I had an epiphany one night while journeying in a foreign land. A friend and I were driving aimlessly in an old jeep, on a bumpy dirt road with no signs for miles. Every time we asked directions some dude in a turban would point aimlessly and then we’d ask another dude in a turban and he’d point aimlessly in the opposite direction. Foreign land. Foreign language. Foreign people. So different than us. World’s apart. My friend said, “I’m getting worried,” right then I happened to look up into the sky and there I saw the full moon. Instantly an overwhelming sense of peace and comfort came over me. And I thought to myself, “This is the exact same moon that I look up at when I am at home. Same moon, man. Same moon.” “There’s nothing to be afraid of”, I thought. “We’re not that far. How can they say we are so different and so far apart. How can they say there are so many different God’s, when we all share one moon?” Deep asstralic thoughts. And in the background was the local radio playing and it was the sound of an intense drum beat. A drum beat which resonates and translates in all languages, all religions, all colors, all cultures. Why all the separation? These are things I wonder if you wonder.

And with that, here is some unelectronic man-made techno beats that can take you on a journey, like my journey to that part of the world:


And while we’re on the topic of “moons”, I’m going to shake it up a little with some Television - Marquee Moon:


I know, I know I could have gone Ella, I could have gone Nat King Cole, I could have gone Julie London, Sinatra etc. - seems a lot of people are musing about moons. But I say random is better.

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