Yup, you heard it here. This song and lyric seems rather oddly out of place in its rational, skeptical outlook!…
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I was recently listening to the latest Reasonable Doubts podcast featuring an interview and some songs by Australian singer-songwriter Shelley Segal. Segal comes from an orthodox Jewish background, but came to reject theism in favour of atheism, and became involved in atheist activism. This, as is usual for songwriters, permeated her music and lyrics to the point that she wrote a mini-album, “An Atheist Album”.
OK, so I am biased. James are my favourite band, having seen them a whole bunch of times etc. But…
OK, so just an opportunity to wax lyrical about my favourite band, James. This is a great song with a…
Brilliant:
Over my head like a large marquee, but genius nonetheless: And while you are at it: [H/T Neil Webber]
The best music festival in the world, Glastonbury, is on and the sun is shining. The BBC are showing highlights, and their website is well geared to showing the best of what the festival has to offer. Perhaps overseas viewers may not be able to see it due to licensing laws, I don’t know.
I used to be all about music. I lived for music. I went to hundreds of gigs and festivals. And…
Recently, I have featured Frank Turner on a couple of posts, mainly due to his rousing hymn to atheism, Glory Hallelujah. See the embedded video where Frank is playing at London’s Wembley Arena. It’s incredible to think that some 12,000 people are singing the words “there is no God” in unison. I really advise you listen to the video even though it is not great quality and is recorded on a mobile phone. It is truly rousing!
A local boy to me (Winchester in Hampshire) is becoming fairly well-known on the alternative folk circuit. This is a…
I have decided to compile a list of my favourite atheistic /agnostic / philosophical songs. There are many on other…