Apropos of the post on misery last week: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, “The Weeping Song”, 2 chords and a whole lotta misery:
Posts Tagged ‘pessimism’
A Weeping Song
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Art, Music, Nick Cave, pessimism on August 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Misery
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Doom, garbage, Life, Music, pessimism, Real Things on August 17, 2011 | 3 Comments »
A man after my own heart: The Advantages of Pessimism by Alain de Botton: For those teetering on the verge of despair, there can paradoxically be no finer book to turn to than one which seeks to grind man’s every last hope into the dust. The Pensees – far more than any saccharine volume touting [...]