MUSIC: A MIGHTY UNIFIER

When I learned that this week’s theme was “Thinking Globally”, I found myself overwhelmed by all of the different possibilities. Then I thought, why not just write about my own ethnicity? I decided that I would ask my father, who immigrated to the United States from Japan, about the kind of music he listens to.

His favorite music is Japanese pop, because he has listened to it since he was six year old. He is soon to be 60, so he’s been bumping for more than 50 years (!!!). Even after living in the U.S. for quite a while now, the sound of J-pop continues to resonate with him. The lyrics of favorite songs hold deep meaning in his heart.

MANCHESTER ORCHESTRA

There is nothing like good ole concert season. With autumn being here, it is so nice to be out and about. Music festivals can be a bit of a drag when it is nearly 90 degrees out and you are running low on water money. No one likes being in a crowd with extra sweaty people rubbing all over you and being dehydrated! So when it is closer to the end of the year when the weather is lightening up and you have a day full of music and food, it all becomes quite an experience. You get to feel the cool wind blowing, see the sun set with multiple colors laid throughout the sky, and get to hear your favorite band playing music in the background.

OLIVVER

It's currently 10:31 PM. Not that late but late enough on a weekday for my busy self to be yearning for sleep. But instead, I'm lying in bed, lights off, computer screen on, listening to someone magical.

Olivver.