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Competing Quotes for the Day: Sam Harris contra the Avett Brothers on holding our children
Take an experience like carrying your child. You pick your child up hundreds of times a day, it seems. At a certain time, your child is going to get too heavy to pick up. At a certain point you will … Continue reading
Posted in Experiences, Music
Tagged "Down with the Shine", atheism, Avett Brothers, Bonnaroo, Sam Harris, Stoic themes in music, Stoicism, Sylvie
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A Song for Sunday: “The Once and Future Carpenter”
Did I mention that the music of the Avett Brothers tends to have strong Stoic themes? They have a new song they recently performed on a CMT Unplugged session. Money quote: If I live the life I’m given, I won’t … Continue reading
Posted in Music
Tagged "Once and Future Carpenter", Avett Brothers, CMT, Stoic themes in music, Stoicism
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The Stoic’s Songbook
I’ve been vaguely aware for a long time that I need to know more about Stoic philosophy. I recently came across a review of A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy by William B. Irvine and … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Reading
Tagged "A Satisfied Mind", "Ain't No Reason", "I and Love and You", "I Don't Want to Die (In the Hospital)", "Ill With Want", "Laughing With", "Let Me Die in My Footsteps", "Murder in the City", "Que Sera Sera", "See These Bones", "The Perfect Space", "The Right Place", "The World Keeps Turning", "You Don't Miss Your Water", A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy, Avett Brothers, Bob Dylan, Brett Dennen, Conor Oberst, Epictetus, Johnny Cash, Marcus Aurelius, Monsters of Folk, Nada Surf, negative visualization, Otis Redding, Plato, Regina Specter, Seneca, Stoic, Stoic philosophy, Stoic themes in music, Stoicism, The Republic, Tom Waits, William B. Irvine
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Quote for the Day: The Avett Brothers on Facing Death
I want to grow old without the pain/ Give my body back to the earth and not complain. – The Avett Brother from The Perfect Space We stood in the heavy rain and the mud at the Crossroads Theater in … Continue reading
The Avett Brothers
I’m looking forward to seeing the Avett Brothers in a few weeks. Here is a beautiful song about love and family: I also love the raw energy of this performance.
