I wonder how many people know what a phenomenal pianist Mr. Moulitsas is. Several of his compositions are to be found on this site, and I have them comfortable and safe on my iPod. I've had them for a while, but tonight I was listening to a live version of "Bridge Over Troubled Water" and felt compelled to listen to piano. So I went scrolling through my tunes and lo and behold, the great Kos popped up.
His music is highly melodic, with a beautiful depth that belies the smoothness of his playing ability. Listening is like drinking a fabulous cup of extravagant coffee...filled with subtleties and notes that linger even as new ones come forward. I'm a huge music fan and have loves among virtually every genre. I'm by no means an expert. I simply like what I like. And Markos' style is right in line with my taste.
As I'm listening to "Allston Musings" right now, I'm thinking about this fall. It makes me think of campaign bus tours through the countryside as the leaves are turning. Of Democratic candidates stepping forward at parks with their collars turned up against the crispness of October mornings. The energy that comes through Markos' piano paints images in my mind of young campaigners strolling through crowds at fairs and concerts, registering their peers and getting them excited about moving America away from panicky terror alerts and never ending wars.
And now I'm listening to "Sollipsistic Affirmations". It makes me think of what the inauguration is going to be like when the yoke of this absolutely disastrous administration is finally lifted from our great nation. I can imagine our new President (I'm personally a Feingold fanatic, but insert name here), getting out of the car on Pennsylvania Avenue to walk among throngs of supporters.
Now the images morph into the dance of a newly-remade State Department after Kindasleezy Rice is gone and our diplomats travel the world to restore goodwill among the allies we've treated so badly. I'm not sure thhose images were what Markos meant to conjure with "Abillah", but I see handshakes and hard questions, baby steps toward rebuilding trust, and world leaders who come back to the US to do more than just check out Graceland.
Those days are coming.
I'm inspired tonight as I haven't been in a long time. My heart is lifting. And sometimes, no matter how bad the news is on the television or the Internets, you need to turn to simpler things to find peace. From peace and beauty come energy, and the energy to do the right thing this fall is something we all have to have.
By the way, for those of you who don't know me, I'm Auntie (that's ANTI) Neo Kawn, diarist of a multitude of disjointed personal ramblings about my (formerly) miserable life. I went on a brief hiatus in order to get some order around a few things, and I'm back and better than ever. I've been on DKos for nearly two years and have even made the Reco list (only once, sadly).
I wasn't going to come back this soon. And I may not post very often because I still have a lot going on. But Markos made me do it. It's all his fault.