{"id":2636,"date":"2013-06-01T06:27:14","date_gmt":"2013-06-01T06:27:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/tippling\/?p=2636"},"modified":"2013-05-31T18:44:46","modified_gmt":"2013-05-31T18:44:46","slug":"passenger-all-the-little-lights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/tippling\/2013\/06\/01\/passenger-all-the-little-lights\/","title":{"rendered":"Passenger: All the Little Lights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I used to be all about music. I lived for music. I went to hundreds of gigs and festivals. And then I discovered philosophy, arguing about religion, writing and wrapped that up with two awesome twin boys and a beautiful partner.<\/p>\n<p>And I forgot music.<\/p>\n<p>My love affair is starting again.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rcm.amazon.com\/e\/cm?lt1=_blank&amp;bc1=000000&amp;IS2=1&amp;bg1=FFFFFF&amp;fc1=000000&amp;lc1=0000FF&amp;t=atipplingphil-20&amp;o=1&amp;p=8&amp;l=as4&amp;m=amazon&amp;f=ifr&amp;ref=ss_til&amp;asins=B008B8AOQI\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/61wAeXufkAL._SY450_.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click on this link to buy from Amazon (and get me a little commission!)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Or from the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/rcm-uk.amazon.co.uk\/e\/cm?lt1=_blank&amp;bc1=000000&amp;IS2=1&amp;bg1=FFFFFF&amp;fc1=000000&amp;lc1=0000FF&amp;t=tipplinphilos-21&amp;o=2&amp;p=8&amp;l=as4&amp;m=amazon&amp;f=ifr&amp;ref=ss_til&amp;asins=B008B8AOQI\">UK<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Here is my review (tells you little about the album, though!):<\/p>\n<p>I love this album. There have not been many albums which have moved me on first listen; moved me to want to review it; moved me enough to instantly want more; moved me enough to remind me why I fell in love with music; moved me enough to regret having taken a sabbatical, amidst a busy and hectic life, from listening and loving music for what it can be: musical poetry and astute lyricism.<\/p>\n<p>Sweet eyt rough; articulate and poignant; touching yet uplifting. Welcome home, music.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You might have heard his single, Let Her Go:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Passenger | Let Her Go (Official Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RBumgq5yVrA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>But this is probably my favourite:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Passenger | The Wrong Direction (Official Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VvRVu78IHHo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Love the video, too. The lyrics are lovely. I also respect the fact that he used to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.3news.co.nz\/Passenger-From-busker-to-headline-act\/tabid\/418\/articleID\/290473\/Default.aspx\">busk just to get by<\/a>. He&#8217;s done it the old-fashioned way!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I used to be all about music. I lived for music. I went to hundreds of gigs and festivals. And&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[179],"tags":[712],"class_list":["post-2636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music-2","tag-passenger"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/tippling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2636","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/tippling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/tippling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/tippling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/tippling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2636"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/tippling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2636\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/tippling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/tippling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/tippling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}