Yearly Archives: 2017

Younger Brother – Shine

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Soft sound textures lead the listener into the infinite halls of a Universe where frequencies echo and pulsate. And then we’re suddenly aboard the singer’s vehicle of expression, soaring to uplifting heights. When things are dark, remember that you can always shine. Yes, shine my brothers and sisters!

“Be there when I need a shoulder
When I need a heart
When I need to feel the beat
Beat of my heart

[…]

Sometimes you shine
Sometimes you fall
Sometimes you know
Nothing at all

Want to see you shine, shine, shine like I know you can
Want to see you shine, shine, shine like you know what I am”

YouTube (decent quality):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_9Bt6MG-3Y^

For Spotify Users (high quality):

https://open.spotify.com/track/4CDUC8VbXAqQCR0Q0qGeQb^

For Deezer Users (high quality):

http://www.deezer.com/track/97200654^

This Weekly Song entry has been brought from the FaceBook archive of Weekly Song^. This exploration was originally started through a FaceBook page, about 13 months prior to launching Mentatul. Slowly but surely, the entire FaceBook archive will be brought here.

Original post:

When things are dark, remember that you can always shine!

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About Them Crazy Conspiracy Theories

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Finally, somebody was able to explain why certain beliefs or theories manage to propagate through society with amazing success. Here’s an excellent short essay called “Crony Beliefs”:

http://www.meltingasphalt.com/crony-beliefs/^

Using a clever analogy that compares beliefs in the brain with employees at a company, the author explains how utter falsehoods are able to infiltrate the collective intellect, devouring minds with viral voracity. The essay goes through several solutions that seem reasonable, explaining why they are not sufficient. But worry not, a solid – although difficult – solution is proposed as well. Read the essay and get ready for the intellectual struggle of elevating our society’s resistance to lies and toxic reasoning.

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Ganga Giri – Earthwise

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Mixing multiple musical styles is not an easy feat. This melody is filled to the brim with Australian folk beauty and aboriginal sounds. It’s so diverse it can end up being divisive. Regardless of taste, this song deserves a listen even if to simply marvel at the mish-mash of a sound palette used here. Let loose the didgeridoo!

There are some even better tunes on Ganga Giri’s Earthwise EPs (Parts 1 & 2). I preferred to feature this one because of the message. It’s an excellent introduction for the two EPs.

“True wealth
is the health of our earth
We stand together
to uphold true worth
Global conscious community
One world family”

You can listen to the melody for free, in good quality, on BandCamp, which is one of the best websites when it comes to supporting artists. You can also purchase the song (or album) from this same location. And in case you’re wondering, yes, I did purchase Ganga Giri’s EP :).

https://gangagiri.bandcamp.com/track/earthwise^

Sadly, the song is not available on YouTube, but that’s fine because you can listen for free on BandCamp (see above) and Deezer.

For Spotify Users (high quality):

https://open.spotify.com/track/5CIbQTMdHRinzPHOEoMBdH^

For Deezer Users (high quality):

http://www.deezer.com/track/115925460^

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Happy Consumerist New Year! Featuring, Bottled Water

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Fresh on the heels of my Christmas & Consumerism article^, here’s something else to whet your thirst (pun intended):

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/oct/06/liquid-assets-how–business-bottled-water-went-mad^

I’ve always been amazed by the bottled water industry – and not in a good way. This wonderful article sums up pretty much everything I ever wanted to know or say about bottled water. Very well written, documented and presented.

For me, it would be hard to maintain objectivity when it comes to this topic, but the author managed to pull it off quite well, kudos for that. There are very few things that can highlight the abuse of consumers as well as bottled water.

Like I highlighted in my article about consumerism, our misshapen implementation of capitalism is built upon keeping customers in the dark. Articles such as the one I just recommended have the potential to bring meaningful change in consumers. So what if just a few people read it? What’s important is that the word is out there.

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