Paul McCartney - can't buy me love live, 1989

"Paul McCartney's return to the stage in 1989 for the Flowers in the Dirt tour was heavily hyped, since it was not only his first extensive tour since the '70s, but also marked the first time he incorporated large portions of the Beatles' catalog into his set list."

Fazerdaze - misread, 2017

"Morningside, the debut album from Auckland’s Fazerdaze, is a dream-pop record with both of its feet on the ground. You can let its tide-like synths and effortless guitar wash over you like a breezy, late-summer haze, or you can pull on the album’s narrative thread and follow Amelia Murray’s eminently relatable message about young life’s transitional moments."

The Style Council - the lodgers live, 1986

"Home and Abroad (styled Live! The Style Council, Home & Abroad. on its cover) is a live album by the English band The Style Council, released in 1986. It was recorded on the tour supporting the band's 1985 album Our Favourite Shop."

Fait-divers

Typos are the last gasp of individuality.

Fait-divers by Sarah Kay on authenticity

"Authenticity is something that cannot be fabricated." (Sarah Kay)

Fait-divers on blue by Rebecca Solnit

The world is blue at its edges and in its depths. This blue is the light that got lost. Light at the blue end of the spectrum does not travel the whole distance from the sun to us. It disperses among the molecules of the air, it scatters in water. Water is colorless, shallow water appears to be the color of whatever lies underneath it, but deep water is full of this scattered light, the purer the water the deeper the blue. The sky is blue for the same reason, but the blue at the horizon, the blue of land that seems to be dissolving into the sky, is a deeper, dreamier, melancholy blue, the blue at the farthest reaches of the places where you see for miles, the blue of distance. This light that does not touch us, does not travel the whole distance, the light that gets lost, gives us the beauty of the world, so much of which is in the color blue. (Rebecca Solnit)

Fait-divers by HopeJahren

There isn’t anything in the world that can’t be fixed by some combination of love and work. (Hope Jahren)

Fait-divers on information and data

The meaning of the word "information" has changed from "learning" to "data", and we with it.

Fait-divers by Vinod Khosla

“The more credentials somebody has, the more assumptions they make, the less they test them, the more likely they are to fail” (Vinod Khosla)

The Beatles - i'm looking through you, 1965

“I’m Looking Through You”, written in the most part by Paul McCartney is one of the finest songs on Rubber Soul, as it contains a typically ingenuous melody and a rather insightful lyric, and a wonderfully bizarre organ part. One of McCartney’s most mature lyrics of the period, he sings “I’m looking through you/Where did you go?/I thought I knew you/What did I know/You don’t look different but you have changed/I’m looking through you, you’re not the same”. The song also contains a wonderfully friendly melody and some great singing, especially McCartney’s lead vocal. One of the minor gems of The Beatles canon."

Fait-divers on optimism and pessimism

Optimism is a form of pessimism because it assumes that there's something to improve.

Fait-divers on faith and despair

Optimism is an alienated form of faith, pessimism an alienated form of despair.

Fait-divers

The uncomfortable luxury of changing our mind.

Hooverphonic - out of sight al stone mix, 2000

"The Belgian band Hooverphonic formed in 1995 by original members Alex Callier, Frank Duchêne, and Raymond Geerts. The three first met up and formed a band called The Love Letter Boxes in 1994. The format of music they played can best be described as "60's-inspired naive pop".

The Style Council - long hot summer twelve inch version, 1983

"In 2007, the BBC described Weller as "one of the most revered music writers and performers of the past 30 years". In 2015, Pete Naughton of The Daily Telegraph wrote, "Apart from David Bowie, it's hard to think of any British solo artist who's had as varied, long-lasting and determinedly forward-looking a career." In 2012, he was among the British notables selected by the artist Peter Blake to appear in a new version of his most famous artwork—the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album cover—to celebrate the British social figures of his life."

Fait-divers on books

A bad book is one you never finish reading. This is also what makes a great book.

Fait-divers by Lisa Randall on art

"Art allows us to explore the universe through a filter of human perceptions and emotions. It examines how our senses access the world and what we can learn from this interaction — highlighting how people participate in and observe the universe around us. Art is very much a function of human beings, giving us a clearer view of our intuitions and how we as people perceive the world. Unlike science, it is not seeking objective truths that transcend human interactions. Art has to do with our physical and emotional responses to the external world, bearing directly on internal experiences, needs, and capacities that science might never reach." (Lisa Randall)

Neil Young - talkin to the trees, 2025

"Neil Young has announced a new album—his first with his recently assembled touring band, the Chrome Hearts. He leads Talkin to the Trees with a reliably on-the-nose protest song, “Lets Roll Again,” rallying the American car industry to “protect our children” by manufacturing electric vehicles at a rate to match China, which is “way ahead—they’re building clean cars.” (“That’s hard to swallow!” he adds.)"

The Beatles - i'll cry instead, 1964

"I'll Cry Instead", unlikely as it may seem, was ... an unheralded slice of Lennon autobiography. The sheer admission of weakness was news in itself, but Lennon later saw the middle eight of the song – with its terror of being seen as weak, and desire to hide from the public gaze – as an honest personal statement."

Fait-divers by Kafka

"Just be quiet and patient. Let evil and unpleasantness pass quietly over you. Do not try to avoid them. On the contrary, observe them carefully. Let active understanding take the place of reflex irritation, and you will grow out of your trouble. Men can achieve greatness only by surmounting their own littleness." (Kafka)

Fait-divers on black-hole computing

"After you die, your body’s atoms will disperse and find new venues, making their way into oceans, trees and other bodies. But according to the laws of quantum mechanics, all of the information about your body’s build and function will prevail. The relations between the atoms, the uncountable particulars that made you you, will remain forever preserved, albeit in unrecognisably scrambled form – lost in practice, but immortal in principle."

Fait-divers by Alexandra Horowitz

The thing you are doing now affects the thing you see next. (Alexandra Horowitz)

The Embassy - it never entered my mind, 2002

"The Embassy is a Swedish pop duo from Gothenburg, formed in 1999 by guitarist/vocalist Fredrik Lindson and keyboardist/programmer Torbjörn Håkansson. Their music blends disco, twee pop, and pub rock, often described as "underclass disco" with a post-modernist, anti-rock aesthetic. They gained attention for their provocative live performances, including using cardboard instruments and playback, which made them both loved and loathed. Their debut album, Futile Crimes (2002), included the single “It Never Entered My Mind,” released via their label International (formerly Service). This track, part of their early work, showcases their ironic yet earnest style, influencing artists like Jens Lekman and The Tough Alliance. Other albums include Tacking (2005), Sweet Sensation (2013), White Lake (2018), and E-Numbers (2023). Their music often mixes earnest lyrics with mischievous undertones, creating a paradoxical listening experience. They’ve toured globally, including Japan and Europe, and are known for their club music influences and innovative live setups, like manipulating stage lighting."

Fait-divers: humour?

Everything has been said before. But it would be worthless if you couldn't say it again.

Fait-divers on storytelling

Storytellers are concerned with the question of how to endow experience with meaning.

Fait-divers on reality by Kafka

“Reality is never and nowhere more accessible than in the immediate moment of one’s own life. It’s only there that it can be won or lost.” (Kafka)

The Beach Boys - good vibrations, 1966

"The maestro has passed - the man was a open heart with two legs - with an ear that heard the angels. Quite literally. Love and Mercy for you and yours tonight. RIP Brian."

The Beatles - i'm happy just to dance with you, 1964

"I'm Happy Just to Dance with You" is a song written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney and recorded in 1964 by the English rock band the Beatles for the film soundtrack to A Hard Day's Night. Lead vocals are by George Harrison, whose performance in the film marked the first mass media depiction of Harrison singing lead."

Fait-divers on empathy and compassion

"Empathy is a gateway to compassion. It’s understanding how someone feels, and trying to imagine how that might feel for you — it’s a mode of relating. Compassion takes it further. It’s feeling what that person is feeling, holding it, accepting it, and taking some kind of action. In metta or loving-kindness meditation practice, one can silently repeat phrases to others as a way of acknowledging them and our own interconnectedness. It’s easy and highly portable. When I’m on the train, I silently repeat phrases like, “May you be happy; may you be safe; may you be at ease; may you be free from suffering,” to the passengers, particularly those who look like they need it most. This plants the seeds of compassion, and we can find ourselves acting in compassionate ways that never would have occurred to us before. As it turns out, this ancient practice has some amazing scientific discoveries to give it cred."

Fait-divers by Seneca

If you would not have a man flinch when the crisis comes, train him before it comes. (Seneca)

Fait-divers on happiness, depression and sadness

The difference between happiness, sadness and depression? Happy people look sad, sad people look depressed, and depressed people look happy.

Fait-divers by Thomas Merton

We have what we seek. It is there all the time, and if we give it time, it will make itself known to us. (Thomas Merton)

Beach Vacation - i fell apart, 2020

"Initially they do a Cocteau Twins meets modern jangle-gaze vibe perfectly, with Break The Ice, I Fell Apart, Glitter Hands and the suplerlative closer, Don’t Stay Away, adding the slightest of late 80’s swirling, melodic gaze inflections to a vocal delivery that simultaenously assumes introspection and a sense of the confessional. It’s all beautifully soft and tremulous. However, the best of the album thrives on an increased sense of potent in Our Night Is Falling, If I Could Bring You Back, Mustang and Cure My Boredom. These tracks, to varying degrees, strip away the the swirling dreamy inflections and leave a crisper, more uncluttered sound, in which the jangled melodies are allowed to resonate and chime by process of spatial elimination. It’s a glorious, bombastic ying to the album’s fluffier yang."

Fait-divers by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

"Care granted to the sick, welcome offered to the banished, forgiveness itself are worth nothing without a smile enlightening the deed. We communicate in a smile beyond languages, classes, and parties. We are faithful members of the same church, you with your customs, I with mine." (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry)

Fait-divers

We live in an age where we write and photograph everything, but read and look at nothing.

Fait-divers by Vincent Van Gogh on depression

“One feels as if one were lying bound hand and foot at the bottom of a deep dark well, utterly helpless.” (Vincent Van Gogh on depression)

Fait-divers on black holes

You wouldn’t even necessarily notice a black hole. You’d only notice when you tried to escape.

Fait-divers on pronoia and the universe

Pronoia: the universe is conspiring to help you.

Fait-divers on humility by Thomas Merton

It is almost impossible to overestimate the value of true humility. (Thomas Merton)

Fait-divers by Thomas Merton on silence

Contradictions have always existed in the soul of man. It is only when we prefer analysis to silence that they become a insoluble problem. (Thomas Merton)

Fait-divers on wholeness

Wholeness does not mean perfection: it means embracing brokenness as an integral part of life.

Fait-divers on mixing

"Neutrinos are not the only particles that exhibit mixing. Building blocks called quarks exhibit the property too. Physicists don’t yet know if mixing is an inherent property of all particles. But from what they know so far, it’s clear that mixing is fundamental to powering the universe. “Without this mixing, without these reactions, there are all sorts of critical processes in the universe that just wouldn’t happen,” McFarland says. “It seems nature likes to have that happen. And we don’t know why.”

Fait-divers on emptiness

In true emptiness, there is no I to be confused and nothing to be confused about.

Fait-divers on happiness

Happiness doesn't require an activity just like boredom doesn't require the absence of activity.

The Mamas And The Papas - california dreamin live, 1967

"John Edmund Andrew Phillips (August 30, 1935 – March 18, 2001) was an American musician, singer and songwriter. He was the leader of the vocal group the Mamas & the Papas and remains frequently referred to as Papa John Phillips. In addition to writing the majority of the group's compositions, he also wrote "San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)" in 1967 for former Journeymen bandmate Scott McKenzie, as well as the oft-covered "Me and My Uncle", which was a favorite in the repertoire of the Grateful Dead. Phillips was one of the chief organizers of the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival."

Damien Jurado - arkansas, 2010

"a folk-rock song with introspective lyrics exploring themes of love, blame, and escape"

Fait-divers on humour and internet

Internet privacy is amazing because humanity spent 5000 years to develop technology that lets you write things that nobody else read.

Fait-divers on attitude by Gerry McCann

The best reason to do something is simply because it is the right thing to do. (Gerry McCann)

Stereolab - cybele's reverie, 1996

"Cybele's Reverie is an EP by English-French rock band Stereolab, released on 19 February 1996 by Duophonic Records. Its title track serves as the lead single from their fourth studio album Emperor Tomato Ketchup. The four-track EP is the only one by Stereolab on which none of the songs are in English: the title track, "Brigitte", and "Young Lungs" are in French, and "Les Yper-Yper Sound" is an instrumental."

Fait-divers on charity by Thomas Merton

Charity is without fear: having given all that it has, it has nothing left to lose. (Thomas Merton)

Fait-divers on storytelling

Storytelling is the essential human activity. The harder the situation, the more essential it is.

Fait-divers on attitude again

If you’re not ready for everything, you’re not ready for anything.

Fait-divers on attitude

He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask a question remains a fool forever.

The National - nobody else will be there, 2017

"It’s about marriages falling apart," frontman Matt Berninger said of it. "I’m happily married, but marriage is hard and my wife and I are writing the lyrics together about our own struggles, and it’s difficult to write, but it’s saving my marriage."

Owe Almgren And Sisters Of Invention - across the universe cover, 2021

"Their latest album, a collaboration with their father Owe Almgren, was released in 2021. "Owe Almgren & Sisters of Invention Does The Beatles Nordic Noir", an album with interpretations where the musicians aimed to capture an atmosphere of a more melancholic character."

Fait-divers on the universe

We're all living in a black hole: The bold theory scientists can't disprove.

Fait-divers on music and silence

People who are unable to endure silence do not deserve music.

Fait-divers: The Lucifer Effect

"The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil is a 2007 book which includes professor Philip Zimbardo's first detailed, written account of the events surrounding the 1971 Stanford prison experiment (SPE) – a prison simulation study which had to be discontinued after only six days due to several distressing outcomes and mental breaks of the participants. The book includes over 30 years of subsequent research into the psychological and social factors which result in immoral acts being committed by otherwise moral people."

Fait-divers on behaviour

"People in virtual environments tend to behave in ways that are expected of their avatars. For example, if you embody a tall avatar, you’ll negotiate more aggressively than if you were given a shorter body. And behaviour in virtual environments can continue to influence you after you exit VR. In another study, people who embodied avatars that looked like older versions of themselves were more inclined to save for retirement after they returned to real life. Such psychological changes are of great concern when it involves violence or criminal activity in the virtual world."

Fait-divers on attitude

In all things: let love guide you, let truth test you, let success humble you, let dreams awaken you, let meaning free you.

Fait-divers on listening

Listen to others with an openness that allows them to be as they are, or as they think themselves to be.

Fait-divers on humour

Humor is overrated. All it shows is that you are so privileged that you can afford to laugh.

The Beatles - can't buy me love, 1964

"While in Paris, the Beatles stayed at the five-star George V hotel and had an upright piano moved into one of their suites so that songwriting could continue. It was here that McCartney wrote "Can't Buy Me Love". The song was written under the pressure of the success achieved by "I Want to Hold Your Hand", which had just reached number one in America. When producer George Martin first heard "Can't Buy Me Love", he felt that the song needed changing: "I thought that we really needed a tag for the song's ending, and a tag for the beginning; a kind of intro. So I took the first two lines of the chorus and changed the ending, and said 'Let's just have these lines, and by altering the second phrase we can get back into the verse pretty quickly.'"

The Flaming Lips - when you smile, 1995

“When You Smile” is transcendently beautiful and foreshadows their future pop brilliance."

Fait-divers on Love by Einstein

"There is an extremely powerful force that, so far, science has not found a formal explanation to. It is a force that includes and governs all others, and is even behind any phenomenon operating in the universe and has not yet been identified by us. This universal force is LOVE." (Albert Einstein)

Fait-divers by Milan Kundera

The absolute absence of burden causes man to be lighter than air and his earthly being, and become only half real. (Milan Kundera)

Letting Up Despite Great Faults - bishops, 2014

"Bishops" is a track from the 2014 album Neon by Letting Up Despite Great Faults, an American indie pop/dream pop band. The track features vocals by Annah Fisette and is described as having a darker, more pounding take on the band’s dreamy, shoegaze-inspired sound. Critics noted its catchy vocals and electronic dream pop elements, fitting into the album’s nostalgic yet urgent vibe."

Fait-divers on curiosity

Curiosity when looking up doesn’t take anything from you. This curiosity just gives.

Fait-divers on honesty and compassion

"Honesty without compassion and understanding is not honest, but subtle hostility." (Rose Frarnzblau)

Fait-divers on perspective

A sense of perspective may be among the most critical qualities.

The Beatles - i should have known better, 1964

"I Should Have Known Better" is a song by English rock band the Beatles composed by John Lennon (credited to Lennon–McCartney) and originally issued on A Hard Day's Night, their soundtrack for the film of the same name released on 10 July 1964. "I Should Have Known Better" was also issued as the B-side of the US single "A Hard Day's Night" released on 13 July."

Fait-divers by Thomas Merton

The man who fears to be alone will never be anything but lonely. (Thomas Merton)

Fait-divers

Like a little lighthouse, in the blue shadows.

Fait-divers on universe

"We waved at the universe, and it waved back. The odds of that happening were, well, astronomical."

Donovan Woods - portland maine, 2016

"Woods' song "Portland, Maine" (co-written with Abe Stoklasa) has also been recorded by Tim McGraw. Woods' song "Leaving Nashville" (also co-written with Abe Stoklasa) has been recorded by Lady A singer Charles Kelley."

Enya - to go beyond two, 1987

"...reflection on the future..."

Fait-divers by Gerry McCann on Love

Hatred is the ultimate failure; it leads to total emptiness. Only Love can set us free. (Gerry McCann)

Fait-divers on Love

Understanding is love’s other name. If you don’t understand, you can’t love.

Fait-divers on art

One of the reasons we admire or like art, if we do, is that it reopens us in some sense.

Fait-divers on books

Seeing someone reading a book you love is seeing a book recommending a person.

The Beatles - i don't want to spoil the party, 1964

"I Don't Want to Spoil the Party" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, written by John Lennon and credited to Lennon–McCartney. It was featured as the twelfth track on the 1964 album Beatles for Sale. "I Don't Want to Spoil the Party" was also released on the Beatles for Sale (No. 2) EP. It was later released as the B-side of the US single "Eight Days a Week", and then as the fifth track on the North America-only album Beatles VI. The song reached number 39 on the Billboard Hot 100."

Imagine Dragons - it’s time, 2012

"There's so many times you wake up at 3 a.m., grab a recorder on the iPhone and say something — a lyrical idea or melody —a nd then you lay it out in Logic later on and sometimes it makes no sense. We sat with 'It's Time' for a year or year-and-a-half. Sometimes you just have to let a song sit for a while. There's just something really special about it. I wrote it during a very hard time in my life. I had dropped out of college, and I was just sitting down at my computer, and I came up with this rhythm. And the words just wrote themselves. I knew I had something special coming. When a song is most honest and most raw that's when you know you're doing something right. A lot of my favorite artists are able to be in touch with their problems and put it through melodies. It happens all the time with bands."

Club 8 - stay together, 2025

"Club 8, the Swedish indie pop duo consisting of Karolina Komstedt and Johan Angergård, released their single "Stay Together" on June 6, 2025. The track is part of a series of singles released by the band following their 2024 album, A Year With Club 8. Described as a blend of dream-pop and shoegaze influences, "Stay Together" features the duo’s signature melodic style with introspective lyrics and a modern yet nostalgic indie pop sound."

Ford Chastain - long gone, 2025

"Listening to his music is an experience in itself; I find myself returning to it time and again. The tracks are a vibrant blend of summer-infused melodies and upbeat rhythms, enveloping the listener in a dreamy soundscape that instantly hooks you."

John Murry - photograph, 2012

"Murry's debut solo record, The Graceless Age, details his struggle with substance abuse."