Month: December 2017

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13Tvr7Tz0Oc Loving is a mellow indie rock band from Victoria, British Columbia. Their song "Bowlly Going Dancing Drunk Into the Future" is off their 2016 self-titled LP, an album heavy with motifs of delicate nature, letting go, and wandering.  Listen to "Bowlly Going Dancing" while sharing a dessert with a friend this weekend. maybe you could talk freely  speak to me for once so truly  for once so truly  i could know  just where you're going  just where i'm standing.  that would really be something.  in most ways on most days  i am clearly disappearing  i am clearly disappearing  at the thought of our nearing  an end.  this morning i awoke  and read the words  that you wrote.  they were different from what you spoke  they were different from what you sp...

Breaking the silence  Of an ancient pond, A frog jumped into water- A deep resonance. -Matsuo Basho, The Narrow Road to the Deep North  Daniel R. Robinson was an acoustic guitarist who changed his name to Robbie Basho in honor of the Japanese poet Matsuo Basho. Like Matsuo Basho's poetry, Robbie Basho's music captures a beauty and calmness deeply rooted in the natural world. In Robbie Basho's rendition of Debussy's piano solo "Clair de Lune,"  Basho's guitar echoes the effects a piano's sustaining pedal would produce in a typical performance of the song while adding a rugged folksiness and energy to the piece.  Take a listen: https://open.spotify.com/track/5gP8ytgXOcX2Enq9yS5UHh