Like the Wheel

It’s been a while since I’ve posted music here, though I am still posting music regularly over at my music blog Bourgeois Blue. Today I thought that I would share this song here too:

mp3: “Like the  Wheel” – The Tallest Man on Earth
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Previously posted: The Tallest Man on Earth

Becoming an Adult

Starr has declared that this is the summer that she will become an adult. I didn’t say anything, but listened to her musings.

She figures that she needs to become an adult before graduating from college. Before embarking on her career path and then possibly going to graduate school. Not to mention having a family.

How do you become an adult? According to Starr, you look at each decision that you make and consider “what would be the adult choice here?” before making a decision. From clothing purchases–will this outfit be appropriate for work?, to decorations–is this an item that I might want in my future home?, financial decisions and personal choices.

She figures that after a few months, the adult thing will have kicked in and she will be well on her way to an awesome future.

I know that we were just chatting and that she was just looking forward to graduating and getting her life on track, but it made me smile. I don’t remember ever having those thoughts.

Just as soon as I said that I didn’t have an mp3 for The Tallest Man on Earth, I run across one! So I thought I would share it today:

mp3: “Burden of Tomorrow” – The Tallest Man on Earth
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A Little Bird

Some people are just unlucky. We think it’s really important that these people be given better opportunities than they have. So, if you’re luckier than they are, there’s always something you can do to help.

Musicians have a voice, and this is really useful- the people we want to help tend not to have much of a voice at all. The more musicians that get involved, the greater the voice we can give them.

And we feel lucky too. We’re really grateful to artists who have been involved in this project so far, because without them, we wouldn’t have even begun. We also think that people help out most effectively when they believe in what they’re doing. Which is why we gave the artists a choice over the charities they contribute to; everybody will end up making a difference to a cause they actually believe in.

If you’re not a musician, don’t worry. You can still make a huge difference, just by supporting one of the charities on our site. The best way to do this is to pick up a T-shirt designed by an artist you like, order it, and wear it a lot. The charity will get 100% of the profit. You get a cool T-shirt, the artist gets to raise awareness for their favourite charity, you get to raise awareness for your favourite artist, and we feel the satisfaction of a job well done. Everybody wins. Now if that’s not lucky…