Explosions in the Sky – Your Hand In Mine

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spiderwoven:

Explosions in the Sky Your Hand in Mine

One of my favourite songs of all time, from one of my favourite native Austin bands (Explosions is fantastic live; 4-5x just isn’t enough).

Seriously, think about the children. Imagine how screwed up the moral foundations of the generation growing up with laws like this would be.

Is piracy really 25% more deplorable than murder?

So this is a bit on the upper end of my price range for shows, but… it’s my favourite anarchist rapper at my favourite venue (tied with Emo’s, maybe). I just need to find someone who will go with me, but I have over a month to do so.

If you have never heard Immortal Technique, this is my favourite song, Point of No Return; I listen to it to pump myself up about activism. He may be a conspiracy theorist, but the guy is pretty damn informed, for the most part. There just isn’t all that much quality anti-establishment music anymore, so I’m a big fan.

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This is one of the only songs that puts me on the verge of tears virtually every time I listen to it; personally, I’d say that it’s the most powerful song I’ve ever heard. Josh Ritter is more folksy than anything else I normally listen to—certainly more religious than I can normally handle—but his lyrics are really just beautiful, especially those about war and resistance, specifically this one and ‘Girl in the War’. I heavily recommend this, especially if you have an appreciation for folk and/or anti-war music.

I never thought I’d post music to my blog, but I was walking my dogs and this came on shuffle. Gives me chills every time I hear it.

[…] God’s up there, he’s in a cold, dark room […] He bent down and made the world in seven days / And ever since, he’s been a’walkin’ away […] It’s a Bible or a bullet they put over your heart / It’s getting harder and harder to tell them apart […] And those still looking in the clear blue sky for a sign / Get missiles from so high they might as well be divine […] And now the dogs are howlin’ at your door / Singin’ ‘bout vengeance like it’s the joy of the lord […] You need faith for the same reasons that it’s so hard to find […] It’s hell to believe there ain’t a hell of a chance […]