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That Modest Mouse band is hilarious. I can’t help but laugh at how funny their promo pictures are these days. Remember when all the pics were the trio of young men who look like little boys? And now, a totally different thing is going on there. Johnny Marr’s wrinkles and some of the more recent members just kind of don’t fit. Sometimes I just wonder what the hell Isaac Brock is smoking…and then other times, I just know exactly what it is.
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The poem "I Died as a Mineral" by 13th century Persian poet and theologian Rumi is featured in one of my favorite books: "The Years of Rice and Salt" by Kim Stanley Robinson. Here is an excerpt: I died as a mineral and became a plant,
I died as plant and rose to animal,
I died as animal and I was Man.
Why should I fear? When was I less by dying? and here is portion of the lyrics to Modest Mouse "I Came as a Rat": I came as ice, I came as a whoreI came as advice that c... MORE
