It has been very interesting to read and listen to the works of Matt Kadane. His music has an unusual blessing for the post-industrial age—it has a melody and humanity in it in a time when it is an embarrassment to show human fragility. But Kadane manages to be humanly fragile, yet extremely contemporary, which I must say to his credit is very unusual in today’s music and book market. We are being taught to conquer and own every bit of a territory—but Kadane does not conform to this dogmatic thinking—he refuses to own everything that comes his way—he enjoys staring at a wonderful object in nature without being obsessed about gaining possession. You can feel this by listening to his songs. It is so unusual—that in our age of total consumerism, someone can make a gesture of not owning, but being happy just appreciating beauty without owning. It is truly that if humans retain the feeling of appreciating wonderfulness of nature and human spirit that ‘The End’s Not Near”. In fact, in the age of Gasoline superiority, the ability to detach one from oneself from material objects and being able to immerse in the world of poetry is truly extraordinary. In fact, today poetry is returning. The age of commercial music has produced entertainment—but the age after that must be returning to ‘something to say’—just a simple message from one human being to others. The time of CD sales and making incredible amounts of money with pop-culture is coming to an end—so the people, who are going to stay on the scene of poetry and music will be talking to us. Talking about their visions and their frustrations, about their love and their losses, as if they are talking to their closest friends. This is the communication that cannot be lost. This is the way Kadane interacts with his audience and with his friends. Simple communication is gratifying. It is wonderful, even when it is not tied to profit making or just rallying against it. The question is more simple: can we still be human?