🕴🏿 Lost Songs

On Games Day, we could not not share this classic... May we get to the consciousness of all humanity that we only have war games, and not wars as games. https://lnkd.in/dGtkQm9H

Is the white levitating man 🕴🏻 actually Robin Williams???? This movie and song have been lost, but are more relevant today than when it was first featured in the Wired Magazine, before it became just another tech zine. Happy Games Day! https://lnkd.in/dxVYZ7hD

On December 19, 1843, Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol was first published. In 1988 Scrooged was released, with this version of Put a Little Love in Your Heart. https://lnkd.in/gwgS8Pam

For Look for an Evergreen Day, this is the truth if you have cat(s)... https://lnkd.in/gy7GR9j6

It is sad that no one has made a good video for Paul Simon's version. There is one that I almost posted that contained work on a painting, but it had nudity and death more reminiscent of the Jewish Holocaust. And while there is great value in recognition of that human tragedy, it did not seem to be as congruent with the direct meaning of this song. https://lnkd.in/gNF5sGbD

In learning more about Steven Biko, I learned of Joan Baez's version of this powerful tribute, and I would be remiss to not share it on his birthday. https://lnkd.in/gKpBY5Qz

On Steven Biko's birthday, on the week that celebrated the Day of Reconciliation, there is no better song to honor these, and this version by Playing For Change embodies the continuing work for freedom and non-violence across the world. I am thankful to those who made this version, it is one that still gives this cynical heart shivers of hope and appreciation: The Cape Town Ensemble, the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe, the TaikoProject led by Bryan Yamami and Masato Baba, Peter Gabriel, Yo-Yo Ma, Cristina Pato, others from Silkroad, the Dynamic Music Collective, Meshell Ndegeocello, Tushar Lall, Sebastian Robertson, Angélique Kidjo, Jason Tamba, and Mark Johnson. https://lnkd.in/e7H4Br6

This song by Tim Kwant and Phil Ford apparently went "viral" in 2020, and it is still good in 2024! https://lnkd.in/gmDRQZSa

When they said Paul Simon shouldn't break the cultural boycott, his anti-apartheid example was a beautiful demonstration of how those of recent European descent can learn so much from those of recent African descent. https://lnkd.in/gXieNxXn

Another beautiful song About Reconciliation from South Africa. https://lnkd.in/gvHYzXYi