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Apr 25 2021
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Ashton’s Weekend Reads & Listens

I started reading Braiding Sweetgrass this week. Seems like this one will be something special.

Brain Picking’s post, Gardening as Resistance: Notes on Building Paradise, was loaded with wisdom. The older I get, the more I find myself leaving the need to be on the constant quest for knowledge to simply becoming a student of the language and wisdom of dirt, seeds, and trees.

Lastly, I’ve poured myself many a cup of Hiss Golden Messenger this spring. Sanctuary and If It Comes in the Morning are so masterfully done. With each spin they get better. Do yourself a favor and Google the lyrics.

Be open.

Stay curious.

Namaste.

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Oct 06 2017
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Podcast 71: The Sound(s) of Being Human with Sleeping At Last

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Sleeping At Last is the moniker of Chicago-based singer-songwriter, producer and composer, Ryan O’Neal.

His music can be heard frequently on popular TV Shows and Films such as The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1, The Fault In Our Stars – Trailer, Grey’s Anatomy, So You Think You Can Dance, Criminal Minds, Bones, The Vampire Diaries, J.J. Abrams & Alfonso Cuaron’s Believe and many more.

Ryan joins us in this episode of Let The Music Play Podcast as we talk about the human experience, astronomy, the enneagram, and what that all might sound like through the lense of music.

You can stream this episode and all other episodes of Let The Music Play Podcast both in iTunes and at AshtonGustafson.com.

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Sep 19 2017
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You’ve Got Some Kind of Love

The Killers – You’ve Got Some Kind of Love

You got the will of a wild, a wild bird

You got the faith of a child Before the world gets in

You got some kind of love

You got some kind of love

You got the soul of a truck On a long distance haul

You got the grace of a storm In the desert

You got some kind of love

You got some kind of love

You got some kind

You got some kind

You got some kind

You got some kind of love

 

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Sep 02 2017
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Intention(s).

Music is never an accident.

It’s the byproduct of intention(s).

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Aug 23 2017
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Bold As Love

Anger, he smiles,
Towering in shiny metallic purple armour
Queen Jealousy, envy waits behind him
Her fiery green gown sneers at the grassy ground
Blue are the life-giving waters taken for granted,
They quietly understand
Once happy turquoise armies lay opposite ready,
But wonder why the fight is on
But they’re all bold as love, yeah, they’re all bold as love
Yeah, they’re all bold as love
Just ask the axis
My red is so confident that he flashes trophies of war,
And ribbons of euphoria
Orange is young, full of daring,
But very unsteady for the first go round
My yellow in this case is not so mellow
In fact I’m trying to say it’s frightened like me
And all these emotions of mine keep holding me from, eh,
Giving my life to a rainbow like you
But, I’m bold as love, yeah, I’m bold as love
Yeah, yeah
Well I’m bold, bold as love (hear me talking, girl)
I’m bold as love
Just ask the axis (he knows everything)
Written by Jimi Hendrix
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