Art about self-destruction always reminds me of Truffaut’s Dictum: “You can’t make an anti-war film,” since putting it on screen makes it glorious somehow. We’ll try to avoid that trap today. Send your song suggestions to symposiumofsongs@gmail.com!
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0:00
The 77s, “Nobody’s Fault but Mine” (Drowning with Land in Sight, 1994)
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7:32
Beck, “Nobody’s Fault but My Own” (Mutations, 1998)
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12:29
Mitski, “I Don’t Like My Mind” (The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We, 2023)
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15:16
Reading: Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms
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19:07
Jim O’Rourke, “All Downhill from Here” (Insignificance, 2001)
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23:54
Okkervil River, “For Real” (Black Sheep Boy, 2005)
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29:49
TLC, “Waterfalls” (CrazySexyCool, 1994)
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34:17
The Jayhawks, “Tailspin” (Rainy Day Music, 2003)
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37:30
U2, “Bad” (The Unforgettable Fire)
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44:05
Reading: Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre
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45:56
Jill Scott, “The Math” (To Whom This May Concern, 2026)
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49:19
The Mountain Goats, “Amy AKA Spent Gladiator” (Transcendental Youth, 2012)
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51:38
Waylon Jennings, “I’ve Always Been Crazy” (I’ve Always Been Crazy, 1978)
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56:13
Van Morrison, “Slim Slow Slider” (Astral Weeks, 1967
