“It felt so good to analyze and correct But you never really know until the foot’s on your neck” From “Swallowing The Rabbit Whole” by Code Orange “Chill out.” “You need to calm down.” “Just relax.” “You’re way too intense.” These are some of the greatest hits from the intensity police — the oh-so-helpful […]
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“You suffer from a manufactured sickness and envy by design Pre-calculated status and patterns of desire Accumulation and adoration, built to feed your ostentation Perpetually unsatisfied, but you never question why” From “Gears” by Lamb of God Goals. Ambitions. Expectations. These concepts are often the very foundation of the lives we build for
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“Now we crash through walls, cut through floors Bust through ceilings and knock down doors” From “King of Rock” by Run-DMC So much of who we are and what we do starts with imagination. Imagination can be as small as thinking about something a bit differently from what is happening in our “real” lives. And that
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“One day I’ll get what’s mine Through the persistence of time” From “Time” by Anthrax So, we want to be Scott Ian of Anthrax? We want to be thrash metal pioneers in one of the greatest heavy metal bands of all time? And we want to make 11 studio albums and sell over 10 million records? Well, unfortunately none of
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“I’m driven by the ones who get me Inspired by the ones who don’t” From “Force To Be Reckoned With” by Cherie Currie Cherie Currie is an archetype – a living symbol of a free spirit wild child. Currie was the fire-breathing lead singer of The Runaways, the hard-rocking band that spawned classic songs such
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“When you’re out there, walk the sideways I’ll be right there on your arm” From “Rise” by Alison Mosshart I remember when I first saw The Dead Weather’s live video of “Will There Be Enough Water.” The song is magnificent. I mean how many bands can venture into “No Quarter” territory and still sound fresh
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“We’ve got the right to choose it There ain’t no way we’ll lose it This is our life, this is our song” From “We’re Not Gonna Take It” by Twisted Sister Twisted Sister’s 1984 album Stay Hungry was certainly the band’s defining musical statement. Decades later, on the strength of hit songs like “We’re Not Gonna Take It,” “I
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“A better love you won’t find today” From “I Want Your Love” by Chic I wonder if Carl Rogers and Nile Rodgers ever met. The late Carl Rogers was one of the founders of Humanistic psychology. In a world where Freud was convinced that people were all lascivious, primitive id-mongers and Skinnner proposed that people
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“Why do I breathe? Why do I work?” From “Strange Things” by Big Black Steve Albini has lived a punk rock life. Not only is Albini a founding member of seminal punk rock bands such as Big Black and Shellac but he is also founder of Electrical Audio, an independent, DIY studio where he has
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The American Dream is the notion that in the United States, if you work hard, you will prosper and succeed – for many, success means being healthy, getting married, buying a home, having children and advancing your career. This is a wonderful concept and one of the many things that makes our country great. But with systemic
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