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Charles Bukowski reads his poem "don't come round but if you do..." over a loop of Tom Waits' "Wrong Side of the Road"

Charles Bukowski "don't come round but if you do..."/Tom Waits "Wrong Side of the Road"

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The Laughing Heart (Written by Charles Bukowski, read by Tom Waits)

your life is your life
don't let it be clubbed into dank submission.
be on the watch.
there are ways out.
there is a light somewhere.
it may not be much light but
it beats the darkness.
be on the watch.
the gods will offer you chances.
know them.
take them.
you can't beat death but
you can beat death in life, 
sometimes.
and the more often you learn to do it,
the more light there will be.
your life is your life.
know it while you have it.
you are marvelous
the gods wait to delight in you.

You are marvelous and the Gods wait to delight in you (Bukowski's Laughing Heart read by Tom Waits)

Warsong Test - Tom Waits Reads Charles Bukowski

Charlie Chaplin – as I began to love myself 
As I began to love myself I found that anguish and emotional suffering are only warning signs that I was living against my own truth. Today, I know, this is “AUTHENTICITY”.

As I began to love myself I understood how much it can offend somebody if I try to force my desires on this person, even though I knew the time was not right and the person was not ready for it, and even though this person was me. Today I call it “RESPECT”.

As I began to love myself I stopped craving for a different life, and I could see that everything that surrounded me was inviting me to grow. Today I call it “MATURITY”.

As I began to love myself I understood that at any circumstance, I am in the right place at the right time, and everything happens at the exactly right moment. So I could be calm. Today I call it “SELF-CONFIDENCE”.

As I began to love myself I quit stealing my own time, and I stopped designing huge projects for the future. Today, I only do what brings me joy and happiness, things I love to do and that make my heart cheer, and I do them in my own way and in my own rhythm. Today I call it “SIMPLICITY”.

As I began to love myself I freed myself of anything that is no good for my health – food, people, things, situations, and everything that drew me down and away from myself. At first I called this attitude a healthy egoism. Today I know it is “LOVE OF ONESELF”.

As I began to love myself I quit trying to always be right, and ever since I was wrong less of the time. Today I discovered that is “MODESTY”.

As I began to love myself I refused to go on living in the past and worrying about the future. Now, I only live for the moment, where everything is happening. Today I live each day, day by day, and I call it “FULFILLMENT”.

As I began to love myself I recognized that my mind can disturb me and it can make me sick. But as I connected it to my heart, my mind became a valuable ally. Today I call this connection “WISDOM OF THE HEART”.

We no longer need to fear arguments, confrontations or any kind of problems with ourselves or others. Even stars collide, and out of their crashing new worlds are born. Today I know “THAT IS LIFE”!

As I Began To Love Myself - Poem by Charlie Chaplin

Kindly recorded by the author for Brain Pickings. Poem text and context:  https://www.brainpickings.org/2020/01/08/what-you-need-to-be-warm-neil-gaiman

POEM TEXT / CONTEXT

Neil Gaiman reads "What You Need to Be Warm"

It had been a while since I played a set on the beach that feels like home, so I couldn't think of a better place to spend the first day of the 20's than Why Nam. After all the madness of the last year and non stop travels that have taken in all corners of the globe it felt good to be back..  the sun was shining, the parachute was floating in the breeze above the dancefloor like a pyschedelic jellyfish and sparkly dancers were throwing shapes all around..

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Why Nam Vol 13 - New Year's Day

Remember Me is a throwback Frenic track with solid Hip Hop beats alongside beautiful female vocal. Greek bouzouki and deep bass. Melancholic yet hopefull.

Frenic is returning with the single “Remember Me?”  the last album Initiation, saw our Hero battle through the “Road of Trials” and find the “ultimate Boon” Now he will “ return from the depths of the underworld back into the light.  



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Sacco e Vanzetti Feat Daman & Drowning Dog (DDM)

One hour recording of a live set I played at a private party in Istanbul. A Big Thank you to L&D.
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Neil Gaiman reads "What You Need to Be Warm"

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