Ring the bells that still can ring.
Forget your perfect offering.
There is a crack in everything.
That’s how the light gets in.– Leonard Cohen
Culture of all kinds has inspired me and is central to my view of the world. I also think it is central to how we change the world. A few highlights below that have informed my world view and I commend to all.
Bruce Cockburn
The Trouble with Normal (is it only gets worse)
Goran Bregović
Performing with the Serbian Orchestra
John Coltrane
Jon Stewart and writers
Shirin Neshat
Paul Winter Consort
Chris Hedges
War is a Force that Gives us Meaning
Maya Lin
Henryk Gorecki
Marvin Gaye
What’s Going On and everything else that makes you wanna dance (Please note that the ad preceding this song about environmental destruction is for oil companies!)
Anna Deveare Smith
Tony Kushner
Larry Kramer
Chucho Valdes
David Byrne and Fatboy Slim
Yo-Yo Ma
Pink
Trey Parker, Robert Lopez, Matt Stone
The Book of Mormon (Broadway show)
Michelangelo
Evelyn Glennie
Janine Benyus
Youssou N’Dour
Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler
Savion Glover
Bring in ‘Da Noise, Bring in ‘Da Funk
Joseph Papp
Alvin Ailey
John Steinbeck
Anna Akhmatova
Bernardo Bertolucci