Music for a new day
“..it is that American spirit - that American promise - that pushes us forward even when the path is uncertain; that binds us together in spite of our differences; that makes us fix our eye not on what is seen, but what is unseen, that better place around the bend.” Full speech.
Let’s pretend “American” means “humanist” and we’re all good. Go Obama.
Animal Collective: For Reverend Green
Múm: They Made Frogs Smoke ‘Til They Exploded
Beirut: My Family’s Role In The World Revolution
Au: RR vs. D
The Books: Tokyo
Broken Social Scene: Our Faces Split The Coast In Half
Sufjan Stevens: Your Land
Kocani Orkestar: Siki Siki Baba
Photo credit: “A grief stricken American infantryman whose buddy has been killed in action is comforted by another soldier. In the background a corpsman methodically fills out casualty tags, Haktong-ni area Korea.” By Sfc. Al Chang, August 28, 1950. National Archives and Records Administration, Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer
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