 You Listen To This Man Every Day – dailybeast
 You Listen To This Man Every Day – dailybeast
   Steely Dan on Making New Music: We’ve Been Talking – rollingstone
 Steely Dan on Making New Music: We’ve Been Talking – rollingstone
   Lawsuit Filed To Prove Happy Birthday Is In The Public Domain – techdirt
 Lawsuit Filed To Prove Happy Birthday Is In The Public Domain – techdirt
   exystence
 exystence
   Bradley’s Almanac
 Bradley’s Almanac
   Bootleg Rambler
 Bootleg Rambler
   rawk guit
 rawk guit
   dj BC
 dj BC
   MS MR
 MS MR
   Norm
 Norm
   MV & EE
 MV & EE
   Califone.Stitches
 Califone.Stitches
 
 New Fumes – Teeth of the Sun
 New Fumes – Teeth of the Sun
 Mikal Cronin and Ty Segall – Get Along
 Mikal Cronin and Ty Segall – Get Along
 M185 – ShShSh
 M185 – ShShSh
 Jimmy Fallon, Robin Thicke & The Roots – Blurred Lines (w/ Classroom Instruments)
 Jimmy Fallon, Robin Thicke & The Roots – Blurred Lines (w/ Classroom Instruments)
 White Fang – Can’t Deal With Being Real
 White Fang – Can’t Deal With Being Real
 Jim White – Handcuffed To a Fence in Mississippi
 Jim White – Handcuffed To a Fence in Mississippi
 Neko Case – Man
 Neko Case – Man
 Counting Crows – Baby, I’m A Big Star Now
 Counting Crows – Baby, I’m A Big Star Now
 Jimi Hendrix – Voodoo Child (slight return)
 Jimi Hendrix – Voodoo Child (slight return)
 Harry Roy & His Orchestra – My Girl’s Pussy
 Harry Roy & His Orchestra – My Girl’s Pussy
 Rilo Kiley – The Frug
 Rilo Kiley – The Frug
 The Mowgli’s – San Francisco
 The Mowgli’s – San Francisco
 Guadalupe Plata – Milana
 Guadalupe Plata – Milana
 The Spiders – Furi Furi ’66
 The Spiders – Furi Furi ’66
 The Pixies – Bagboy
 The Pixies – Bagboy
 Mikal Cronin – Get Along
 Mikal Cronin – Get Along
 Mikal Cronin – Change
 Mikal Cronin – Change
 The Bavarian Druglords – Leaf
 The Bavarian Druglords – Leaf
 Velvet Truckstop – Carolina Way
 Velvet Truckstop – Carolina Way
 The Leisure Society – Fight For Everyone
 The Leisure Society – Fight For Everyone
 The Wheeler Brothers – Sleep When I’m Dead
 The Wheeler Brothers – Sleep When I’m Dead
 Kurt Vile – KV Crimes
 Kurt Vile – KV Crimes
 Guadalupe Plata – Boogie de la Muerte
 Guadalupe Plata – Boogie de la Muerte
 Warm Soda – Jeanie Loves Pop
 Warm Soda – Jeanie Loves Pop
 Black Market Karma – Dirty Water
 Black Market Karma – Dirty Water
 Freddie & the Dreamers – Do the Freddie
 Freddie & the Dreamers – Do the Freddie
 Ed’s Redeeming Qualities – Drivin’ on 9
 Ed’s Redeeming Qualities – Drivin’ on 9
 DJI Phantom Video Contest: Go Backwards
 DJI Phantom Video Contest: Go Backwards
 Bob Mould – Georgia Theatre, Athens GA, 25 Jul 1990 [full show]
 Bob Mould – Georgia Theatre, Athens GA, 25 Jul 1990 [full show]
 Tosca – Suzuki (full album)
 Tosca – Suzuki (full album)
 
	
These days, back in sober-mode with 12 years clean and another decade of Buddhist practice, I find that my view has changed again. What was often missing back then and what I’ve been trying to develop is the ability to be mindful of the piece from the St. Francis prayer that says, “Comfort rather than be comforted.” It sounds good in theory, but as with any afflictive emotion, it’s easier to take action that relieves our own anxiety than it is to consider the feelings of others, hence the desire to disturb the comfortable. But the more I practice, the more in touch with subtler levels of my own suffering and anxiety I become. Instead of reacting to that, I try to connect with how we’re all suffering, whether it manifests in addiction or something else.