300 years on, John Locke still matters
Today is the 300th anniversary of the death of John Locke, a man whose writings were hugely influential with America’s founding fathers. Whether it is his Treatise on Government or various essays on religious toleration and liberal education, he was a giant of the classical liberal tradition. He was also proof of what a fecund period the late 17th Century was in terms of ideas, science, and politics.
A great man. Hoist your favourite beverage to his memory.
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Although I have written very little on here about the band, that does not mean we have not been working on things. I have been recording “guide tracks” for some of the new songs to give John a good idea of where I see the music going. It is very useful for me to be able to play with the lyrics and make sure they can be sung. It is usually involves tweaking words, but there are times when whole lines are ditched, because while they may look good, they sound horrid sung.
We have yet to meet with him for music purposes for a while as he is still dealing with his move and new job. Anyone wishing to listen to my warblings can find them on my .mac public folder. You will also find a bunch of adverts I have done for Bureaucrash radio (which is meant to go live Wednesday, but seems to be live now), the possible Dagon radio, as well as several tales of mine read by their author.
Jon, Rob and I gather at Rob’s house in Orpington to work on a few things. We did quite a few run throughs of “Waking Up Blues” and “Soft Side” with bass plus two voices. It is a bit more difficult than one would think, but both Jon and I are used to rehearsing with piano or guitar. I played them the above guide tracks on some of the other stuff I have been working on in the last few weeks. Sometime this week we will need to get a few more demos out to interested parties. No word from the previous batch, alas. We plan to make another attempt to get all of us together next Saturday.
Much to John’s delight, our music, along with a few tracks from the Painkillers will be getting their broadcast premiere on Radio Free Bureaucrash.
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The biggest news of the week is that you can now pre-order James “Anglosphere” Bennett’s new book on Amazon. Having read a pre-release copy I can tell you it is well worth the read. I agree with it almost 100%.
In other political news there is a small debate going on between George Soros and Medienkritik . It centers on Soros’ assertion that democracy cannot be introduced by force. Update: the exchange has mysteriously disappeared from Soros’ site!
I used to be fucked up on drugs…now I am fucked up on Jesus (Cheech & Chong) This lot clearly make a case for C&C’s comedic quote.
BestofMe is up for this week over at Owners Manual.
WJ Philips is at it again: this time he is painting objectivism as another Zionist conspiracy. Any objectivists reading this site care to go correct his juhenhass screed? Mike taps into a discussion launched by Stephen Green on the nature of the current election.
And some more political fun can be found over at Zachary’s place with a nifty browser game where you try to prevent the Dems from taking over Washington. Those itching for Halloween fun can follow this link provided by Ghost
And, of course, if you need a bit of creepiness in your life, you could always go buy my book The Gathering Dark and other tales. It is October, and Halloween is rapidly approaching.
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