Music gives you power to change the story.
I started writing something else. See, I wanted to do #threetunetuesday, initiated and led by the lovely 
There's no time. There's no space.
I've been having a really good week. I went to this wonderful, fascinating dance performance thing yesterday. On Saturday, too, but yesterday, I got to spend a lot more time there, and really enjoyed it. It was meant to recreate, sort of, a mental asylum, and what people there must feel, brought into dance.
Sometimes, it's easier to hear what someone's feeling when you see them, rather than when you're listening to them describe it.
I watched this wonderful performer in the "paranoia room", obeying the voices inside his head. Doing as they told him. It was wonderful, he was so good at appearing without will. I saw my teacher perform in the "borderline room", and that one really fucked me up. In a good way, though. Art that moves you, that connects with something at your core, is a good thing.
Hence, the music.
Can't Catch Me Now
This has been stuck on my loop for a couple days. As I wrote the other day, go see the new Hunger Games movie. It's just so bloody good. And I didn't pay much attention to this song, not then. I was more interested in hearing others, but then I started listening to the soundtrack while reading, and this caught my attention.
There's blood on the side of the mountain
It's turning a new shade of red
Yeah, sometimes the fire you founded
Don't burn the way you'd expect
...because you can bleed. You will bleed. It's practically a given. But from that, you can also flourish. And that can be a hella empowering thought. There's nothing like walking down the street, feeling like you're fire, and can burn in all their faces. Try it.
Aritmii
This is a Moldavian band, so the lyrics are in Romanian, but it's a great instrumental, too, which is why I thought I'd share it. Basically, as the video hints, the song is halfway about Jesus, half about salvation, and just over half about damnation. Like all their songs.
I've written about this band many times down the years, largely thanks to the vocalist who is such a consummate performer. Nowadays, I enjoy quite a bit of Romanian writing and Romanian poetry, but when I first discovered these guys, when I was 15 I think, I wasn't overly impressed with our national treasures.
This guy changed that, because he's a poet to the bone, and he's got killer guitar riffs in the background, so what more could you want? The title translates roughly to "arrhythmic beats".
Sexual Healing
This particular cover drives me fucking nuts. CHINCHILLA is just a phenomenal voice, and this kind of softer track really suits her. As for Ren...what's there to say? If you've been down the Ren rabbit hole, you know what I mean, if not, your time will come.
I actually recommended him to somebody recently, and they said "thanks, I'm not really a Ren person". I was like, "sure, no worries, it took me a while to get into him, too". But we all get there...eventually. xD
Also, I'd left the player on x1.25 from an earlier video. Ren's guitar skills are, beyond a doubt, extraordinary. But if you wanna see something outta this world, just speed them up a bunch.
Anyway, that's my music for today. Shoutout to
