You cannot legislate the poor into freedom by legislating the industrious out of it.
You don’t multiply wealth by dividing it.
Government cannot give anything to anybody that it doesn’t first take from somebody else.
My first post of "12 Songs You Need On Your iPod" was surprisingly popular, so I thought I'd do it again. Maybe this should be a regular thing...? I do love promoting good music.
This is a "relatively unknown but should be huge" list. If you don't know these artists, I hope you'll get to; as usual, links go straight to iTunes.
1. Owl City - "The Saltwater Room"
[audio:http://joshallan.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/music/080709/saltwater.mp3]
2. Wood - "Knock It On The Head"
[audio:http://joshallan.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/music/080709/knockit.mp3]
3. Daphne Loves Derby - "Pollen and Salt"
[audio:http://joshallan.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/music/080709/pollen.mp3]
4. Molly Jenson - "Give It Time"
[audio:http://joshallan.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/music/080709/giveittime.mp3]
5. David Mead - "Last Train Home"
[audio:http://joshallan.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/music/080709/lasttrain.mp3]
6. Katie Herzig & Matthew Perryman Jones - "Where the Road Meets the Sun"
[audio:http://joshallan.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/music/080709/roadsun.mp3]
7. Newton Faulkner - "People Should Smile More"
[audio:http://joshallan.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/music/080709/smilemore.mp3]
8. Mario Spinetti - "Delirious"
[audio:http://joshallan.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/music/080709/delirious.mp3]
9. Glen Hansard - "Say It To Me Now"
[audio:http://joshallan.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/music/080709/sayit.mp3]
10. Kristian Leontiou - "Shining"
[audio:http://joshallan.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/music/080709/shining.mp3]
11. Young Love - "Close Your Eyes"
[audio:http://joshallan.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/music/080709/eyes.mp3]
12. Fiction Family - "When She's Near"
[audio:http://joshallan.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/music/080709/near.mp3]
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I just watched an incredible and insightful video on the oft-impossible weight of creativity from Elizabeth Gilbert (author of Eat, Pray, Love) at TED this year.
If you consider yourself to be a creative person, or know someone who does, please take 20 minutes to watch this video.
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