Unrelated remarks in no particular order
White Winter Hymnal. I like this song, but I have no idea what it means. Is was on the Pentatonix Christmas album, but is it a Christmas song? According to Songfacts, it’s not supposed to mean anything. Listen to the original song here.
“Lead singer and songwriter Robin Pecknold (from Daytrotter): “It’s lyrically fairly meaningless. As an introduction to the record, (this was intended to be the opening track on the album), we thought it would be nice to start it with a simple jam that’s focussed on singing – on the record it starts with a tongue-in-cheek harmony thing that we hoped would make people laugh or something but I think it just confuses them. This is my favorite song to play live, though singing it live is sometimes difficult because the lyrics are so vague. Weird how that works!”
Star Wars Episode 7, The Force Awakens. People in my household are watching all the Star Wars movies in order (by episode number, not release date) to get ready for The Force Awakens. Someone (I can’t find out who) pointed out you can forget Episode 1 and not lose any plot points. I wonder if any of the newest movies will refer to Episodes 1-3, which were, IMHO, cinematic garbage. I liked The Force Awakens. It seems like the biggest spoiler for The Force Awakens is A New Hope.
Leonard Cohen: “There’s a crack, a crack in everything / That’s how the light gets in.”
The Feral Deacon 