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Nice stuff. I can definitely "hear" a rhythm section (ie: bass and drums) along with some keyboards and--- GASP!--- violin. (ala It's A Beautiful Day style)

Who'll Stop The Rain?

Exactly!

R.I.P. "King" Solomon

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRxS7Q64xUQ&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bo9riZYUpTw

What does ANY of it really mean?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbMGmsFjhpM

I don't consider myself refined, by any means, but I dig the heck out of J.P.

Don't go talking too loud, you'll cause a landslide.

Find Yourself a Music Oh hear the music. Search the world over for the sound that fills your soul with companionship when you are alone. Music that heals and comforts and knows you in a way no one else will ever know you. A music that calls out to you in the night. A music that fulfills your unfulfillable longing. A music that reminds you to live and to love and to dwell in your feelings. A music that keeps your spirit at peace. A music that gives you harmony. A music that laments for your soul. A music that calms the demons should you have any. A music that inspires when the well has run dry. A music that turns a barren land lush with flora and can burn the land dry and desolate as a stone canyon. A personal music. A secret music. A secret music indeed. A music much too personal to share with anyone you do not trust. A music that reminds you of time passing and the beauty of the mystery of living here in this time on this planet with the people you know and love all around you that no matter the season or the situation will always love you and the music sings to this place and to these people. A music that haunts you and give surcease from your hauntings. We are all haunted. A music that rambles and rolls and erupts and dances and moans and wails and dies and ripples and echoes and falls and exalts and deflates and billows and ignites and calls out from the very cells of your body the memories of all the strange lives once connected to the deepest memories of whatever substance we are truly made of that remembers bits and pieces of all time and through this music you can feel the past even if you don’t understand it. Find a music that is yours and love it despite what anyone else shall think. Keep it and listen to it as a sermon when you are down and let it guide you when you are awake and when you are asleep let it drift into your dreams. © 2007 Christian Cloud Abraham

I sure do love you guys!

Oh, I wouldn't be too worried over it. I doubt that (he/she/it/them/those/they) are offended by it. At least that's the opinion of me/myself/I.

If you're a social "misfit", what, exactly, is a social "fit"? Kick off your shoes and stay a while.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPsTBn9lBHc

Probably watched too many episodes of Mickey Mouse Club. "Who's the leader of the club that's made for you and me?"

Rubber Soul rules!! Is that too subtle?

Ahhh, Man! That remake of Marley's "3 Little Birds" is priceless! It put a great big smile on my face.

I think we've unfortunately been conditioned to accept the idea of myths being synonymous with untruths. I don't personally think that is an appropriate way to regard a myth. It diminishes the value. Think of Aesop's fables, for example. Yes, they can be considered myths because they never actually happened. However, nestled in the fictional contexts, are kernels of truth and wisdom that lie waiting for the discoverer. So, though some may consider various Biblical records to be myths, (and, perhaps they are, by strict definition.) that doesn't negate the lessons in morality to be gleaned by virtue of the symbolism they contain. edit: Here's an example. I think most people would concede that the fable of The Fox and the Grapes is not a historical recounting of an actual event. But, there is great wisdom to be gained if one will consider the moral lesson being presented through the use of symbolism.

Have you seen my wife, Mr. Jones? Do you know what it's like on the outside?