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Entries from February 1, 2016 - February 29, 2016

Sunday
Feb282016

15 Bands and Their Albums That Changed The (My) World

The rules are: list 15 Band’s who’s albums (can be more than one per band) Dented Your Universe.

As I post this here on my website, and also on my facebook page, I realize that this is where social media can be a powerful force for human connection.

Because, even with fun little shit like this list, we truly get the chance to share a piece of our heart and soul with the whole world. Furthermore, we declaratively invite others to share a piece of their heart and soul as well.

How fuckin' cool is that?

Yes, it’s just a silly little list here on my own website, and there on facebook.......

And, Yes, it's a potent cyber-vehicle, providing an opportunity for us to connect in a way that is potentially far more intimate and meaningful than initially apparent.

So here is some of The Music That Dented My Universe and Continues to Do So Every Time I Hear It. I invite you to share yours......

Santana - “Moonflower”
Van (Fucking) Halen - “Van Halen”, “Fair Warning”
The Beatles - “Help”, “Revolver”
Lynyrd Skynyrd - “One More From The Road”
Metallica - “Metallica”, “Load”
Pearl Jam - “Ten”, “Vs.”
Aerosmith - “Aerosmith”, “Toys In The Attic”
Kiss - “Alive!”, “Destroyer”
U2 - “The Joshua Tree”
Elton John - “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road”, "Greatest Hits"
Black Country Communion - “Live Over Europe”
The Cult - “Love”, “Sonic Temple”
Deep Purple - “Made In Japan”
The Eagles - “Greatest Hits”
The Commonwealth - “All I Know Is All I Know”


Crucial Editor’s Note: The last band and album on this list is a group I actually had the privilege to play with. As a musician, to experience the rare opportunity to PERFORM, LIVE, some of the most powerful and moving music I have ever heard, with the very people who wrote that music.....well, let me tell you, THAT IS LIFE MAGIC.

The Commonwealth are now called The Crooked Coast, and they are amazing. Check out their Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/crookedcoast), and their website (http://crookedcoast.com).

 

©2016 Clint Piatelli, MuscleHeart LLC, and Red F Publishing. All Rights reserved.

Friday
Feb192016

UnParadox

i don’t understand it
maybe that’s why i get it

i can’t explain it
maybe that’s why i write about it

i can’t get to the bottom of it
i can’t even get to the top of it

maybe that’s why i’m perpetually in the middle of it

the origin of my strength
is my vulnerability

the origin of my power
is my surrender

the origin of how i feel
is what i have never felt

the origin of my commitment
is born from my recklessness

my irreverence
is born from my connection to the sacred

i reach underneath
scratch away all the noise
get to what’s real
ring the bell

i open myself to a deafening resonance
it burns, it hurts, it soothes, it heals

it makes me deaf
it makes me blind
it makes me dumb

maybe that is where i need to be
maybe that is where i have to be

maybe that is the only place
where i can truly hear

maybe that is the only place
where i can truly see

maybe that is the only place
from which i can truly speak

                              - Clint Piatelli

©2016 Clint Piatelli, MuscleHeart LLC, and Red F Publishing