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this guy gets it.

here's the story behind the album title, "Man Can't Fly."

we can do so much as a society. technology has made it so that we don't have to leave our houses in order to be entertained, educated, and connected. we can get in a plane and travel to Guam, we can LEAVE EARTH (!), and we can fix genetic deficiencies with stem-cells.

in the midst of all of this chaos, i think people are starting to lose track of the fallibility that makes us all human. without mortality, we would be robots... devoid of emotion, and lacking original thought and the capacity to innovate.

man can do lots of shit, but he still can't fly... he'll never be able to. once he can flap his arms and lift off the ground, he won't be a man anymore. but i've embraced this... technology will come and go, but we'll always have our humanity, and the beauty in our imperfections.

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in the headphones:

man can't fly - the project

"awake in the city.
a black cloud above me.
perfection of progress.
a woman who loved me.
i filled up my lungs with.
the air of tomorrow.
and coughing and choking.
and swimming in sorrow.

but its alright.
man ain't never gonna fly away."

sexteen

so i've been tweeting.

no, i'm not a fucking bird, i've just been using this pre-teen jibber-jabber thing: some call it twitter, some call it satan. ya, i know... i'm part of the problem.

check this out:


but you know what, its kind of cool to just shout into the empty cyber-universe. as for the band, we've gained another 15-20 followers this week alone (mailing list signups and blog followers) and i'm pretty sure i have twitter to thank.

look out for some info on the junky new album. it drops in t-minus 11 days.

peace,
the project (boston dot com)

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in the headphones:

soul dream - the greyboy allstars

you might recognize this track, as the horn line has been sampled by quite a few hip-hop artists, but this is nu-jazz and funk at its finest. if any of you like medeski, or soulive, etc., you NEED to hear fred wesley (james brown's slide player) and the greyboy allstars!