Name: James Earl Jones reads Walt Whitman by brainpicker in Brainpicker
Duration: 4 min 27 s
Description: Background and transcript: http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013/05/31/james-earl-jones-reads-walt-whitman/

Brainpicker

The book of love is long and boring
No one can lift the damn thing
It's full of charts and facts, and figures
And instructions for dancing
But I
I love it when you read to me.
And you
You can read me anything.
The book of love has music in it
In fact that's where music comes from
Some of it's just transcendental
Some of it's just really dumb
But I
I love it when you sing to me
And you
You can sing me anything
The book of love is long and boring
And written very long ago
It's full of flowers and heart-shaped boxes
And things we're all too young to know
But I
I love it when you give me things
And you
You ought to give me wedding rings
And I
I love it when you give me things
And you
You ought to give me wedding rings
You ought to give me
Wedding rings

''The Book Of Love" - Magnetic Fields/Peter Gabriel

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All profits will be donated to a charity in Molina’s honor.

Available March 17, 2015 on Overcoat Recordings.

Pre Order: http://bit.ly/oc34preorder

http://glenhansardmusic.com

Glen Hansard - Being In Love

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Cover to Ben E. King's hit "I (Who Have Nothing)" by Puddles Pity Party.

**LYRICS**
I, I who have nothing
I, I who have no one
Adore you, and want you so
I'm just a no one,
With nothing to give you but Oh
I Love You

He, He buys you diamonds
Bright, sparkling diamonds
But believe me, dear when I say,
That he can give you the world,
But he'll never love you the way
I Love You

He can take you anyplace he wants
To fancy clubs and restaurants
But I can only watch you with
My nose pressed up against the window pane
I, I who have nothing
I, I who have no one
Must watch you, go dancing by
Wrapped in the arms of somebody else
When darling it's I
Who Loves you

I Love You
I Love You
I Love You.

Puddles Pity Party - I (Who Have Nothing)

The Study On Falling

A Man Without a Name

Gloria Vivaldi

Yann Tiersen, chant: Dominique A - Monochrome

Full conversation and context: http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013/05/06/wendy-macnaughton-caroline-paul-design-matters/

Excerpt from https://soundcloud.com/designmatters/carolinepaulandwendymacnaughton

On true love

Excerpt from Orwell's fantastic 1946 essay outlining his 11 "golden" rules of tea perfection: http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013/05/14/george-orwell-a-nice-cup-of-tea/

TRANSCRIPT / DETAILS

George Orwell on how to make the perfect cup of tea

Laura Marling - I Was an Eagle (acoustic on KEXP)
May 15 2013


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Annotated highlights and discussion: http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013/05/29/joss-whedon-2013-wesleyan-commencement-address/

Be All Your Selves: Joss Whedon's 2013 Wesleyan Commencement Address

Background and transcript: http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013/05/31/james-earl-jones-reads-walt-whitman/

James Earl Jones reads Walt Whitman

T.S. Eliot reads from his celebrated classic, Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats: http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013/06/04/t-s-eliot-reads-t-s-eliot-the-ad-dressing-of-cats-1947/

James Earl Jones reads Walt Whitman

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