We did get to hear some good singing today at the funeral. Hearing this today draws up out of my memory all those country folks, in their country churches, singing their songs in that “high lonesome sound.” We drove around the old stomping grounds in Springville after the burial, reminiscing.
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I somehow missed that Jesse Welles is on Bandcamp. Listening to Pilgrim now. One song features Sierra Ferrell! 🎵
Today’s earworm: Punch Brothers cover of “Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald”. A very good song to have looping in your head. 🎵
Jesse Welles has a new song about the death of Charlie Kirk 🎵
Good article on the fake personality of chatbots—in part because of lack of persistence through time. (Via @ayjay) As I’ve been using Claude more, I’m finding that it’s best at amplifying my own ideas and spinning them in new directions, not generating anything new or even factual.
Wow. Wow. Wow. Georgian priest chants the 50th Psalm in Aramaic 🎵
Now playing: Tibetan Mantras for Turbulent Times. Also see their website (click on album name) for more information about each mantra. 🎵
RIP, Ozzy. Many years ago I started trying to catch up on all the devil music I had missed in my youth. I checked out the first Black Sabbath album from the library. The opening track blew me away. “Sounds like Black Sabbath” has always been high praise to me. 🎵
Anthem of place: ”Ozark” by Jesse Welles
Jesse Welles’ new song “Ozark” feels particularly lyrically rich. Here’s a sketch of what stood out to me. I was born up on the hill though I am being born still Personal participation in the ongoingness of creation. I was carried down to the river valley on the big bend of the Arkansas Carrying the baby to a special place in the river valley. Presentation of the child to the spirits of place.
Song of the day: “Que Sera Sera” 🎵