You MUST watch these videos. Even if you really badly need to take a leak right now. Even if you have never pressed play on any of the videos I have posted thus far. WATCH THESE.
Grizzly Bear singing Knife a cappella on a drunken Parisian day. And on a separate occasion, Zach or Beirut singing it in a drunken Parisian evening.
Such spontaneity. Such genius. Such beauteous events borne of wit and wine.
It makes me want to down some beer and take to the streets singing, fingers snapping. Friends in a row, down the sidewalk with the swagger and invincibility alcohol in the bloodstream gives. With grins that wouldn't leave the face. And laughs that come from nowhere and mingle comfortably in the air. Flushed cheeks and little nonchalant nods of the head. Concerned only with the HERE and NOW.
I lean my head slowly to the side, reflect on the camellia on the moss
of the temple, reflect on a cup of tea, while outside the wind is rustling
the foliage, the forward rush of life is crystallised in a brilliant jewel
of a moment that knows neither plans nor future, human destiny is rescued
from the pale succession of days, glows with light at last and, surpassing
time, warms my tranquil heart.