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Lyrics and flow AND seemingly effortless, this vid has got it all – Required listening for any lyricist/lyric appreciator:
Uncluttering
Just read this article on clutter, and realised that clutter of any kind has, unwittingly, been my sworn enemy for too long. It has frustrated , obstructed and sometimes thwarted everything purposeful in my life, within and without for far too long. It often resorts in what has become known as Yak Shaving. To quote Seth Godin, ‘Yak Shaving is the last step of a series of steps that occurs when you find something you need to do’. What’s more is I’ve had enough. Earlier on this year I thought I had left my Facebook profile because of the clutter it imposed on me from without. I know better know: I deleted what was merely a reflection of my world within.
I just thought of a line from the movie Changing Lanes that made me shudder,
“You know, booze isn’t really your drug of choice anyway. You’re addicted to chaos. For some of us, it’s coke. For some of us, it’s bourbon. But you? You got hooked on disaster.” – Sponsor
Time to throw some stuff out.
PS- This is not my desk… mine is much worse.
If we spoke
If we spoke
of revolution
it’s because you were our hub.
Why reinvent the wheel
when there’s momentum from your love.
Dedicated to all my listeners on Saturday 17th Jan '09 [v]s
Grateful new year
Today I met Mikey, a labourer originally from the north side of Chicago. He was selling maps, and tea candles in a subway. But he seemed neither lost or in need of the light encouragement passers by in Elephant and Castle sometimes offer. I listened as he told his story, it was tough and gritty, and he gestured emphatically to tell it with hands of a matching description in spite of the freezing London air. “I’m not on drugs, and I’ll have a job by next week”, he insisted, and I think he’s right. “I’d rather do it myself” he added, when asked him about staying at a hostel. I understood and agreed that I would probably do the same, and then I read this amazing letter on gratitude by Kevin Kelly and now I’m not so sure. Reading has aleady began to change the complexion of ‘09 for me, and for both of these encounters I am grateful.
Photo by bartmaguire; creative commons license
“We are at the receiving end of a huge gift simply by being alive. It does not matter how you calculate it, our time here is unearned. Maybe you figure your existence is the result of a billion unlikely accidents, and nothing more; then certainly your life is an unexpected and undeserved surprise” – Taken from Kevin Kelly’s letter on gratitude.
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Who/what is [verb]swish?
A type of word + a sound, in a noun? a lyricist; a name, a style, a purpose, a privilege
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A lyricist from South London, a collector of swishisms, someone.who.is.still.hoping
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