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"... side by side with the human race runs another race of beings, the inhuman ones, the race of artists who guided by unknown impulses, take the lifeless mass of humanity and by the fever and ferment with which they imbue it turn this soggy dough into bread and the bread into wine and the wine into song..."
Henry Miller

Inventing a New Way to Listen to Music

This blog aims to expand your appreciation for song and written word together. Many of the posts have been designed to match the time of a specific song in reading length. The words of the post, together with the song you hear, will open your mind to a new way of reading and listening to music. Enjoy!

Thursday, June 23, 2011

For the love of Gawd, Vancouver


No, this is not about the Stanley Cup embarrassment.

This week, a friend of mine forwarded me this Craigslist ad because, in her words, "Made me think of you...."

Allow me to sum it up for you: A Vancouver musician has his studio broken into and all of his equipment stolen. Now, it is bad enough that someone/some people would think of robbing musicians, when you read this guy's story, you really feel for him.

Musicians offer our world an escape from reality. And they do so for free. How anyone could look at themselves in the mirror after stealing from artists who offer happiness for free is beyond me. If you feel the need to sack a place, what's wrong with a bank or an insurance company?

Whoever is responsible for this theft, I hope you get caught. And I hope you pay a serious penalty for your crime. But more importantly, I hope Maurice and his son get their guitar back. People like you disgust me.

This is a plea readers, to pass this on to as many people as you can in the hopes that the guitar gets returned to its rightful owner. Please help Maurice and his son get their Les Paul back!



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