Well as usual we've been lectured and hectored and told all the things we're not in a typical effort that leaves one feeling chastised and diminished rather than reassured and uplifted.
For feeling uplifted, you have to go to people like this - I watched the acoustic concert DVD this morning as an antidote. These blokes are (apart from being consumate musicians) just utterly in the moment: urging each other on and giving each other praise through applause, looks and gestures that reflect a lifetime of playing together, shared values and, one senses, an enduring sense of hope and looking forward (especially Crosby). This DVD always lifts me up and I realise that one day, that other pompous little prick will be a footnote on the pages of history - a broader, more inclusive history that looks beyond simplistic rote stories of white explorers and Donald f**cking Bradman. Keep the faith, people.
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have an awesome gram tribute show that emmylou put together. apart from gillian welch making me cry with her rendition of sth carolina the rest of it is insanely uplifting
chris
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