Music

A New Law

Posted on March 19, 2013 by Will

A video from one of my favorite artists: Derek Webb.

Lyrics (courtesy of derekwebb.net):

Don’t teach me about politics and government
Just tell me who to vote for
And don’t teach me about truth and beauty
No, just label my music
And don’t teach me how to live like a free man
No, just give me a new law

I don’t wanna know if the answers aren’t easy
So just bring it down from the mountain to me

I want a new law
I want a new law
Just give me that new law

And don’t teach me about moderation and liberty
I prefer a shot of grape juice
And don’t teach me about loving my enemies
And don’t teach me how to listen to the Spirit
No, just give me a new law

I don’t wanna know if the answers aren’t easy
So just bring it down from the mountain to me

I want a new law
I want a new law
Just give me that new law

‘Cause what’s the use in trading a law you can never keep
For one you can that cannot get you anything
So do not be afraid

Do not be afraid…
Do not be afraid…
Do not be afraid…
Do not be afraid…
Do not be afraid…
Do not be afraid…
Do not be afraid…

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On January 20th

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Will

All of the Presidents pictured above were sworn into office on this day.

1569 – The translator of the Bible into English, Miles Coverdale, dies at 80

1942 – Slim Whitman, yodeler and country singer, was born. Below are two videos of him singing “Indian Love Call.” The first is from Mars Attacks.

1948 - Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated. A few quotes from him follow.

“I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.”

“I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent.”

“When I despair, I remember that all through history the ways of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants, and murderers, and for a time they can seem invincible, but in the end they always fall. Think of it–always.”

1993 - Audrey Hepburn, actress in My Fair Lady, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, and Roman Holiday, dies of colon cancer in Switzerland at 63.

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On January 18th

Posted on January 18, 2012 by Will

1782 – Lawyer and statesman Daniel Webster was born in Salisbury, N.H. A few quotes from Webster follow.

“A strong conviction that something must be done is the parent of many bad measures.”
“There is nothing so powerful as truth, and often nothing so strange.”
“I mistrust the judgment of every man in a case in which his own wishes are concerned.”

1788 – The first English settlers arrived in Australia’s Botany Bay to establish a penal colony

1882 – A.A. Milne, author and creator of Winnie the Pooh, was born.