Happy birthday to my grandfather, Tadeusz, who would have been 100 years old today, had he not exited this veil of tears back in the 80s, when I was a little boy.
I loved going to stay with him, in his little flat by the motorway, and I remember him fondly, chain-smoking cigarettes and thinking of the past, sometimes pausing to sit me on his lap, where'd he'd take delight in excitedly slapping my cheeks with both hands until they were red.
Here he is with his great grandson Hercules, who he never met, and lives on through.
"I'm so glad he's my ancestor," Hercules told me, excitedly, after listening to tales of his great grandfather's adventures.
Born in Poland, he lived "a good and happy life," until World War II broke out, and his home was invaded by the Soviets, and he was taken from his family, never to see them again. He was later taken to a forced labor camp in Germany, then escaped, or was liberated, no one's quite sure... after that he found himself in France, then joined the Polish army, and drove a tank, and when the war was over, he found himself in the UK, just 23 years old and far from home, where he met and soon married my grandmother, Susan.
"I think I'm like him in some ways Dada," mused Hercules, bouncing up and down on a trampoline in his bedroom in Mexico. "I'd fight the enemies too. And I'd love to drive a tank. I think there's definitely some of him in me."
He's in me too. And because of everything he went through, we get to exist, right here, at peak of recorded human civilization, at this most auspicious juncture in the human story.
Thank you Grandfather Tadeusz. We love you.
Happy birthday.
🙏
Timelapse of me drawing my new avatar
Tools: Procreate on iPad with Apple Pencil
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BACK WITH ANOTHER BANGER FROM BERTON AND THE DON!
TELL THEM NOW!
With lyrics adapted from Berton Braley's poem of 100 years hence!
STREAM https://go.meaningwave.com/TELLTHEMNOW
Art by me!
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“You can't pursue happiness
You could pursue a wild animal
You could pursue a ball
That's rolling downhill
You could pursue a car
You could pursue a dog
Because those are all real
But happiness you can't pursue
You could end up happy
But you can't pursue happiness
There are two things
You can pursue
That'll get you there…”
Make some noise for the grand return of Scott Adams () to the Meaningwave Universe! And with a song that couldn’t be more perfectly Meaningwave if it was synthesized in a lab by a team of 100 genius-level Meaningwave scholars 2000 years from now...
CHASING MEANING
(https://go.meaningwave.com/CHASINGMEANING)
…is out now!
I sent it to Scott last week, and he replied straight away, “I love it! But I am biased.” Which is fair. I love it too, and I hope you do too. Hey look! Here’s the music video!
(https://linktw.in/USRVHE)
Wonder where it’s gonna show up in next month’s MEANINGWAVE TOP 50, huh? SPEAKING OF THE TOP 50!
The MEANINGWAVE TOP 50 ...
It’s Friday, which means NEW MEANINGWAVE, and it’s BLACK FRIDAY which means up to 75% off at meaningwave.com! Use code BF24 at checkout!
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"Mr. Hitchcock
What is your definition
Of happiness?
A clear horizon
Nothing to worry about
On your plate
Only
Things that are creative"
We are joined this week in the Meaningwave Universe by a new voice, that of legendary filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock, speaking to us across space and time of happiness, on this soaring new instant classic, with vocals sampled from 1964’s CBS TV special, Telescope, A Talk with Alfred Hitchcock.
A CLEAR HORIZON
(https://go.meaningwave.com/ACLEARHORIZON)
Is out now on all platforms!
(https://go.meaningwave.com/ACLEARHORIZON)
And you can enjoy the music video here
(https://linktw.in/BzBjIc)
MEANWHILE! It’s our biggest sale of the year right now at meaningwave.com. We’re offering 25% off EVERYTHING, including clothing, vinyl, posters, CDs… In addition, all digital bundles have been slashed by ...
It's the most wonderful time of the year... I am blessed and proud to present your annual gift of low fidelity yuletide glory and wonderment...
LOFI CHRISTMAS VII
(https://go.meaningwave.com/LOFICHRISTMASVII)
…a cozy, crackling carefully crafted collection of Lofi Christmas perfection to soundtrack your holiday season.
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As is only right and traditional, the mix is comprised of a smorgasbord of delightful new winter bumps, 14 in total.
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As always, an instrumental version is available to stream (https://go.meaningwave.com/LOFICHRISTMASVII) and download (https://akirathedon.bandcamp.com/album/lofi-christmas-vii) on all platforms (https://go.meaningwave.com/LOFICHRISTMASVII) … and a special vocal-sample-infused version will be dropping on Youtube at 1 CT (https://linktw.in/tFeIKl), and available to download for our supporters. This version is peppered with samples from some of my favorite Christmas movies and TV specials. Can you spot them all? (https://linktw.in/tFeIKl)
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MEANWHILE!...
