Soundscape #88: “If The Body Be Feeble, The Mind Will Not Be Strong” — Thomas Jefferson
June 20th, 2008Nothing proves the duality of mind and body than a spot of flu. When the body flounders and struggles, the mind cannot be far off. I was down for about a week with the works: flu, fever and a bad throat. The fever is especially debilitating. At about 39C, I felt as if I were disconnected with everything and didn’t care at all about anything at all. I was in my own private hell.
Livia Patta (la couleur des reves). A Stranger Has Come, 2006
The meds didn’t help much either. Sure, the shot of adrenaline in the flu medication dried it up but it also gave me 3 sleepless nights. I had such a bad back from not sleeping 3 nights that it felt sensitive to the touch. And your back hurts like that, it’s all you can do not to curl up and die.
Playlist:
1. (0:00) The Wrens - Still Complaining (Secaucus)
2. (2:42) Radiohead - Bodysnatchers (In Rainbows)
3. (6:44) Pixies - Where Is My Mind? (Surfer Rosa)
4. (10:34) The Arcade Fire - My Body Is A Cage (Neon Bible)
5. (15:17) Get Up Kids - On With The Show (Eudora)
6. (18:56) Teenage Fanclub - It’s All In My Mind (Man-Made)
7. (22:40) The Mountain Goats - Mess Inside (All Hail West Texas)
8. (26:13) Alexi Murdoch - Blue Mind (Time Without Consequence)
9. (31:59) The Clientele - Spirit (Strange Geometry)
10. (34:54) Explosions In The Sky - With Tired Eyes, Tired Minds, Tired Souls, We Slept (Those Who Tell The Truth Shall Die, Those Who Tell The Truth Shall Live Forever)
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