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Speaker: You are listening to Something Rather Than Nothing, creator and host Ken Vellante, editor and producer Peter Bauer. This is Ken Vellante with the Something Rather Than Nothing podcast and a special episode, a music variety episode.
Speaker: And very pleased to present this episode to you with a lot of guests, former guests from the show and some new musicians and sounds. First up we got Wellbred Mongrels and you might remember Buell Thomas from the show. Great musical talent. Known him for quite some time. Went to the University of Rhode Island together.
Speaker: Played in a great band at the time, Superbug. This is well -bred Mongrels. Uh, Buell Thomas. Let the good times roll. Let the good times roll. Let the good times roll.
Speaker: good time
Speaker: Good times roll When we're here, that's what I say Let the stories be told, let them say we're free
Speaker: You are
Speaker: If the illusion is real, let them give away right If they got under appeal, let them be on your side
Speaker: Let them rush your rock and roll hand Let the good times roll Don't you let the good times roll Let the good times roll Let them roll Good times roll
Speaker: Let the good times roll Let the good times roll Let them roll Let the good times roll Let the good times roll Let the good times roll Let the good times roll
Speaker: Nothing could tie true Nothing could tie true Nothing could tie true Nothing could tie true Nothing could tie true
Speaker: Next we have a beautiful song from Loonau & Sund, Peter Sund from Denmark and had him on the podcast recently with some beautiful folk music in some aspects. He's called Americana, kind of folk Americana mixed with some Danish traditional music. This one is in San Avkold.
Speaker: Go far, go far, go far, go far, go far, go far, go far, go far, go far, go far, go far, go far, go far, go far, go far, go far, go far, go far, go far, go far, go far, go far, go far, go far, go far, go far, go far, go far, go far, go far, go far, go far, go far, go far, go far, go far, go far, go far, go far, go far, go far, go far, go far, go far, go far, go far, go far, go far, go far, go far, go far, go far, go far,
Speaker: the insane at home. Meen baaahh, the after all hell. Meen baaahh, the false
Speaker: Made in squiggly land Eftos bin Heim sehr die Klann Plebner fellow, fuck all you moon
Speaker: See you.
Speaker: You are the only one who will be here. You are the only one who will be here. You are the only one who will be here.
Speaker: Our next song, For the People, is performed by Kim Gucci. Kim was a guest, former guest on the podcast, and I really appreciated my conversation with Kim in all that I've learned from her and her music and my understanding. We're gonna be hearing a lot more.
Speaker: of Kim Gucci over the next few months. Kim Gucci for the people. Tear down the church and build some houses for the people. It's what I never said to me.
Speaker: Stephen Harper said he's sorry to the people Not all accept the apology Intergenerations suffer Searching for identity
Speaker: We are a nation of survivors People strong, proud and free Our home and native land will keep us As long as we have air to breathe
Speaker: Yea to God please forgive them Fill our hearts with love and peace Fill our hearts with love and peace
Speaker: We are a people of resilience We're not victims anymore Every day we're getting stronger, stronger Stronger than before
Speaker: No more chasing rainbows We got our feet on solid ground No more chasing rainbows We're gonna be the right ones to be found
Speaker: Gonna be the right ones to be found
Speaker: We're coming on now to Theo B. Villas. It's the project of Joey Bauer, one of the early guests on the podcast. Joey has great music.
Speaker: does a podcast on movies and this track here is Apex of Emptiness by Theo B. Theus.
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Speaker: And again, Joey Bauer can be found on the wonderful podcast through the booth window.
Speaker: great Great discussion a lot of critical analysis and movies and a lot of fun check it out Next up we have from the hallowed launch pad of Cape Canaveral We have a space weed with a little bit of thoughts about art and then onto their track Bong lizard welcome space weed here we go
Speaker: One of the main questions we ask, and I know we started with this, about art. You mentioned some of your experiences with art. One of the things I was wondering is, do you have a definition of what art is? And Francis, if you wanted to start, just what your thoughts about what art actually is. That's really good. I think about it a lot, too.
Speaker: a lot of aspects to art. Um, but I think that it's also like a very prevalent and, uh, very important and also ingrained thing. You know, I think that it exists, uh, subjectively and everyone sees it all the time. And I think it exists objectively in the sense that it's like ways around. So you can't, you know,
Speaker: Yeah, the perception of it. Right, right, absolutely. It's like omnipresent, effervescent art is everywhere, you know. Whether or not you appreciate it or look at it, it's still there, I think. And I also think that it's like in a very experiential aspect of being human, like,
Speaker: If you enjoy it and you do see where it is, you can see it in everything. And then you like have a connection to it. So it's, it's an important thing. And it's, uh, what it is, I guess, exactly, if I were to put it into words is just, uh, observing the created consciousness, you know, in a medium. That's what I would say it is. And all right, Matt, what were your thoughts?
Speaker: What's not art is my first thought. Everything to some degree is art. The fork in my silverware drawer, there's three or four different kinds. Get them from Goodwill, just gonna lose them somehow. I don't know where all the forks go, but anyway.
Speaker: have all these different forks open up. Each one has a different like squiggly design, a slightly different shape and contoured like different length of the whatever the pointy parts of a fork are called. The prongs. That's good. All those things are different artistic choices. And that's just the mega fork that you take for granted every day. That's going to be like what's not art. Everything is. Some of it's way more intentional and highbrow or like, you know,
Speaker: banana duct tape and some shit and then there's the practical and then there's some space in between that I think is magic and all of it yeah I love that
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Speaker: Next up we have a track from a friend Greg Clifford. Brontide is the track.
Speaker: Greg's been on the show, and part of our Irish friend troupe of the show, Rachel Lally, Emmet O 'Brien, Jeff Finan, and this track from Greg, a really talented musician. I encourage you to check out all his material. Here we go, Greg Clifford, Bronte Tyde. Thanks Greg, everybody enjoy the track.
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Speaker: I call your name, but you don't recognize me Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Speaker: you
Speaker: We're sweet and we've desired your hand. And you will run by an empty vessel drift from the coast.
Speaker: I knew it's not your fault But the thunder above Says enough is enough When it's breaking my heart
Speaker: about my love. Who are you?
Speaker: I'll forever miss you I'll forever miss you I'm very happy to arrive back at the well -bred Mongrels with this cover of True Faith.
Speaker: I feel so extraordinary Something's got a hold on me I get this feeling I'm in motion A sudden sense of liberty I don't care cause I'm not there
Speaker: I don't care if I'm here tomorrow Again and again I've taken too much Of the things that cost you too much I used to think that the day would never come I'd see the light and the shade of the morning sun My morning sun is the drug that brings me near To the childhood I lost
Speaker: Replace my fear I used to think that the day would never come That my life would depend on the morning sun When I was a very small boy
Speaker: Very small boys talk to me Now that we've grown up together They're afraid of what they see That's the price that we all pay Our valued destiny comes to nothing
Speaker: I can't tell you where we're going I guess there's just no way of knowing I used to think that the day would never come I'd see the light in the shade of the morning sun A morning sun is the drug that brings me near To the childhood I lost
Speaker: Replaced by fear, I used to think that the day would never come That my life would depend on the morning sun
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Speaker: I feel so extraordinary Something's got a hold on me I get this feeling I'm in motion A sudden sense of liberty For chances are we're going to fall
Speaker: You took my time and you took my money Now I fear you've left me standing in a world
Speaker: I'd see the light and the shade of the morning sun My morning sun is the drive that brings me near To the childhood I lost, replaced by fear I used to think that the day would never come That my life would depend on the morning sun
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Speaker: For this track, we welcome Kenarith Ealy, who's a really great guest that I had on the podcast, a soprano singer, works and performs in New York City, Tel Aviv. This particular piece is the final duet from Eugene Onagan, the Tchaikovsky adaptation of the Pushkin stories. This is a duet with Su -Chang Kim. Kenarith Ealy,
Speaker: our soprano taking us out.
Speaker: I'm not so nervous, I'm so proud of you, I'm so proud of you.
Speaker: O mĂĄs tĂș lĂvico, o tres rĂĄchne tas reposto que lĂblando luna. VĂ©lĂ© lĂ©cra lĂdveram nĂŁo y agua, y pravda rĂfos lĂde.
Speaker: I'm not afraid, I'm not afraid, I'm not afraid, I'm not afraid, I'm not afraid, I'm not afraid, I'm not afraid, I'm not afraid, I'm not afraid, I'm not afraid,
Speaker: I am the only one who knows the truth. I am the only one who knows it.
Speaker: I hope she's the prettiest of supplies needed for your jest. Ah, what was I?
Speaker: Oje, oje van derwe eskirgÀnde, vrudit pashar ogy fok. Sade, ditas i pudgÀnde, minachar zoy krashukor, kandam krismani, kakuchasna, kami krashar zaljupi.
Speaker: I will never forget you. I will never forget you. I will never forget you. I will never forget you. I will never forget you. I will never forget you. I will never forget you.
Speaker: Not true. Not fair. It is surely. But all this sex, our glory should be.
Speaker: Dach liske! Dach liske! Dach liske!
Speaker: I have no choice but to be with you. I have no choice but to be with you. I have no choice but to be with you. I have no choice but to be with you.
Speaker: I have a dream that I will never forget. I have a dream that I will never forget. I have a dream that I will never forget. I have a dream that I will never forget.
Speaker: had no luck left. But you can push yourself to the sea, call us if you want to. If you want to be free, push yourself to the sea, push yourself to the sea, push yourself to the sea, push yourself to the sea.
Speaker: It's the end of your life. You are the one who is the one who is the one. You are the one who is the one who is the one who is the one.
Speaker: I have no choice but to go to the station. I have no choice but to go.
Speaker: It's not the end, it's not the end. It's not the end, it's not the end. It's not the end, it's not the end. It's not the end, it's not the end. It's not the end, it's not the end. It's not the end, it's not the end. It's not the end, it's not the end.
Speaker: I am the only one who knows the truth. I am the only one who knows the truth. I am the only one who knows the truth. I am the only one who knows the truth.
Speaker: is is
Speaker: A sword...
Speaker: Oh, it is
Speaker: This is something rather than nothing.
