The 21st Century Monads

Some things are best left unsaid Music copyright 2024 © The 21st Century Monads Music and lyrics by Kris McDaniel. Kris McDaniel: vocals, bass melodion, bass xylophone, clarinet, nova dood, soprano recorder, stellar flutes Laura Callahan: vocals Cover art by Carrie Jenkins. Copyright 2025 © The 21st Century Monads

Just another adventure. Music copyright 2024 © The 21st Century Monads Music and lyrics by Kris McDaniel. Kris McDaniel: vocals, banjitar, bass ukulele, bass melodion, bawu, clarinet, hulusi, bawu, clarinet, hulusi, nova jhorn, soprano recorder, stellar flutes, three-string ukulele Laura Callahan: vocals Cover art by Carrie Jenkins. Copyright 2025 © The 21st Century Monads

Some things just cannot not be. Music copyright 2024 © The 21st Century Monads Music and lyrics by Kris McDaniel. Kris McDaniel: vocals, bass recorder, bass clarinet, clarinet, hulusi, slide pan flute, soprano recorder Cover art by Carrie Jenkins. Copyright 2025 © The 21st Century Monads

You can’t handle the truth! Music copyright 2024 © The 21st Century Monads Music and lyrics by Kris McDaniel. Kris McDaniel: vocals, acoustic guitar, baby sitar, bass guitar, clarinet, drums, nova dude, soprano saxophone Laura Callahan: vocals Cover art by Carrie Jenkins. Copyright 2025 © The 21st Century Monads

Is the author really dead, or is it just me? Music copyright 2024 © The 21st Century Monads Music and lyrics by Kris McDaniel. Kris McDaniel: vocals, alto recorder, baby sitar, bass guitar, bawu, drums, hand percussion, practice guzheng, soprano recorder, soprano sax, stellar flutes, tongue drum Laura Callahan: vocals Cover art by Carrie Jenkins. Copyright 2025 © The 21st Century Monads

We have no windows. Music copyright 2025 © The 21st Century Monads Music and lyrics by Kris McDaniel. Kris McDaniel: banjitar (bowed), bass guitar, bouzouki, clarinet, drums, Godin Multi-Oud, Guitar (electric), hand percussion, Ran (electric), stellar flutes, Ukulele (8 string) Ben Bradley: vocals Laura Callahan: fiddle, vocals Cover art by Carrie Jenkins. Copyright 2025 © The 21st Century Monads

Something is there because nothing is. Music copyright 2024 © The 21st Century Monads Music and lyrics by Kris McDaniel. Kris McDaniel: vocals, baby sitar, bass guitar, bass melodion, phin, soprano saxophone, stellar flutes, 3-string ukulele Laura Callahan: vocals Cover art by Carrie Jenkins. Copyright 2025 © The 21st Century Monads

Musical interlude/second theme of the World Soul. Music copyright 2024 © The 21st Century Monads Music and lyrics by Kris McDaniel. Kris McDaniel: bass clarinet, clarinet, nova dude, soprano saxophone Cover art by Carrie Jenkins. Copyright 2025 © The 21st Century Monads

Opening instrumental theme music for the World Soul. Music copyright 2024 © The 21st Century Monads Music and lyrics by Kris McDaniel. Kris McDaniel: cello, clarinet Laura Callahan: fiddle Cover art by Carrie Jenkins. Copyright 2025 © The 21st Century Monads

Unreal, perchance to be dreamt? Music copyright 2024 © The 21st Century Monads Music and lyrics by Kris McDaniel. Kris McDaniel: vocals, bass clarinet, bass guitar, bass recorder, bass melodion, box tanpura, clarinet, drums, guzheng, hand percussion, nova dood, ukelele Laura Callahan: vocals Cover art by Carrie Jenkins. Copyright 2025 © The 21st Century Monads

Why Can't I Be You? Music copyright 2024 © The 21st Century Monads Music and lyrics by Kris McDaniel. Kris McDaniel: vocals, baglama, baby sitar, bass guitar, cornet, drums, hand percussion, mellophone, nova dood, stellar flutes, nova dude, clarinet, hand percussion, soprano recorder Cover art by Carrie Jenkins. Copyright 2025 © The 21st Century Monads

Musing about the metaphysics of color, and the affective significance of a particular theory of color. Music copyright 2024 © The 21st Century Monads Music and lyrics by Kris McDaniel. Kris McDaniel: vocals, classical guitar, stellar flutes Cover art by Carrie Jenkins. Copyright 2025 © The 21st Century Monads

It's hard to live in the moment when a moment lasts for only a moment. Music copyright 2024 © The 21st Century Monads Music and lyrics by Kris McDaniel. Kris McDaniel: vocals, baby sitar, bass melodion, clarinet, drums, hand percussion, nova dood, stellar flutes, soprano recorder, soprano sax, ukulele, ukulele bass. Carrie Jenkins: vocals Cover art by Carrie Jenkins. Copyright 2025 © The 21st Cent...

Nothing comes from nothing but nothing. Music copyright 2024 © The 21st Century Monads Music and lyrics by Kris McDaniel. Kris McDaniel: vocals, bass guitar, box tanpura, nova dood, percussion sitar Laura Callahan: vocals Cover art by Carrie Jenkins. Copyright 2025 © The 21st Century Monads

The story of Mary, a brilliant color scientist, and what happens to her when she escapes the black and white prison she grew up in. Music copyright 2024 © The 21st Century Monads Music and lyrics by Kris McDaniel. Kris McDaniel: vocals, baby sitar, bass guitar, clarinet, cornet, drums, Godin multioud, hand percussion, nova jhorn, keyboards, phin, psaltery, stellar flutes, trombone, stellar flutes,...

Priorities. Music copyright 2024 © The 21st Century Monads Music and lyrics by Kris McDaniel. Kris McDaniel: vocals, bass guitar, drums, electric guitar, nova dood, keyboards, stellar flutes Laura Callahan: fiddle, vocals Ben Bradley: cello Cover art by Carrie Jenkins. Copyright 2025 © The 21st Century Monads

When all times are as real as the present moment, it's hard to live in the now. Music copyright 2024 © The 21st Century Monads Music and lyrics by Kris McDaniel. Kris McDaniel: vocals, bass guitar, boomwhacker xylophone, drums, gopichand (soprano), hand percussion, soprano saxophone, trumpet Laura Callahan: vocals, fiddle Ben Bradley: cello Cover art by Carrie Jenkins. Copyright 2025 © The 21st Ce...

So long. Hope ya miss me. Lyrics written by Kris McDaniel Kris McDaniel: vocals, keyboards, hand percussion Carrie Jenkins: vocals Cover art by Carrie Jenkins A musing on finitude. Copyright 2022 © The 21st Century Monads

Just a little ditty. A very little ditty. Lyrics written by Kris McDaniel Kris McDaniel: vocals, keyboards Cover art by Carrie Jenkins Some musings on perspective and the meaning of life. Copyright 2022 © The 21st Century Monads

It's coming. Soon. I promise. Lyrics written by Kris McDaniel Kris McDaniel: vocals, edrums, keyboards Carrie Jenkins: vocals, piano, keyboards Cover art by Carrie Jenkins Writing can be rewarding, but it can also be demoralising, torturous, and terrifying. Copyright 2022 © The 21st Century Monads

Do you have an impression of what comes between us? Lyrics written by Kris McDaniel Kris McDaniel: vocals, edrums, keyboards, electric guitar Ben Bradley: electric guitar Carrie Jenkins: vocals Cover art by Carrie Jenkins Copyright 2022 © The 21st Century Monads

But when will we rejoice with the reader? Lyrics written by Kris McDaniel Kris McDaniel: vocals, edrums, keyboards, bass guitar, electric guitar Cover art by Carrie Jenkins Numbers, propositions, properties, and types are examples of abstract objects. Abstract objects are not in space and time in the way that ordinary physical objects are. They might even be outside of space and time altogether—yo...

So whaddya mean anyway? Lyrics written by Kris McDaniel Kris McDaniel: vocals, keyboards, edrums, electric guitar, bass guitar Cover art by Carrie Jenkins History of philosophy is hard. Really hard. Especially since you can’t email dead people! Copyright 2022 © The 21st Century Monads

But still I'll do the best, if I can. Lyrics written by Kris McDaniel and Ben Bradley Kris McDaniel: vocals, edrums, electric guitar, bass guitar, keyboards Ben Bradley: piano, vocals Cover art by Carrie Jenkins Do you act freely only when there are alternative courses of action you could have done instead? Suppose that right now Fred wants to murder Tom. Fred has the means to do so, has crafted a...

Let us get back to fundamentals. Lyrics written by Kris McDaniel Kris McDaniel: vocals, keyboards, edrums, hand percussion Ben Bradley: electric guitar, bass guitar Carrie Jenkins: vocals Will Bradley: trumpet Cover art by Carrie Jenkins Humean Supervenience is the metaphysical theory that all the features of our world are determined by the distribution of properties and relations of simple object...