Like Plato, C.S. Lewis believed that the human soul was made up of three parts — the head (the rational, reason-driven part of you), the belly (your appetites and base instincts), and the chest (the seat of virtue-seeking sentiments and well-tuned emotions). In order for your head to make your decisions, particularly the decision to live a virtuous life, rather than your decisions being driven by your belly, the head needs the aid of the chest, of right feeling.

A few months ago, we had Michael Ward on the show to talk about why C.S. Lewis felt that modern life was making “men without chests.” Today, I talk to a guest who can shed light on what Lewis thought was needed to build that chest back up. His name is Louis Markos and he’s a professor of English, as well as the lecturer of the Great Courses course: The Life and Writings of C.S. Lewis. At the start of our conversation, Lou gives us some background on Lewis’ life, including his conversion to Christianity, and how the nature of that conversion influenced his thinking on how to pursue virtue more broadly. We then talk about Lewis’ philosophical argument for there being a universal moral order, and why the chest is so vital for staying grounded in it. We spend the rest of our discussion unpacking the three ways Lewis believed the chest could be “educated”: reading stories and myths, rejecting “chronological snobbery” to learn from the past, and developing friendships that inspire excellence.

#765: C.S. Lewis on Building Men With Chests

an original song by Sol Mars / 0TH3RW0RLDLY, 2022

Link to this song on band camp, where it can be purchased for $1.00:
https://0th3rw0rldly.bandcamp.com/track/you-never-loved-me-like-i-loved-you

You Never Loved Me Like I Loved You

78rpm Disc 193: John McGettigan and his Irish Minstrels: Salamanca/Blackthorn (reels)

This week's disc is actually a feature for John McGettigan's accordion player, Dan Marquette and guitar player Jimmy McDade on a couple reels. The guitar here is likely a tenor guitar, played in the tenor banjo accompaniment style of the time.

Recorded in 1937 and released on the RCA Victor label (26-7510). From the Ted McGraw Collection, McGraw 78 02-003.

McGraw 78 02-003

John McGettigan and his Irish Minstrels: Salamanca/Blackthorn (reels)

All of these years I’ve turnt into
Pleasure Machine
Insert your coin I’ll take your pain in
Cause I’m a pleasure machine

I’ll smile I’ll laugh
With this beating heart
To help find your serene
Wherever you go
You’ll see my soul 
Swaying along with you

*Through the night 
These sleepless nights
Breath in and out
Into your nose out of your mouth

Lay your head on my lap
Can’t promise I won’t *Ouch!*
Or if it won’t be tickled 

**Forget all the world
Forgo all your worries
Bliss is what we deserve to receive
But let’s be careful
Cause I’m still a little concern
If it’s worth turning hedonist

Ride in joy with me
But don’t forget freedom
Let’s give the space to breath
**, *, **

All of these years I’ve turnt into
Pleasure Machine
Not by suppress 
All my determin(ation)
To be a good pleasure machine
for you

Pleasure Machine (Demo)

Abraham - Espace
(2017/2018)
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Mixage Sébastien Téti
Mastering Léonard Lelièvre
Cover Quartier Graffik
JAYFLY
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Guitares par Gustave Reichert
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Paroles

Perché sur un nuage
Je nuis à ceux au grand âge
Ceux qui voulaient tourner la page
Et vite se blottir dans la cage 

Non je n’suis pas sage et j’aime agir
M’agiter rugir sans m’arrêter
Gravir des monts de folles pensées
(De folles pensées)


J’attrape mes crayons d’couleur
Transforme la grisaille en bonne humeur
Les vieux avant l’âge, meurent avant l’heure
Donc j’vis comme aux premières heures
D’un rien m’émerveille
Veille sur mes merveilles
Pardon si t’uses de la vermeil

Hermétiques à l’imaginaire, prenez l’air
J’vis pour l’art qui nous emmène haut
Et loin dans les airs
J’prends soin d’mes rêves car mes vers en viennent
Sans eux j’crève, en vie ils m’tiennent

Trêve d’enfantillages, osent-ils dire
Trop vite dans l’sillage
On veut priver l’village de ses seuls feuillages
J’ai plus l’âge d’avoir l’âge de raison
Laisse moi dessiner des plates maisons
Et sortir en short quelle que soit la saison

La vérité sort de ma bouche alors couche ta maturité
Lis lui une histoire, chante lui une berceuse
Cette vie n’dure jamais plus qu’une poignée d’étés
Garde cet enfantin espoir et rends la heureuse


Speak like a child
Speak like a child

Speak like a child
Speak like a child


Moi j’fais la grève des passages à l’âge adulte
Jouis des dernières éclaircies avant l’tumulte
Je n’suis qu’un enfant qui
Feint d’en être un
En moi j’n’enferme rien
Crie pensées doutes et peurs
Un micro à la main

Ma naïveté me permet d’croire 
En ce monde, en ces êtres
Je l’enserre tel un précieux jouet
Et envoie votre grandeur paître
Maîtrise pfff traîtrise
Combien veulent être maître et finissent très tristes

Combien oublient qu’un jour ils vivaient la nuit
Faisaient tout avec un rien
Riaient, pleuraient, imaginaient
Grandir leur a nuit
Rêve, folie et joie de vivre se sont enfouis
En même temps que leur candeur s’est enfuie

La seule vraie naïveté est de vouloir vite grandir
On regrette vite
Telle une effrayante vue sur l’vide
Du haut plongeoir qu’on voulait vite gravir
Pensant que l’altitude nous aurait ravis
Alors que rien n’vaut un ciel lointain qu’on envie


Speak like a child
Speak like a child
Parle comme un enfant, regarde comme un enfant
Écoute, ce qu’en toi tu entends

Speak like a child
Speak like a child
Parle, écoute et vis comme un enfant
La richesse est dans ton âme d’antan


Restons p’tits si on l’veut
Avec nos mignoncités
Restons aux p’tits oignons vieux
Restons optimistes on l’peut
On était moins peureux p’tits
Tour à tour cow boys, 
Pirates, cosmonautes,
Pompiers éteignant l’feu

Restons p’tits si on l’veut
Avec nos mignoncités
Restons aux p’tits oignons vieux
Restons optimistes on l’peut
On était moins peureux p’tits
Tour à tour flics, bandits,
Pompiers éteignant l’feu


En partie brimé petit
J’resterai à jamais un grand enfant
J’dis merci à la vie
Vive l’insouciance d’antan
L’imaginaire infini
La sincérité qui le dessus prend
Garder l’innocence de l’enfance malgré la somme des âges…

Le défi que l’univers nous tend

Je reste un enfant dans ma tête
Mais j’écoute ce que m’disent les sages

Le savoir de nos ancêtres sommeille dans notre sang

Abraham - S.L.A.C

It's Monday, so it's time for our NEW RELEASE MONDAYS podcast series.
 
This edition we're focusing on Doom Metal where we spotlight new and upcoming releases in doom metal/rock, including stoner of course. This episode we look at September and October 2022 releases.
 
We're all doomed!

(0:00) "Age of the Idiot" 
FREEDOM HAWK - Take All You Can
Take All You Can | Freedom Hawk | Ripple Music (bandcamp.com)
                                           
(4:21) "Into The Mosh of Kattegat" 
ASCIA - III
III | Ascia (bandcamp.com)

(6:33) "Eye of Doom Part I" 
EYE OF DOOM - single
Eye of Doom (bandcamp.com)

(12:45) "Arise" 
DEAD MYRICK - Rolling Steel
Rolling Steel | Dead Myrick (bandcamp.com)

(16:16) "Push The Venom" 
MOTHERSLUG - Blood Moon Blues
Motherslug (bandcamp.com)

(18:58) "Pyramid of Despair" 
WARCOE - single
Pyramid of Despair | Warcoe | warcoe (bandcamp.com)
  
(23:15) "Specie of Noise" 
BROTHER O' BROTHER - Skin Walker
Brother O' Brother (bandcamp.com)

(26:17) "The Blood Earth Consumes" 
HOLY DEATH - Moral Terror
Moral Terror | Holy Death (bandcamp.com)
  
(29:13) "Pillory" 
WEIGHT SHIFT - Chaotic Hunters Rise
Chaotic Hunters Rise | Weight Shift (bandcamp.com)

DOOM METAL NEW RELEASES - September October 2022

DOOM METAL NEW RELEASES - September/October 2022

Have Fun Don't Worry So Much

NASA Ass Destroyed [McEdit]

Download/Stream >> https://apollo.fanlink.to/AMB2208

Accomplished musician and composer Jackson Mico Milas unveils his debut album this November.  ‘Blu Terra’ brings together eleven tender and emotive compositions and finds the Australian artist hitting his stride.

Having cut his teeth at New York’s Nylon Studios, Jackson has carved out a highly successful career to date, with numerous award-winning film and TV scores under his belt including work for Tim Minchin’s acclaimed Sky Atlantic drama Upright and the Earth Hour campaign which gained him a nomination at the LIA Awards.  Jackson also gained prominence with his band High Highs, who were signed to Elton John’s Rocket Records label, and toured with the likes of Vampire Weekend, Empire Of The Sun and Sky Ferreira.

On ‘Blu Terra’, Jackson comes of age, and delivers a matured and elegant suite of compositions on this debut album, encompassing acoustic, alt-folk and jazz elements to deploy soaring and heartfelt songs.  The long player features a cast of great players, including Tim Lefebvre (David Bowie 'Blackstar'), Robby Sinclair (Chet Faker/Nick Murphy), Troy Simms (Lee Scratch Perry) and Veronique Serret (Joanna Newsom's Y's Street Band). Mixing & production by Dave Harrington of Darkside, and the album is released on Apollo, the home to ground-breaking talent such as Aphex Twin, Nadine Shah, Synkro, Biosphere and many more over its 30-year tenure.

Jackson Mico Milas - Fiction [clip]

"new beginnings" is the 3rd album from Ambient / LoFi producer Stillhet. He makes his debut on Brainfreeze Music's label Beyond the Clouds with this somber and bittersweet album of LoFi and Ambient.

Pleasure Machine (Demo)

Theeranat Mint