I contribute essays to a blog/mag on spirituality in pop culture. I wrote one on John Lennon a few years back and posted it here so I thought I might repeat the process…

When I was around 20, I came across the album ‘Scoop’ by Pete Townshend. ‘Scoop’ was an album of ‘demos’; written sometimes to show others; sometimes just to road test songs. But, often, writers have found that the demo expresses something immediate, something of more substance than the product that is polished and released to be consumed.

In those times, prior to the immediate access to the songs that digital platforms now provide, I needed to endure an impatient bus ride home and then upon arrival at home hope that both the record player and the room that housed the record player were available for my use. I would pass the time of the bus ride looking at the back of the album, reading the notes, looking at the lyrics, anticipating what was to come when finally, finally, the chance to play the music would present itself. The key remarks that stand out that he had made for the album are that he continued to » Continue Reading.