Poems, Guitar and Meditations

We've been reading Shel Silverstein's classic children's book of poems and cartoons, Where the Sidewalk Ends. We decided to record the first 34 pages of poems (most of them). Here it is. Please enjoy these poems. If you want to go to Shel's site: https://www.shelsilverstein.com/9780060256678/where-the-sidewalk-ends/ Love, Jonah and Rebelle --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jonah-hall/support

Self-compassion is complicated for me. I understand I must love my self before I can love anyone else. But that love is not simple and easy. Love for myself is complicated. I value certain aspects of who I am and what I bring to the relationships in my life, my work and my creative projects...but I also get stuck in negative thought cycles. I can spiral. I can ignore my own needs and then become irritable and irritating. In other words, I need more self-compassion. It's a practice. There are days I won't have enough compassion for my body, or my health, or my need for rest, or my desire for fun. There are days I will stumble through. But keeping in mind that self-compassion is a practice, I will keep reminding myself to practice it. Hope you enjoy this episode. Be kind to yourself. The episode starts with a reading of Jack Kornfield's, called Awakening Self-Compassion. https://jackkornfield.com/self-compassion/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jonah-hall/support

In this episode, I read and reflect on the Buddhist concept of Equanimity. In short, equanimity is about finding balance and protecting yourself from attaching to external forces like praise and blame, fame and disrepute, pleasure and pain, or gain and loss. Alongside the reading: sounds of a Tibetan singing bowl. Though I will not attach to the results of putting this episode out, I will send out hopes that anyone who listens may find fleeting moments of peace, calm or balance. For more on equanimity, check out: https://www.buddhistinquiry.org/article/cultivating-equanimity-2/ Thanks for listening, Jonah --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jonah-hall/support

Fun with familiar Radiohead chords and effects --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jonah-hall/support

1. Cascading (instrumental - amplified acoustic guitar) 2. Sunday Morning (instrumental - amplified acoustic guitar) 3. We Turned Six (keyboards and vocals) --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jonah-hall/support

Walking Meditation (Being Sick, Watching NBA Playoffs With Young Child, Mother's Day, Political Fears) --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jonah-hall/support

Remember the pop hit "Steal My Sunshine" by Len? I took some of the sparkle out and added some droning guitar. Also...two instrumentals. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jonah-hall/support

Acoustic Covers 1. Don't You Forget About Me - Simple Minds 2. Everybody Have Fun Tonight - Wang Chung 3. Once in a Lifetime - Talking Heads 4. Horse With No Name - America 5. Shelter From the Storm- Bob Dylan 6. Steal My Sunshine - Len --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jonah-hall/support

Fun covering more pop and rock songs. 1. Everybody Have Fun Tonight by Wang Chung 2. The Bottom of It by Fruit Bats 3. Mr. Tambourine Man by Bob Dylan --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jonah-hall/support

Three Neil Young tunes and America's "Horse With No Name." --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jonah-hall/support

Hear the waves. Calm your mind. Almost. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jonah-hall/support

A piano motif looped with effects. And other Instrumental tracks. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jonah-hall/support

Sampled Rhodes loop with amplified acoustic guitar and some crackling samples. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jonah-hall/support

These sounds aim to support relaxation. The track is based around a tongue drum melody with added effects and two atmospheric pad samples from the site Samplefocus.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jonah-hall/support

"I Walk the Earth" by King Biscuit Time/Steve Mason, No Style, 2000 "I'm Set Free" by The Velvet Underground, self-titled, 1969 "Simple Twist of Fate" by Bob Dylan, Blood on the Tracks, 1975 "Speed of the Sound of Loneliness" by John Prine, German Afternoons. 1986 recorded by Jonah Hall, 2022 jonahhall.bandcamp.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jonah-hall/support

"Gravity Rides Everything" Modest Mouse, "Fire It Up" Modest Mouse, "Big Dipper" Built to Spill, "Rudie Can't Fail" The Clash --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jonah-hall/support

Started with a bass line. Looped it. Found a drum sample. Edited and looped it. Added a guitar riff on top. Finished with vocals. All in all, experiments in putting together a song with four tracks. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jonah-hall/support

Big picture questions with my 5 year-old. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jonah-hall/support

A short walking meditation reflecting on health, mortality, and aging parents. Then a cover of "Heaven" by The Talking Heads. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jonah-hall/support

This started woth a piano riff. I used samplefocus.com for cello. I added a second cello track with a slightly higher pitch. Then I added an atmospheric pad sample for a dreamy effect. This one might help you drift off to sleep. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jonah-hall/support