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Music Mondaze: Terrorism Can't Break The Music

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Music Mondaze: Terrorism Can't Break The Music

For all humanity, the world shook a little on Nov. 13. The day Paris among other nations were met with turmoil and distress, the day, the Bataclan was one of the venues exposed to senseless terrorist attacks.

Going out to a cafe or restaurant shouldn't be considered dangerous. Going out to a football game shouldn't be a mission to get in and get out alive. And going to a concert to experience music shouldn't feel like a death sentence.

Concert goers, music lovers, and dedicated fans went to support the Eagles of Death Metal, unsuspecting of the events to follow that night. These human beings, exactly like you and I, went to this concert venue to have a fun time and to feel the love and power music evokes, but instead, they were only faced with cruelty and terror.

Since the attacks, there has been a heavy strain on the music world and naturally so. But this strain isn't forever. This strain doesn't mean that music isn't safe.

Music is safe.

Music is unifying.

Music brings a promise of peace.

And it's important to remember this.

Terrorism may bring silence and anger. But this time of desolation, when hope coincides with grief, brings us together -- all of humanity. And we may be quiet and still, but like music, our hearts will never remain silent or bound.

This week, Eagles of Death Metal members, Jesse Hughes and Josh Homme, will be having their first interview with Vice since the tragedy. Homme has opened his charity to support all the victims affected by the Paris attacks until December 31. To donate, visit here. My hearts are with the fallen, the many who have suffered from these events, and to all humanity.


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