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                                Koyaanisqatsi

Ko yaa nis qat si

       (from the Hopi language), n.
         1. Crazy life.
         2. Life in turmoil.
         3. Life disintegrating.
         4. Life out of balance.
         5. A state of life that calls for another way of living.


Often when depressed, I try to listen to really depressing music as a way to
… oh, I don't know … feel better? Match my mood? Depress me so far down that
I come through the other side?

For the past decade, the album Pretty Hate Machine [1] by Nine Inch Nails [2]
has been the stand-by “depressed from Hell” album to listen to (although
sometimes a good Dennis Leary rant [3] does the trick) but I think I finally
found the “depressed music from Hell” that exactly matches my mood.

Koyaanisqatsi [4] by Philip Glass [5]. Dark, brooding organ music (you could
almost say “Gothic”) with a deep baritone voice chanting “Koyaanisquatsi”
over and over again. A perfect fit for my current mood.

[1] http://lyrics.rockmagic.net/lyrics/nine_inch_nails/pretty_hate_machine_1989.html
[2] http://www.nin.com/
[3] http://www.genkigirl.org/speakeasy/dennis_leary.html
[4] http://www.philipglass.com/koyaanisqatsi.html
[5] http://www.philipglass.com/

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