Virtute at Rest (John K Samson)
You should know I am with you, know I forgive you/Know I am proud of the steps that you've made/Know it will never be easy or simple/Know I will dig in my claws when you stray/So let us rest here like we used to/In a line of late afternoon sun/Let it rest, all you can't change/Let it rest and be done
"This is still virtute's perspective. a long time later. virtute speaking to her owner from beyond the grave, after he's gone sober, begun healing. she says that she is always with him, that the seven months he's spent sober have "made [her] a bed in the back of [his] brain, where the memories flicker;" always being remembered by him, being with him always. she forgives him and loves him, and will always love him, no matter what. she's proud of how far he's come, and will always be proud of him, even when things get tough; she will be with him, and won't let go. and just. it legitimately makes me cry consistently. let it rest, all you can't change. let it rest and be done."
Let it Out (The Guy Who Didn't Like Musical)
Am I crazy?/Maybe I’ve always been/I’ve become what I’ve hated?/Or maybe I never did/It’s awful freeing now/To share the hate I felt/But what will I let in if I/Let it out?
"It’s,,, how do I say it,,, angsty as fuck. Paul, fighting with himself as he slowly gets infected. The people who were already infected urging him to let it out. The cheesiness of “We will not be resisted”. The pure desperation when Paul shouts “I don’t like musicals!”"
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So take that laminate out of your wallet and read it. And recommit yourself to the healing of the world.
John K Samson, Postdoc Blues
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Legit, you've gotta listen to the Ships and Dip V recordings from John Darnielle and John K. Samson. Fellow Johns. Johns in Arms.
Bonus song from another person at the Panel, Melissa McClelland:
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Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, Theory Of Ice, (Limited edition Vinyl LP, CD, Digital album), YC-048, You've Changed Records, 2021
Leanne Betasamosake Simpson: singing and speaking
Ansley Simpson: acoustic guitar, singing, electric guitar
Nick Ferrio: acoustic, electric, & 12 string guitars, bass, synth, keyboards, singing
Tanner Pare: drums, percussion
Jim Bryson: acoustic guitar, electric guitar, vocals, synth
John K. Samson: vocals
Jonas Bonnetta: keyboards, synths, percussion, bass, singing
Music written by Nick Ferrio, Jonas Bonnetta, Ansley Simpson, and Jim Bryson
'I Pity the Country' written by Willie Dunn
Album Art: Nadia Myre
Design: Paul Henderson
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Expert in a Rocky Field
When the @ans-arcade gift exchange sent me your name, I immediately thought about making you a Lata playlist! Started digging through my old grad school playlists for some academic vibes, then I filled in the blanks with other songs about rocks. It ended up having more songs about the sadness and peril of academia, which I’m sure Lata knows about… I hope you like it, @meefy!
Expert in a Rocky Field
Expert in a Dying Field- The Beths
Sisyphus- Andrew Bird
Iridium Dream- Louie Zong
Lazuli- Beach House
Calcite Prism- Louie Zong
Oblivion- David Bazan
Postdoc Blues- John K. Samson
May Their Brilliance Ever Linger- Louie Zong
Summary lyrics are posted after the cut:
Expert in a Dying Field- The Beths
Hours of phrases I've memorized
Thousands of lines on the page
All of my notes in a desolate pile
I haven't touched in an age
How does it feel?
To be an expert in a dying field
And how do you know?
It's over when you can't let go
You can't let go, you can't stop, can't rewind
Love is learned over time
'Til you're an expert in a dying field
Sisyphus- Andrew Bird
Sisyphus peered into the mist
A stone's throw from the precipice, paused
Did he jump or did he fall
as he gazed into the maw of the morning mist?
Did he raise both fists and say,
“To hell with this,” and just let the rock roll?
Let it roll, let it crash down low
There's a house down there but I lost it long ago
It's got nothing to do with fate
And everything to do with you
Lazuli- Beach House
In the blue
Of this life
Where it ends
In the night
Is nothing like lapis lazuli
Let it go back to me
Like no other
You can't be replaced
Oblivion- David Bazan
Hello again, Oblivion
Can you find the frequency
While the specters hover whispering
Hello again, Oblivion
But it's no good to complain
Of fatigue and existential pain
Hold on to what you've got
Though it may not be a lot
Cause now is not the time for second thoughts
You believe in it
Now it's time to follow through
You believe in it
What does that say about you?
Postdoc Blues- John K. Samson
So your presentation went terrible
All wrong dongles, sweat stains and stares
Don’t despair you’ll get it right tomorrow night
I believe in you and your PowerPoints
I know why you can’t stay away
So take that laminate out of your wallet and read it
And recommit yourself to the healing of the world
And to the welfare of all creatures upon it
Pursue of practice that will strengthen your heart
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