Thanks to Nancy (and Eric Idle) for reminding me of this amusing tune ( The Galaxy Song from Monty Python's Meaning of Life) that puts our little human dramas (and obsession with identification with space, time and duality) into perspective!

WOW! Each time I listen to Hayley Westenra (who grew up in Christschurch, New Zealand - a lovely place) sing "Prayer" and "May It Be" I'm moved to tears of joy; not much music does that for me! ... and that's listening online via Pandora.com ... I can only imagine what hearing these songs in concert would be like! What a gift her music is! This is what I would call "spiritual calling us all home" music.

Shemah - The Calling by Ani Williams is quite lovely harp music from a great performer; I've enjoyed her live performances immensely at two conferences I've attended (the Global Sacred Geometry Conference in Sedona in 2004) and one of Chet Snow's "Signs of Destiny" (crop formations) conferences a year or two before that.

"Once" is a sweet (and funny) movie, and the song "Falling Slowly" (featuring the stars of the film - Czech Republic-born Markéta Irglová and Frames frontman Glen Hansard) is a gem! My wife & I are both humming the catchy tune quite a bit this week after enjoying the movie last weekend via Netflix. Other good tunes on the film, too.

Last night we attended a superb concert in Ashland with Eric Tingstad and Nancy Rumbel. I've enjoyed their music for many years, so it was a real treat to finally hear them in person. The duo has been performing together almost a quarter century, and I've been savoring their mellow virtuosity on guitar and woodwinds for almost that long. Last night's favorite selection among a fun, varied and inspiring set was "Chaco" which we learned was on their "A Moment's Peace" CD. Another long time favorite selection is "Sequoia" on their Woodlands release.

Thanks to Ed Kellogg for sending me this link to some great quotes about music, Pythagoras, etc.

Vibration (example still image from the animations in The Geometry Code Screensaver/Meditation tool/eBooklet

The Way Home is my favorite music by Kevin Braheny; deeply soothing, relaxing, meditative, soulful - perfect unwind music...

For anyone who enjoys superb latin guitar, check out the live performance calendar of virtuoso latin guitarist, Ivan Najera. His Devotion CD is one of my faves. He also happens to be a former co-worker when I lived in Nevada County.

A fun collection of computer animations of automated musical instruments

Yesterday we had probably the largest snowfall here in the Rogue Valley since we moved here a couple years ago. It was only 2-3 inches, but enough for the neighborhood kids to be out inner-tubing down the street past our house, and it took a couple of neighbors and me to push my wife's car into the garage when she (finally) made it back from the sloppy roads to a freshly shoveled driveway.





I've been enjoying the Echoes music program in the evenings from our local NPR affiliate Jefferson Public Radio. Yesterday was no exception; host John Diliberto interviewed harp-guitar player Stephen Bennett who has some lovely mp3 clips to keep you warm acoustically here. My all time favorite harp-guitar player, who I had the good fortune to see in concert in Grass Valley a couple of times, while he still walked this planet, was the legendary Michael Hedges.

Here's an email reply I just sent to a friend (and lots of others) that seems quite fitting for today:Hi all:Thanks to Brian for this inspiring message; a quick postscript...The song being referred to in the Rense article is probably "Christmas in the Trenches" by John McCutcheon, a wonderful folksinger I've heard several times over the years on KVMR (http://www.kvmr.org) concerts in Nevada City... It gets a lot of play on that wonderful radio station... I don't think I've ever heard it without getting rather misty-eyed ...I'm listening to it now as I write this and the misty tradition continues I think the deep emotional appeal of this song arises from the soul level realization that WE ARE ALL ONE, and living with the golden rule in our hearts is really all that ultimately matters (and the perspective that transcends our struggles & battles, be they on a personal, family or global level).Here's are the lyrics (and a link to more history):
a link to John McCutcheon's website:
and a link to the Live at Wolftrap CD that features the song.Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Solstice Season, or whatever you find that brings lasting joy to your heart and hearth... and have a wonderful 2007! ----------On 24 Dec 2006, at 10:14 PM, info wrote: When humans free themselves from the manipulation, we get along just fine and do not commit violence against each other. The true event described at the website below really occurred. One factor in the article of the link above that was not reported was that most the officers on all sides of the conflict had departed on Christmas Eve therefore leaving only the enlisted men on the front lines…or in other words the manipulators were gone and true humanity could emerge for a brief moment.  That brief moment terrified all levels of the manipulators All the peoples of the Middle East got along just fine until the being manipulated by the Vatican, British, Americans and Zionists (not the Jewish) after 1948. 95 to 99 percent of the violence and bombings in Iraq are committed by non-Iraq citizens that include corporate and military personnel who are citizens of England, the United States and Israel. As FOX and CNN emotionally and sensationally report violence and bombings in Iraq, 95 to 99 percent the deadly events are directly or indirectly executed by the British, Americans or Israelis but falsely blamed on the Iraqis. When not manipulated, the various factions of the Middle East have proven over the ages and will act in the same manner as the French, Germans and British soldiers did in the trenches on Christmas Eve 1914.. Let Peace begin within you and me... Hope your 2006 was good and your 2007 is better. The only way the conditions in Iraq will get better is because Americans, Britons and Israelites wake up to the reality of the manipulations by the corporate and elite powers that be. Please, crawl, walk or fly out of your trench and walk in harmony and love…but that doesn’t mean we will not have an intense difference of opinions and preferences…but we will not shoot or bomb each other nor tolerate or allow false flag operations because of our differences or angles on reality. Brian