MLT Club Member Jung Roe
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Hey, thanks JP!
And loved hearing your story about Schwartz! Love the name, and man you are brave to not freak out with a skunk inches from your feet! I bet Schwartz is so use to people scramming in panic when he comes by, he thought a friendly human! Glad to hear you didn’t get sprayed and all turned out OK. It sounds like maybe good song to write about, like Rocky Raccoon, but instead Curious Schwartz! MJ planted an incredible grape plant in our backyard and has been playing cat and mouse with the neighbouhood robins and sparrows. She would put up nets around the grape plant to keep the birds from getting in, but no matter what she does, they find a way in and eat the grapes. Fortunately a grape bush produces an amazing amount of grapes.
I commuted to work today by car, which I haven’t done in a while, and while usually the 1 hour long drive through rush hour traffic each way would be a big drag, really enjoyed it with MLT music blaring through the speakers. Almost lost track of where I was on the route back as I got so much into the music, could have missed my exit and ended up in the next town.
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Sometimes it’s too easy to fall in the trap of comparing MLT music to other iconic classics, but only as a point of reference to underscore the gravity of truly how great it is. With the album “Why?”, Mona and Lisa created a brilliant masterpiece unlike any other. The music is so new, refreshing, and the style all their own, Mona and Lisa are paving the way of the future of Rock and Roll, as true pioneers in music.
I love every song in the album, and especially the song “Why”, not only for the sublime harmonies and breathtaking melody and instrumentation, but there is so much meaning there, from issues threatening humanity, to songs like Songbird that get right to the core of what matters in life and what you are left with in the end, love! “In the end it’s love that will remain”. I can connect with every song so wonderfully, from the masterful poetic lyrics of “Any Other Day”, to the passionate free spirited release of Destination Sunrise, “…heading out to make dreams come alive”. When I hear I Bought Myself a Politician, Jump Ship, If You Raise Your Head, and Why, I feel a big yes, thank you for saying that, and I hope the world will hear it. My heroes!
Thank you so much Mona and Lisa for the for the way you make me feel so many incredible emotions, with that magic you do with your music!
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Hi Daryl, I just learned of Einstein about his violin playing just last year, after decades of admiring him. It seems the more we learn, the more we discover we don’t know. LOL! 😊
I mentioned this elsewhere, but I really love the contrast at the end of the album from the emotional and epic “Why?” to the sweet chirping sound of Neve in the sweet and adorable song “Pretty Little Thing”. The effect is brilliant actually, tickles my heart and brain every time, the best album ending imaginable. The album ends on an amazing ray of sunshine and hope.
When my time comes up to retire, I want to be Janitor Joe. I will pack my space ship with MLT CDs and a portable piano. Then off to Destination Sunrise! Maybe get another Mustang?
“Soon he will be retired, Dreams of leaving Mother Earth, Flying through the universe”.
“We’ve never gone this far, Never been where we are, Let’s see how far we can go from here”.
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Hi Tom, nice to hear from you, hope you are doing well.
Yeah, you will have a wonderful experience with the album. I’ve been listening to the album continuously all weekend, while I do other things. I don’t want to turn it off as all the music is so awesome and flows so wonderfully from track to track. I’m completely consumed with the beauty and awe of this music.
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PRETTY LITTLE THING
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WHY?
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I admire Einstein’s honesty, when it comes to God, he admits he does not know, and so does not take a position one way or the other on the topic, which is a virtue for a man of science, and basis of faith. He is after truth, based on facts and evidence, and is very humble for a man of his accomplishments in science, and does not try to instill his beliefs on others. Just the facts, science and an open mind.
Above all, he loved music like all of us here, made music, and embraced music and science. Why? tries to offer some insight into this crazy world we all find ourselves in, and I think Einstein would have loved this album “Why?”, and given it a big thumbs up, and would be a big MLT fan if he were still alive.
He criticised “fanatical atheists whose intolerance is of the same kind as the intolerance of the religious fanatics”.
Nick Spencer, a senior fellow at the Christian think tank Theos, said: “Einstein offers scant consolation to either party in this debate. His cosmic religion and distant deistic God fits neither the agenda of religious believers or that of tribal atheists.
“As so often during his life, he refused and disturbed the accepted categories. We do the great physicist a disservice when we go to him to legitimise our belief in God, or in his absence. -
Hi Daryl, interestingly Albert Einstein was quite the musician, an accomplished violinist actually. Refer to the link here in the forum of his musicianship. He use to retreat to his music in between working on his theory of relativity. Being a man of science, he was neither an atheist nor religious. “Einstein at times said he was not an atheist, and resented being labelled as one.” As a man of science, in absence of scientific proof of the existence or non existence of God, he remained neutral, although some of his quotes might suggest a spiritual side.
“Coincidence is God’s way of remaining anonymous, says Albert Einstein.”
Einstein at times said he was not an atheist, and resented being labelled as one.
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Ooooh, some amazing MLT guitar moments in the new album Why?….”Destination Sunrise”, “If You Raise Your Head”…….
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Mona and Lisa autographing their masterpiece Studio Scribbles to “Why?”, “Questionable”, “Songbird”, and “I Bought Myself a Politician”.
“Why, why does it always have to be that way
Another day goes by without hue and cry.”
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Hey Christopher, awesome news! Yeah I loved the special sealed envelope the scribbles came in. It was like an invitation to a special event! The Scribbles are such a brilliant creative idea by MLT. They are so special.
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Hi David, wow, I didn’t know it was so complicated! Thanks for adding the colour, love it! 😊
From what I’ve learned of Einstein, he was quite devout as a child (gnostic theist), and then in his early adulthood/student was more agnostic atheist, and as he uncovered more secrets of the universe, became agnostic theist.
Einstein said many things on this topic during his career, at one point Einstein wrote a very pointed and harsh article in response to an article by a theologian who asserted religion in science to discredit it. This gave fuel to the atheist camp assertion that Einstein was a purist atheist like them. Einstein resented being labeled an atheist and kept an open mind and always acknowledged the existence of the unknowable (God) as he uncovered more secrets and mysteries of the universe.
“If something is in me which can be called religious then it is the unbounded admiration for the structure of the world so far as our science can reveal it.” Albert Einstein
“Every one who is seriously involved in the pursuit of science becomes convinced that a spirit is manifest in the laws of the Universe-a spirit vastly superior to that of man, and one in the face of which we with our modest powers must feel humble.” Albert Einstein
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Hi David, interesting distinction between hard and soft atheist. I’ve read some refer to Einstein as agnostic (a person who claims neither faith nor disbelief in God). Given his dislike of being labeled the term atheist, agnostic would be a better description for him. Some of his quotes to me would suggest an acknowledgement, perhaps later in life, of existence of a greater order or divinity beyond the material phenomena.
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Awesome Thomas! The album is a musical adventure. It reminds me of the story of my good friend when he first got and heard Sargent Peppers in 1967 when he was a young teenager. It was so new and amazing, it was too much to comprehend all at once, but has become his most cherished album of all time. Well, “Why” should be arriving on his door steps soon.
“Pretty Little Thing” and the way Neve came into MLTs life and touched them, and became a part of the album is a real blessing! It’s such a charming song. Love it.
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Hi David, yeah I agree, MLTs White Room, and Time Of Season, with their own unique guitar work and vocals made them all their own, while remaining true to the essence of the original. They just sound awesome. I love the classical Spanish guitar sounds in Time Of The Season. I’ve never seen that video before with MLTs Time Of Season, nice!
