Moonpeople & Call of the Void (Devin Townsend) Episode 466
Added 2022-10-05 23:47:36 +0000 UTCAlthough I'm miffed that it got blocked, I'm pleased to be able to share today's reaction to new music from Devin Townsend. It's a bit tamer than previous Devin, but it's quite wonderful IMO. Enjoy.
Comments
Oh boy! I really hope you do a full listen-through to the album! Yeah, he probably will release another song...but I'd almost save it for the full album. That's what I'm planning on doing so I get that full album feel. For example, when I listened to Empath, I had never heard Singularity before (the super long piece you reacted to), and when I got to the end (after taking in the whole Empath album), I was beside myself in tears. It was incredible
Dervorin
2022-10-11 06:00:45 +0000 UTCHey Lynne! Sorry to hear your sad story about the disease, but fun to see more farmers here 😁 cheers from a dairy farmer in Norway 🤠
Eirik Morken
2022-10-10 18:11:13 +0000 UTCYou got that right!
Lynne Bennett
2022-10-10 02:38:57 +0000 UTCA loss of independence can be heartbreaking too.
grnmntl
2022-10-10 01:56:06 +0000 UTCI'm just getting to the video, but what a beautiful message Doug. It's a shame this video was blocked. It deserves to be shared. Follow your heart Doug. The words will workout as they freak out.
Arrow2theACL
2022-10-07 16:53:09 +0000 UTCThanks for this perspective, Lynne. I grew up amid the feed lots of Nebraska and have many rural/farming friends. My paternal grandparents had multiple hundred head of cattle on their farm back in the day. :)
R. Douglas Helvering
2022-10-06 17:41:36 +0000 UTCLove the channel Doug! WOW, these are both fantastic tunes. Had to pause between the two and quickly go download them to one of my playlists. I haven't heard of him before but I love it and will check out the rest of this album and his others too. His changes kept me intrigued. I don't say this to many people but want to here since you mentioned covid: I have changed little since before covid. It's the same for most people I know too. The reason, I think, is due to 65 years of rural living (and a whole lot of poverty and hard work). Covid didn't present a lot of lifestyle changes. For instance, wearing masks for protection against blowing dust, and to prevent cross contamination of diseases among our herds of cattle, hogs and other livestock is quite normal to us. Like covid in humans, some diseases can wipe out a herd in a matter of weeks - or days. In 1982 I lost my beloved dairy herd - 6 generations of careful breeding. My grief was profound and I felt as if I would never heal. What happened was an outbreak of Hoof and Mouth disease. To back up a minute - farmers and ranchers often met at a cafe after morning chores to gripe about the weather, high cost of growing hay and grains, etc. No one knew how the infection got its start in our area but it is contagious and deadly. No treatment, no cure. It was thought to have been eradicated 40 years previously. By the time it was diagnosed we had unwittingly spread it to our livestock by way of mud on our boots as we visited for coffee. Every cow in a herd had to be killed even if only one was infected. So, bottom line, it didn't take covid to teach us what to expect from an epidemic, and therefore we willingly and prayerfully donned masks and gloves and stayed home except to shop. It has pained me these last two years to see people make a pandemic a global political issue about their right to independence. Apologies for taking up a lot of space to explain this but while I'm at it I'd like to add a positive thing too. My freezer died in 2018 and I couldn't afford to replace it. That is, until qualifying for food stamps in 2021, meaning my social security could stretch farther and finally I could buy a new freezer... and fill it! Also, there's no such thing as boredom on a farm or ranch so staying home for long periods of time was no big deal.
Lynne Bennett
2022-10-06 02:39:43 +0000 UTCDev goes deep, whether the music is complex or not, or loud or not. It's great you're able to go with him Doug. I'm glad I can enjoy it with you. Thanks for the reaction!
Digibirder
2022-10-06 00:35:58 +0000 UTCI love that you're as curious as I've been about my favorite artist of the past 25 years or so. You should really check out the world's introduction to him on Steve Vai's Sex and Religion album (yes, Steve Vai "discovered" Devin). The opener Here and Now is a GREAT place to start.
Michael Kalembkiewicz
2022-10-06 00:19:14 +0000 UTCThose are some damn refreshing songs. Beautifully done and even more beautifully illustrated in the cinematography. What a wonderful piece of art to be enjoyed by all.
Aaron E Austin
2022-10-06 00:10:09 +0000 UTC
