Jesus Tries to Crack a Smile

I think I know the answer


I stumbled on and all the world fell down


And all the sky went silent


Cracked like glass and slowly


Tumbled to the ground
T

hey all say if you look hard


You'll find your way back home


Born without a friend


And bound to die alone


I'm thinking of your highness


And crying long upon the loss


I've found


And on the plus and minus


zero chance of ever


Turning this around


Why doesn't anyone believe


In loneliness


Stand up and everyone will see


Your holiness 


They say if you look hard


You'll find your way back home


Born without a friend


And bound to die alone

The War On Drugs

Lost In A Dream

Eyes to the wind

I was sailin' down here on the wind

When I met you and I fell away again

Like a train in reverse down a dark road

Carrying the whole load

Just rattling the whole way home

Have you fixed your eyes to the wind?

Will you let it pull you in again?

On the way back in?

I’m a bit run down here at the moment

Let me think about it babe

Let me hold ya

There’s a cold wind blowing down my old road

Down the backstreets where the pines grow

Where the river splits the undertows

But I’d be lying to myself if I said that I didn’t mind

Leave it hanging on a line

Lost inside my head

Is this the way I’ll be denied, again?

So I'll set my eyes to the wind

But it won’t be easy

To leave it all again

Just bit run down here

There's just a stranger

Living in me

As you set your eyes to the wind

And you see me pull away again

haven't lost it on a friend

I'm just bit run down here at the moment

Yeah, I'm all alone here

Living in darkness

I read the news today, oh boy

As I sit here on a Friday afternoon attempting to make sense of what is happening to the world, I find myself looking at headlines across the world.  Nothing makes sense.  Everything seems to be lost.  I ran across this photo that was taken on December 8th 1980.  It was actually one of last photos of John Lennon ever taken.  The photo shows John giving a fan, Mark David Chapman, an autograph outside of the Dakota. Later that night, Chapman would shoot and kill John.  The song "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding" immediately starting bouncing around in my head.  I think Elvis Costello was right.

(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding  

"As I walk through
This wicked world
Searchin' for light in the darkness of insanity.

I ask myself
Is all hope lost?
Is there only pain and hatred, and misery?

And each time I feel like this inside,
There's one thing I wanna know:
What's so funny 'bout peace love & understanding? Ohhhh
What's so funny 'bout peace love & understanding?

And as I walked on
Through troubled times
My spirit gets so downhearted sometimes
So where are the strong
And who are the trusted?
And where is the harmony?
Sweet harmony.

'cause each time I feel it slippin' away, just makes me wanna cry.
What's so funny 'bout peace love & understanding? Ohhhh
What's so funny 'bout peace love & understanding?

So where are the strong?
And who are the trusted?
And where is the harmony?
Sweet harmony.

'cause each time I feel it slippin' away, just makes me wanna cry.
What's so funny 'bout peace love & understanding? Ohhhh
What's so funny 'bout peace love & understanding? Ohhhh
What's so funny 'bout peace love & understanding?"

The Nite is Deep

"My friend, this is like if that Blue Oyster shit met that Afghan Kush I had, and they had a baby... And then meanwhile, that crazy Northern Lights stuff I had and the Super Red Espresso Snowflake met and had a baby... And by some miracle, those two babies met and fucked; this would be the shit they birthed."

Things have been getting real heavy these days
The media the system
the people chasing pay
Somebody's got a rifle he won't turn the other cheek
Now its his turn

Things have been getting real hectic these days
An eye for an eye
A spade is a spade
They're shooting him down and he's running away
That was their turn

I believe in
The same thing that makes the night become day
Tide and the water
Sons and the daughters
Can't hide it can't fight it
Love
I'm a say it again

It's the same thing that makes the moonlight
Meet up with the sunlight
Can't fight it can't buy it
Love... I'm a say it again

When cut deep the same blood we bleed
We're not immune to addiction or disease
Got violent deaths in our family trees
Now it's our turn

Things have been seeming real ready these days
From the North to the South to the East to the West
Happiness will you put it to your chest
When it's your turn

With all my love to the Clarence Greenwood Recordings 10th Anniversary Tour

Today's Travelin' PlayList

• Jack White - Lazaretto: So uniquely Jack. Couldn't have hoped for more
• Arctic Monkeys - AM: Nailed it
• Cayucas - Bigfoot: Debut album and the type of album that will be a soundtrack to summer of 2014

Innovate or Die

Can it be as simple as good people, a dash of time and place and a spoon full of moon cheese? Probably, maybe, sometimes. But taking music, something arguably as old as time itself and finding ways to innovate, let alone multiple times in one presentation, kinda fucking awesome. What Jack has created in "Lazaretto" and has billowing out of Third Man Records pushes dimensions of feelings, mind travel and instinct to wonder.

Reverse Groove 

And it Goes Like this: "Lazaretto" begins on side A by placing the the needle towards the center of the record and the needle dances outward. My vinyl eye has not been trained to accommodate such a quandary.

Speed Much

And it Goes Like this: Jack's fantastic voyage of a second solo album contains all three speeds. The album plays at 33 RPM, with a track playing at 78 RPM and another at 45 RPM.

Holograms

And it Goes Like this: Tristan Duke's opportunity to use vinyl as his physical medium to create the illusion of two spinning angels is nothing but progressive.  A perfect and most beautiful hidden gem.

Dual Grooves

And it Goes Like this: "Just One Drink" gifts us with two intros, both an electric and an acoustic. Depending on where you place the needle the sounds of Jack on electric or acoustic guitar will begin and the two grooves will merge for the remainder of the song.

Under label Grooves

And it Goes Like this: Apparently there wasn't quite enough space for Jack on the vinyl, but there was under the label.  Pressed into the most exquisite label yet are tracks.

The Finish

And it Goes Like this: If appearances are indeed everything one side of the album is classic and glossy, while the other side is matte black.  Of course it is.

Desert Island Albums...

Red Hot Chili Peppers: By the Way

"Comin' on strong
Baudelaire
Seems to me like
All the world gets high
When you take a dare
Let it rise before you
This is my time"