Montreal 2025

Light

• What is Solstice? (2024) by Daniel Speyer
• Always Look on the Bright Side by Eric Idle ◦ A silly song about making the best of terrible things
• X Days of X Risk by Raymond Arnold ◦ Six (or more) ways the world could end

Dusk

• Galaxy Song by Monty Python ◦ How big the universe is and how lucky we are to be a part of it
• Space Oddity by David Bowie ◦ A confused account of going into space
• Zombie ◦ by The Cranberries ◦ All the things that can only be done while here
• The Sun Is Burning by Ian Campbell ◦ A beautiful but fragile world
• Origin of Stories, Twilight Edition by Raymond Arnold and Daniel Speyer
• Matt's 2025 speech at Montreal's solstice by Matt

Night

• Hymn to the Breaking Strain by Rudyard Kipling ◦ Abide the twin damnation, to fail and know we fail
• No Royal Road to Knowledge; No Mercy for Ignorance by Daniel Speyer
• Firesong [Not Available]
• Stopping in the Woods by Robert Frost and Randall Thompson ◦ A vignette of looking into snowy woods at night
• The Meditation on Winter by Raymond Arnold

Dawn

• Jodie's 2025 speech at Montreal's solstice by Jodie
• Here Comes the Sun by The Beatles ◦ A light-hearted celebration of the sun
• Natural Questions by Seneca

Future

• What Does It Mean To Be Forever Young? by Daniel Speyer
• The Contract Drafting Em by Zack Davis ◦ The special horror when your employer has root on your brain
• Still Alive by Jonathan Coulton ◦ A smug, sociopathic celebration of survival and science