“Blind certainty - a close-mindedness that amounts to an imprisonment so total that the prisoner doesn't even know he's locked up." Thank you for this beautiful talk David Foster Wallace!

Thank you for uploading this. I listen to this periodically, sometimes 2-3 times a month. This is timeless

Historically + Tech speak= You are incorrect plus ALL should not Judge Future Generations by your Personal Deeds Perspectice.

...there  is  actually  no  such  thing  as  atheism.  There  is no  such  thing  as  not  worshipping.  Everybody  worships.  The  only  choice we  get  is  what  to  worship...

loved this when I first heard it, and still rings clear today. what a fantastic writer, and RIP David Foster Wallace, your work will live on ♾️.

I have a hard copy of this speech. And if I read it at night, alone and out loud, it makes me cry.

Wow simply wow. Wish this had been my commemcement speech!

it's by David Wallace 😏 if you know you know 

Live version of 'I Forget Where We Were' before the album release

I Forget Where We Were - Ben Howard (LIVE)

Often quoted, but rarely interviewed, Mary Oliver is one of our greatest and most beloved poets. At 79, she honors us with an intimate conversation on the wisdom of the world, the salvation of poetry, and the life behind her writing.

See more at www.onbeing.org/program/mary-oliver-listening-to-the-world/7267

"I Happened to Be Standing" by Mary Oliver

Ahead Of My Time Inst

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A song about fear, childhood and the changing of seasons, the tender 'Michicant' featured not only the achingly beautiful falsetto of Bon Iver but also a breathtaking alto sax solo from bassist Michael Lewis. A stunning highlight from their world premiere performances of 'Cercle' at Sydney Opera House as part of Vivid LIVE festival.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMue0xUbV5g

LYRICS:
I was unafraid, I was a boy, I was a tender age
Melic in the naked, knew a lake and drew the lofts for page
Hurdle all the waitings up, know it wasn't wedded love
4 long minutes end and it was over it'd all be back
And the frost took up the eyes

Pressed against the pane could see the veins and there was poison out
Resting in a raze the inner claims I hadn't breadth to shake
Searching for an inner clout, may not take another bout
Honey in the hale could fill the pales of loving less with vain
Hon, it wasn't yet the spring

Aiming and it sunk and we were drunk and we had fleshed it out
Nose up in the globes, you never know if you are passing out
No it wasn't maiden-up, the falling or the faded luck
Hung up in the ivory, both were climbing for a finer cause
Love can hardly leave the room
With your heart

Bon Iver - Michicant (Vivid LIVE 2016)

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A stripped-back acoustic rendition of 'Calgary' taken from Bon Iver's world premiere performances of 'Cercle' at Sydney Opera House as part of Vivid LIVE festival.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01YD6v5TYqs

LYRICS:
Don't you cherish me to sleep
Oh
Never keep your eyelids clipped
Hold me for the pops and clicks
I was only for the father's crib

Hair, old, long along
Your neck onto your shoulder blades
Oh
Always keep that message taped
Cross your breasts you won't erase
I was only for your very space

Hip, under nothing
Propped up by your other one
Face 'way from the sun
Just have to keep a dialogue
Teach our bodies, haunt the cause
I was only trying to spell a loss

Joy, it's all founded
Pincher with the skin inside
Oh
You pinned me with your black sphere eyes
You know that all the rope's untied
I was only for to die beside

So it's storming on the lake
Little waves our bodies break
There's a fire going out
But there's really nothing to the south
Swollen orange and light let through
Your one-piece swimmer stuck to you

Sold, I'm ever
Open ears and open eyes
Oh
Wake up to your starboard bride
Who goes in and then stays inside
Oh, the demons come, they can subside

Bon Iver - Calgary (Vivid LIVE 2016)

Bon Iver's Live concert at Pioneer Works, NYC.

Live at Pioneer Works, Brooklyn

29 #Strafford APTS

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David Foster Wallace's iconic 2005 Kenyon College graduation address. Context and transcript here: http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/09/12/this-is-water-david-foster-wallace/

Part 2 here: http://soundcloud.com/brainpicker/david-foster-wallace-this-is-water-2

David Foster Wallace: "This Is Water" (part 1)

This is Water, by David Foster Wallace

Recorded for Brain Pickings. Poem text and context: https://www.brainpickings.org/2019/09/23/amanda-palmer-mary-oliver-when-i-am-among-the-trees/

POEM TEXT

Amanda Palmer reads "When I Am Among the Trees" by Mary Oliver

There have been a lot of whispers and rumours about Thom Yorke's Atoms for Peace project since the band formed in 2009 to play The Eraser live. In the new issue of Dazed & Confused, the fabled frontman clears up the speculation surrounding Amok, his first group album outside of Radiohead, with one of his most in-depth interviews to date. He also talks frankly about his life and work, discussing his uneasy relationship with fame, that video for "Lotus Flower" and why he's still intent on bending people's heads of out shape. 

Also, stay tuned to Dazed Digital over the next fortnight, as we'll be enrolling 14 of today's most innovative producers, including Actress, Machinedrum, Flying Lotus and Arca, into "The University of Yorke". They'll be asking Thom a series of burning questions, plus much, much more.

Until then, we thought we'd get you in the mood by asking the man himself to make us an, ahem, A-Thomic mix of some of his favourite tunes. Little did we realise that he would go into the studio with Nigel Godrich and emerge with 25 minutes of unreleased solo material and remixes. Suffice to say, it's essential listening. Check below for the tracklisting, and make sure you pick up the issue, which hits the shelves today.

TRACKLISTING 

cycles mk 3  thom yorke

you wouldn't like me when i'm angry unfinished rmx  atoms for peace

mali:  kono, the sacred birdÃ≈ mali musicians

proud evolution thom yorke 500quid rmx  liars

i don't need an excuse unfinished thom yorke 

bloom treatments radiohead

morning shiver down the black wood river anstam

give up the ghost thom yorke rmx radiohead

the grind average joe vs unless atoms for peace


Thom Yorke – exclusive Dazed Digital mix

music is my prayer, my whisky and my prozac. my. own. personal. jesus.

This is Water, by David Foster Wallace

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