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March 18, 2019: Women Shaping the Future

Hi Brad and Brad,

I really want to thank you for reading my Concept Album email on this week's episode.  It really meant a lot to me to have that spread over your podcast and to have some feedback.  I put a lot of thought into that mix and if either of you decide to try it out, I hope you enjoy and most of all it tells a story by the way I sequenced it.

I'm still hooked on Brandi Carlile and a friend of mine sent me a screen shot of the following article on her in Rolling Stone earlier this month.  It's part of their issue titled "Women Shaping the Future," which has a cool montage of commentary by the women involved.
In case you hadn't mentioned, and I apologize if you did BradL, but Mike owns land next to Brandi's home in Maple Valley, WA.  Mike is also quoted in the article saying the following:

“Brandi is the only singer to make me consistently cry when I hear her voice. Perhaps some demons are being exorcised in her brutal honesty of forgiveness.”

You guys have mentioned several times about how the band, especially Eddie, stand for women's rights.  It's something I'm proud to know about these guys and I try to carry myself in a similar fashion.  I'm sorry to get a little political here, but I hope there's a different direction taken behind several of the women mentioned in the Rolling Stone article. 

Forced to endure, what I could not forgive,

Chris

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