Friday, January 23, 2009

through a day

my days are defined by many people and many experiences. this tracks a days points through the music or spoken word i was attending to - or which was attending to me !!

the cinematic orchestra - dawn



what was said to the rose - written by rumi - spoken by coleman barks



chick corea "crystal silence" - a song i listened to before falling asleep many times in high school . . . .



brian eno "by this river" - a languid, melancholy, rainy-day, afternoon song . . .



the beatles "a day in the life" . . . i always loved the orchestral wind-up in this song. it offered a glimpse of something i couldn't articulate at the time but i see it as a sort of potential - a possibility - that goes well beyond the players . . . it's describing an otherness . . .


brian eno - "an ending (ascent)" . . . i love kind music before i sleep. "kind" for me is a sensation of care, that quality that accompanies moments of purposeful nurturing.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

great eno track. my personal favourite is still 'by this river', but this one is way up there.

steven said...

i'm with you there alan. i'd put "by this river" in the afternoon slot! hey maybe i'll add it in here anyway!!
dad