When David heard that Absalom was slain, he went up into his chamber over the gate and wept. And thus he said: “My son, my son, O Absalom my son, would God I had died for thee!”
This is the saddest song I’ve ever heard. The first time I listened to it, I sat down and cried for about ten minutes afterward. There’s a moment deep into the song that you will see coming from far away and that will devastate you nonetheless; it just made me cry sitting here at my desk. Utterly, exquisitely painful and beautiful.
Carnival of souls
* Remember how the rumor that maybe Paul Andrew Williams was gonna maybe direct a maybe sequel to 28 Days/Weeks Later that was gonna maybe be called 28 Months Later was maybe debunked? The official word from 28…Later producer Andrew…
Wow, I was skeptical, but you weren’t kidding! Music seems to have magical powers at times, I don’t know *why* that’s so powerful, but it is.
Carnival of souls
* Vaya con Dios to Graeme McMillan, the trailblazing comicsblogger who’s saying goodbye to his gig at io9. Good writer, good people. * Recently on Robot 6: * Da Mystery of O.M.I.T.; * Alien vs. Pooh; * and tons and…