Watch The Spooky Men’s Chorale (3 min) here. (First uploaded four years ago.)
We have followed The Spooky Men for years, with their wondrous a capella harmonies and moving lyrics. They have just sent this message:
dear world
we are the spooky men
you know that we are silly
you know that we become silliness, that silliness becomes us
we have beards, we have jokes
but also you know that underneath that we are men who hold things dear: things of goodness, warmth, strength
we believe in things, in this world
and now we stand at our darkest moment, the moment when such things as we believe face their gravest threat
years ago we asked the question: do we speak his name?
do we speak his name on stage, amongst ourselves?
the answer was, had to be no
because that would be the very thing he wanted, to add fuel to his fire
and for us, that still holds true
instead, we wrote a song
so now please forgive us, we must do the only thing we can do, even though it feels like it is not much, that there is an inferno, and we are flicking a teaspoon of water from 40 paces…
and thus we send you this song <see link at the start, above>
If the U.S. steps away from leadership in the world’s campaign against climate change, our children, grandchildren, and all future generations will pay a grievous price. In the words of Joëlle Gergis, that would be ‘An intergenerational crime against humanity’
The world holds its breath. We can’t vote. If you can, please consider.
In hope,
Geoff
