A profound letter with a hopeful message about who you are.  We hope to poke your thoughts and, after that, organize them with iNotes.  Heavier on the music front today is sometimes a product of the feeds and what songs we were listening to.  All about that bass today; we recommend grabbing today's tune and adding it to your workout playlist from yesterday.

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The Big Story today is an idea; it began after reading a passage from Tolle and made me think about endings.  We have also written about endings over the last few months.  We can write about reports of something called Singularity later, but it's part of the end of humanity.  Talk about the war in Ukraine, that it will end at some point; why not end it now and stop so much suffering and destruction.  On endings, here is the passage from Tolle:

If we all know how this game ends, why don't we let go of stuff, of things, all the things we think are us?  One reason, we are all trying to get through the day, weeks, years, and so on.  We can let go of stuff and identity, but the alarm wakes us daily.  Another idea from another book, The Great Gatsby, is the idea we take from our friend Nik Goke who writes 4 Minute Books.  His idea is a lesson from the book:

Maybe that's it; we know how the game ends, but often staying true to yourself and letting go of ego and stuff isn't convenient.  Ultimately we all get there, even those who think they can take it with them.  As you grow, learn more lessons, and experience life, the truth of who you are becomes clear.  Many of those lessons are learned repeatedly always return to the truth.

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New concert announcements continue to come out, and one of the concerts we wish we had seen was The Police in the early 80s.  Sting, Andy Summers, and Stuart Copeland continue to play and perform, but they will never again be 20-somethings playing the songs we loved in the 80s. 

Andy Summers will be on tour this year; here are the upcoming dates.

Here is a quick video with a few tips on how to use iNotes.  If you have an iPhone, use iNotes.  This video is under 10 minutes and will give you at least 3 better ways to use the Notes app.  We like the checklist options and the enhanced interaction with Siri for vocal instructions.  One of the tips we plan to try that we have yet to try is scanning using iNotes.

The tips are good; the views for this video are almost 2m; if you are looking at getting into the video clip game, you might want to look at productivity apps – How-To Video.  We love the video's animation and flow; the audio needs improvement, but we watched it for both content and production value.

Mark Hoppus and his band Blink 182 are on tour, and even with the tour in full swing, he had time to sit down with his After School Radio team and put together a great show.  Today it featured bass players and songs with great bass lines.  He also talked to another 80s music hero and bass player, Tommy Stinson from The Replacements.  The only band the ASR team missed was Joy Division/New Order with the incredible Peter Hook; they did add Ned’s Atomic Dustbin, which features two bass players.  The interview with Stinson is fantastic, and the discussion is always great.  Another highlight of a show about bass players is the song A Primary by The Cure, which features Robert Smith and Simon Gallup playing bass guitar. 

A repeat, a double bass banger!

Click on the Apple Music image to listen to the song on Apple Music or on the Spotify Image to listen to Spotify.

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