Absolutely massive ruling that will have implications for years to come.
Band Of Horses' 'Everything All The Time' Turns 20
“When the whole world is running headlong towards the precipice, one who walks in the opposite direction is looked at as being crazy.”
“The whole educational and professional training system is a very elaborate filter, which just weeds out people who are too independent, and who think for themselves, and who don’t know how to be submissive, and so on — because they’re dysfunctional to the institutions.”
Granada Theater, Dallas, 2010. A cold Sunday just after New Year’s, and the three of us, friends who felt like brothers, slid into the crush near the front. The Avetts stepped out with their arsenal of strings. Upright bass, a mournful cello, banjo bright enough to cut through winter. I felt the first shiver at the downbeat and the second when their voices locked. Two bearded men, no artifice, just the kind of harmony that makes you remember the names of your ghosts. I was carrying a lot then, fear and pride and unasked questions, and the music loosened the knots without humiliating me. It told the truth in a voice I could stand. By the end, I wanted to call people I had drifted from. I wanted to say things that had become hard to say. Some songs do not just play. They give you permission.
… Dumbed down and numbed by time and age
Your dreams they catch, the world, the cage
The highway sets the traveler's stage
All exits look the same
… Three words that became hard to say
I, and love, and you
