He's waiting in the wings for you - just you wait, just you wait

So, I'm going to do a post about some of the podcasts that I like, to try and sell the concept to you two, but my most recent obsession is more standard.

A musical about Alexander Hamilton, one of the founding fathers of America, but built around hip hop. How much do we actually learn about the revolutionary war, I almost think its this slight blind spot in colonial history, mainly because New Zealand happened after America was already free. But anyway, if nothing else, and its definitely not nothing else, because its amazing, but it certainly is an excellent breakdown of some of the history, and his life.

I played it a lot at a trip with the gang, and it got a lot of hate, cheesy, lyrics terrible, hate that way musicals sound, I kinda felt it at the start. There are certain bits that do feel forced, but it is a musical, that is kinda the point. Andrew Lloyd Webber musicals can be painful at times, but at the same time, there is something absolutely magical about this musical. Something I think some of my friends miss. Struggling to analyse this thought i unconsciously associate this thinking with you Jocks from early days, the hipster set, hyper-critical about some thing and fawning over others, very against authentic attempts at achieving things in certain ways, like your Green Mile type criticism, but at the same time, I mean, if it reflects how you feel about things, its hard to argue, just get very frustrated when Janet tries to explain why objectively things like Green Mile are bad.

Anyway. Hamilton.

Whether its just how cool it is hearing complicated political arguments rapped, a blend of rap battle and economics and history that I feel like Dad is going to love, hits the same kind of nails that opened up rap to subconsciously racist kids, like myself, when I watched Eight Mile for the first time.

Its also a little depressing, I've listened to it through a bunch of times, and sometimes at work, and the story itself is quite sad, I mean, it is a time of tragedy as well as great victory, life is cheap, for rich and poor, and death stalks everyone, which is one of the underlying themes. But I think of more relevance to us, revolutionary set of the 21st century, this palpable sense of possibility, creation and meaning. He spent his whole life chasing something, reading furiously, writing furiously, creating this republic. He created the American centralised bank system, which for all the evils of Wall Street, has essentially permitted the stability of the western world that we live in today, massive over statement, but it certainly is a factor, and it is likely without it the American adventure would have bankrupted into oblivion many times over. And yet he was never satisfied, and he constantly achieved.

But what do we do? What do I do?

It is troubling, but if great art doesn't make you question your identity and path, its not doing its job. And its encouraging me to write, and read, so thats good, got into a bit of a dark space where I was watching a lot of 90s procedural crime, nothing bleaker, "Due South", a canadian mountie solving crimes in Chicago. I'm doing this He Papa Tikanga course with Te Wananga Aotearoa, which is eating a bit of writing time, oh god, got to call this person to take me through the stuff today.

But yes. Enjoy your travels, and your norths, and all the things.

Piece of advice (if you've got this far) - persist a bit, at first it may seem a bit weak, but it will take you and sweep you up in its passion. This I can guarantee.