Kiss The Sky

.. no apparent reason

[desmondherbert]

God has no religion

[henrytheworst]

I’ll play it first and tell you what it is later.

[desmondherbert]

Freedom is ....

[ali-dawood]

Chet Baker - Almost blue 

[desmondherbert]

Genius

[desmondherbert]

RIP Mr. George Duke

http://youtu.be/_P2a9YL1aeU

[desmondherbert]

Happy Birthday Ella !  I see my mother's face smile -- every time I hear you sing.

[thoughtyoushouldseethis-blog]

Ultimately, the left will lose. Big business will pollute the planet, capitalist culture will kill off the arts and humanities, schools will all be privatised, libraries will all close, social mobility will cease, the gulf between rich and poor will grow and everything beautiful will die. The left may note little human rights victories – gay marriage and the odd bit of better pay – but the machine is rolling inexorably forwards to crush it.

Really incredible piece by British stand-up comedian Stewart Lee on why there are no right wing stand-ups. Read to the last line, which actually made me gasp out loud, and I pride myself on having no shame when it comes to “bad” words. (via thoughtyoushouldseethis)

[ciderbubbles]

[desmondherbert]

I heard Eva Cassidy's cover yesterday for the first time; had goosebumps.  Was reminded why I think this is one of the best pieces of music/lyric/art of all time ....  "That's where you'll find meeeeeee........"

[desmondherbert]

Stevie Wonder rehearses in a recording studio in 1965 with some members of a group that came to be known as The Funk Brothers. By the way, today -- January 12th -- is the anniversary of Motown Records' birth.  Barry Gordy founded 'Hitsville USA' in 1959.  Good times for the city of Detroit ...

[desmondherbert]

This is an age in which one cannot find common sense without a search warrant.

George Will

[desmondherbert]

Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens

J. Hendrix

[desmondherbert]

...make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love. For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive ..

2 Peter 1

[desmondherbert]

Happy birthday Frank Zappa, who would be 72 yrs. old today ....

[desmondherbert]

If you have to ask what jazz is, you'll never know.

Louis Armstrong

[desmondherbert]

“We have flown the air like birds and swum the sea like fishes, but have yet to learn the simple act of walking the earth like brothers.” ― Martin Luther King Jr.

[desmondherbert]

"So close your eyes, for thats a lovely way to be. Aware of things your heart alone was meant to see. The fundamental loneliness goes whenever two can dream a dream together"

‘Wave’ by Carlos Antonio Jobim

[venuscomb]

Today is the anniversary of Rosa Parks’ refusal to sit in the back of the bus in Montgomery, Ala. And this photograph of President Obama sitting on that exact same bus 57 years later is a poignant reminder of just how much America has changed in half a century. The image was taken at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Mich., where the humble 36-seat General Motors bus is on display. Like this simple picture of the president, the bus is an ordinary thing that represents extraordinary progress. [Source] [x]

[fuckingshitbag-blog]

Tear tear

[thoughtyoushouldseethis-blog]

Starbucks’ CEO was a star turn at last night’s event in celebration of Harvard Business Review’s 90th anniversary. Schultz has been outspoken about the management of the United States over the past eighteen months, and he didn’t hold back in conversation with HBS professor, Nancy Koehn....