upbeat pop rock song
Friday, April 10, 2026
Thursday, April 9, 2026
"The Heart of a Woman," by Georgia Douglas Johnson, set to music & videos
afro house electronic setting of Johnson's poem
Johnson (1884=1966) was an important poet, editor, and novelis of the era and movement now known as the Harlem Renaissance
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Wednesday, April 8, 2026
Tuesday, April 7, 2026
"The Mystery (How Little We Know)," by Sara Teasdale, set to music/vocals
Sara Teasdale (1884-1933)
electronic ballad--poem set to music
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Monday, April 6, 2026
"Yes, You're a Hero"
Yes, You're a Hero
by Hans Ostrom
set to music and vocals via suno. ai [I know: sacrilege] and posted on soundcloud and youtube-- langstonify channel
(folksong lyric)
Sometimes just getting out of bed
and going to your job makes you a hero.
There's so much awful out there.
Your hope might be reaching zero.
You might be a trucker or a nurse.
You might be a baker. You get up first.
Could be you're a builder or a plumber or a drummer
in a local band. A woman or a man
who drives a bus. All of you help us.
You get us through. That's what you do.
The country is made of millions of pieces.
Lots of trades and skills and hearts.
Lots of parts with beating hearts.
You might be a prof teaching classes about cells.
Maybe a farmer or a picker on that farm
or a responder racing to a place of harm.
You could be a welder or an elder.
Babysitting kids, you get us through.
That's what you do. The country is made
of millions of pieces. Lots of trades and skills
and arts. Lots of parts with beating hearts.
You might be a cleaner or one who brings the news.
Maybe you're a doctor or a scientist looking for the clues.
You could work as a mechanic or a fry cook there in the back.
You might be a teacher or fix a creature.
Whatever your job, whatever your calling,
you're part of a hole that keeps the entire
thing from falling. from ripping all apart.
You could be a checker or drive a recorder.
Maybe cut hair, sell hardware, or build a chair.
Perhaps a server or an observer or a preserver of knowledge.
Can't list every task, post or position, from recycling to mortician.
Whatever you do, you get us through. That takes lots
of learning and years. Blood and sweat and tears.
Skills and hearts and brains and heart. The ones at the top
should get their heads right and do what's best for you.
Because you get us through. That's what you do. So, thank you.
Yeah. Thank you.
Sometimes just getting out of bed
and going to your job makes you a hero.
There's so much awful out there.
Your hope might be reaching zero.
You might be a trucker or a nurse.
You might be a baker. You get up first.
Could be you're a builder or a plumber or a drummer
in a local band. A woman or a man
who drives a bus. All of you help us.
You get us through. That's what you do.
The country is made of millions of pieces.
Lots of trades and skills and hearts.
Lots of parts with beating hearts.
You might be a prof teaching classes about cells.
Maybe a farmer or a picker on that farm
or a responder racing to a place of harm.
You could be a welder or an elder.
Babysitting kids, you get us through.
That's what you do. The country is made
of millions of pieces. Lots of trades and skills
and arts. Lots of parts with beating hearts.
You might be a cleaner or one who brings the news.
Maybe you're a doctor or a scientist looking for the clues.
You could work as a mechanic or a fry cook there in the back.
You might be a teacher or fix a creature.
Whatever your job, whatever your calling,
you're part of a hole that keeps the entire
thing from falling. from ripping all apart.
You could be a checker or drive a recorder.
Maybe cut hair, sell hardware, or build a chair.
Perhaps a server or an observer or a preserver of knowledge.
Can't list every task, post or position, from recycling to mortician.
Whatever you do, you get us through. That takes lots
of learning and years. Blood and sweat and tears.
Skills and hearts and brains and heart. The ones at the top
should get their heads right and do what's best for you.
Because you get us through. That's what you do. So, thank you.
Yeah. Thank you.
Hans Ostrom 2026
set to music and vocals via suno. ai [I know: sacrilege] and posted on soundcloud and youtube-- langstonify channel
Sunday, April 5, 2026
Friday, April 3, 2026
"Neither Out Far Nor In Deep," by Robert Frost, set to music
folk rock treatment of Robert Frost's famous poem
minimal adaptation (some repeated words)
set to music/voclas via suno.com ai with prompts from Hans Ostrom
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Thursday, April 2, 2026
Wednesday, April 1, 2026
"Rock a Broken Heart," by Hans Ostrom, Lyrics
"If he broke up with you, then he's dumber than a stump."
country rock
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"Night of the Mermaid," by Hans Ostrom, Lyrics
Goth Rock version of a previously posted one. Inspired by American painter Howard Pyle's famous painting, "The Mermaid" (1910)
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