May 13, 2008, playlist for “Stumbling Upon Moksha” show on CKMS FM:
It occurred to me that since I was a child I’ve managed to somehow turn the average three and a half minute pop tune into a kind of musical Koan-- something my heart and mind could chew on and eventually surrender to.
Whether it’s through an enticing hook, soaring melody, or clever turn of phrase, music points to something unreachable by just the mind alone.
So to explore this week’s offering I challenge you to sit with the idea of forgiveness. Start with the fundamental, but still unrealized perfection that we often call innocence, and then onto each and every attempt we make to DO and BE our best. In the end, it’s all a surrender to what is.
From here, we see that freedom and happiness are not discovered by reaching a goal, but rather, by mastering a process of loving and letting go, over and over again. Only when we see that it doesn’t really matter CAN it matter.
Make it matter. Be real; choose true; and give everything you’ve got!
1. “Movement VI - Innocence”, Alanis Morissette & Salif Keita, The Prayer Cycle ©1999 (5:58)
2. “Now I Let It Go”, Moby Animal Rights ©1996 (2:09)
3. “Late Night Sunrise”, World Of Science Makeout Music By ©2007 (5:33)
4. “Try Down With The Butterfly”, Rise ©2006 (4:28)
5. “Forgiveness”, Peter Katz And The Curious, More Nights ©2007 (4:11)
6. “One Nerve”, Clayhill, Q: Mellow Gold ©2006 (4:49)
7. “She's Moved On”, Porcupine Tree, Deadwing ©2005 (5:00)
8. “Gatekeeper (One Room One Hour Mix)”, Feist, Open Season: Remixes & Collabs ©2006 (2:45)
9. “Naked As We Came”, Iron & Wine, Our Endless Numbered Days ©2004 (2:33)
10. “Forgive & Remember”, Harry Manx, West Eats Meet ©2004 (3:39)
11. “Decara A La Pased”, Lhasa De Sela, La Llorona ©1998 (4:15)
12. “Regrets”, Christine Fellows, The Last One Standing ©2002 (2:52)
13. “Oh You Delicate Heart”, Hawksley Workman, Between The Beautifuls ©2008 (5:05)
14. “Title Track”, Amos The Transparent, Everything I've Forgotten To Forget ©2007 (5:01)
15. “Violet Hill”, Coldplay, Viva La Vida or Death And All His Friends© 2008 (3:50)
16. “Wake Up”, The Arcade Fire, Funeral ©2004 (5:35)
17. “More Than This”, Damhnait Doyle, Lights Down Low ©2008 (3:33)
18. “Set Yourself On Fire (Montag Mix)”, Stars, Do You Trust Your Friends ©2007 (3:17)
19. “Think I'm In Love”, Beck, The Information ©2006 (3:19)
20. “Aim High”, The Feeling United, The Feeling United ©2007 (4:39)
21. “Daydreamer”, Patrick Watson, Close to Paradise ©2006 (4:34)
22. “Karma Police”, Radiohead, OK Computer ©1997 (4:22)
23. “No Direction Home”, I Am Kloot, Gods And Monsters ©2005 (2:35)
24. “Footballer's Wife”, Amy MacDonald, This Is the Life ©2007 (5:07)
25. “L.A.”, Amy MacDonald, This Is the Life ©2007 (4:07)
26. “Barrowland Ballroom”, Amy MacDonald, This Is the Life ©2007 (3:59)
27. “Inside of Love”, Nada Surf, Let Go ©2003 (4:59)
28. “Last Transmission II”, Mae, Singularity ©2007 (6:39)
29. “Right As Rain”, Adele, 19 ©2008 (3:17)
30. “Suffocates”, The Violet Archers, Sunshine At Night ©2008 (4:54)
31. “Rain Awhile”, Stabilo, Happiness & Disaster ©2006 (5:01)
32. “While We Were Waiting”, Lindy, Suspension Of Disbelief ©2004 (3:30)
33. “I Believe In Symmetry”, Bright Eyes, Digital Ash In a Digital Urn ©2005 (5:25)
34. “Please Forgive Me”, David Gray, White Ladder ©2000 (5:36)
