes [Good God!]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhAcXRlgbZs&feature=youtu.be
Bruno
June 22nd, 2012
11:22 pm
heathen–Really digging your 11:10.
Help me out, guys. Only 18 more posts to make it to page 7. Hate posts don’t count, though.
Recon 0311 2533
June 22nd, 2012
11:22 pm
The Sandusky case should be a wake up call for true Americans about the dangerous nature of homosexuality preying upon our youth with their degenerative lifestyle.
PlatinumBlack
June 22nd, 2012
11:25 pm
The Willie Nelson sound reminds me of this one from my youth:
http://youtu.be/EivR78mrRFE
PlatinumBlack
June 22nd, 2012
11:29 pm
What me and Bruno got tonight:
http://youtu.be/UHiBhpmGd4E
(Running)
godless heathen
June 22nd, 2012
11:32 pm
That Eric Clapner is a good choice, PB.
PB, I’m puzzled about “my youth”. According to Bruno you are a 19 year old Falcons cheerleader.
j$
June 22nd, 2012
11:32 pm
Help me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhat-xUQ6dw
godless heathen
June 22nd, 2012
11:36 pm
Bruno deserves seven pages.
PlatinumBlack
June 22nd, 2012
11:37 pm
Bruno’s trying to talk me into purchasing a Nissan Juke. Was never a SUV kinda girl, but it’s a compact and has some nice curves.
Tracy Chapman classic:
http://youtu.be/Orv_F2HV4gk
Bruno
June 22nd, 2012
11:42 pm
The Sandusky case should be a wake up call for true Americans about the dangerous nature of homosexuality preying upon our youth with their degenerative lifestyle.
So what would change if the victims were young girls instead??
As I stated above, hate posts don’t count. Stop setting me back, Del.
godless heathen
June 22nd, 2012
11:42 pm
I wouldn’t buy anything called “Juke”. Too close to junk. Ford Escape = Ford Mistake Nova, Spanish for No Go. etc.
godless heathen
June 22nd, 2012
11:48 pm
PB: Here’s your car! Bruno knows Quantum Mechanics.
http://youtu.be/oYWkOy4FL3A
The Spirit of Brother Mick
June 22nd, 2012
11:48 pm
Since Mick didn’t make it, I’ll post for him:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-Cy4YKrxj4
PlatinumBlack
June 22nd, 2012
11:51 pm
PB, I’m puzzled about “my youth”. According to Bruno you are a 19 year old Falcons cheerleader.
Godless, those be my zygote days.
JamVet
June 22nd, 2012
11:52 pm
Hit me over the head! Spit in my face! Bang on the drum!
I must be blind, I must be blind
Hit me over the head! Step on my feet! Make me feel numb
I must be blind, I must be out of my mind
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPi4dOPKBFQ&feature=related
PlatinumBlack
June 22nd, 2012
11:55 pm
Always thought the intro of this Brahms Intermezzo resembled Stairway’s intro:
Brahms:
http://youtu.be/Ce3HxpcL8j8
Zepp:
http://youtu.be/0niLOyhCd5g
PlatinumBlack
June 22nd, 2012
11:57 pm
wouldn’t buy anything called “Juke”. Too close to junk.
Or “joke.”
G Mare 71(PLEASE VOTE NO ON TSPLOST)
June 22nd, 2012
11:57 pm
Tracy Chapman – nice. Since I don’t know how – yet – to post tunes/videos, could someone please put up some Creedence for me? Thanks.
Bruno
June 22nd, 2012
11:59 pm
#300 has to be for the Blog Band:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zI0Q8ytD44Y