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Shmuel AKA Sammy Berg

there is always one last light to turn out and one last bell to ring

About Me



Write in Hebrew with ChaiSpace.comI'm a songwriter, a Jew trying to grow closer to Hashem, an amateur historian, a goofball who appreciates mindless humor, a hick-raised backroad trained sidewalk philosopher, and a student 24/7 365.Music means a lot to me. There were days of confusion in the past where my headphones were my only escape. Both Rebbe Nachman and Rebbe Shneur Zalman of Liadi taught that melody is the pen of the soul, and ive believed that for a long time now.Torah is everything to me. I believe Torah is truth, and truth is Torah. I think Rambam got it right with the 13 Principles of Faith and I'm really into the teachings of Rashi, Ramban, HaAri, Ramchal, the Besht, Rebbe Nachman of Breslov, Rebbe Shneur Zalman of Liadi, Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson, and Reb Shlomo Carlebach. If I come of as a hypocrite, please try to judge as harshly as you would prefer to have yourself judged, cause even though sometimes I might come off as a man of contradictions, I'm trying not to.

My Interests

Judaism, Songwriting, History, philosophy, music, and of course, hangin out with mah peeps and chillin.

I'd like to meet:

Nice people. esp. if they are fellow musicians or fellow Jews or fellow AggiesFeel free to hit me up on AIM at: SammyTAMU. Don't try to email that address though, cause I don't check it. Click here to view a bigger version of my map!
You can also make your own, it's free!

Music:

Alternative, reggae, Texas country, folk, bluegrass, celtic, old school jazz, jambands, Southern rock, klezmer, Mizrachi pop, Sefardi love songs, chazzanut, blues, techno, chassidishe niggunim, hip hop with good lyrics (forget most of this radio booty bouncing music), some metal

Movies:

Mindless comedies, old school martial arts flicks, indepedent films (yall got to see Ushpizin), and the occasional romantic comedy.

Television:

The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, Robot Chicken, Family Guy, South Park, The Boondocks

Books:

HaTanach...Meshilas Yesharim...Grapes of Wrath...The Great Gatsby...Harry Potter...Huckleberry Finn...1984...Ender's Game...Watership Down...Tuesdays with Morrie...Hold Autumn In Your Hand...HaTanya...On The Road...Animal Farm...Brave New World

Heroes:

all of yall out there doing your best to make the world a better place! Much love!

My Blog

"when all at once you look across a crowded room to see the way that light attaches..."

no time no time for stressin my yetzer hora's messin with me sometimes but i aint worried man so its all good ill just keep jammin that y-love and blanketstatementstein cause the chassidishe...
Posted by Shmuel AKA Sammy Berg on Tue, 11 Dec 2007 07:19:00 PST

at least i can say i was there

behind me a confused collection of dreamlike memories that play back in my head like a poorly produced independent film where i dont quite recognize myself very much and ahead of me lies void and...
Posted by Shmuel AKA Sammy Berg on Tue, 27 Nov 2007 08:08:00 PST

the winds blow and the rains fall, B’H!

when the symphony sounds again in my brain i will sit and think of feeling of looking in your eyes and feeling comfortable if that aint a rare treasure from Hashem i dont know what is every desert in ...
Posted by Shmuel AKA Sammy Berg on Tue, 06 Nov 2007 05:06:00 PST

i’m a joke and you seem like you have a good sense of humor

we could be like emma and alex uniting together to rid the world of darkness in your eyes i see the dew of heaven glistening in the night if nothings found then nothings lost but its always fun to try...
Posted by Shmuel AKA Sammy Berg on Sun, 28 Oct 2007 02:38:00 PST

mayn chevra

if its only just a small positive difference than its all been worth it so far at least thats what i think sometimes the negativity is so great that you gotta wonder if you failed cause your yetzer ho...
Posted by Shmuel AKA Sammy Berg on Sun, 30 Sep 2007 01:01:00 PST

"celebrate we will, for life is short but sweet for certain"

seriously how good Hashem is to me even in the depths of the dark times crying out in the pain of solitude i was given strength to continue down the path set before me is there really a way that i cou...
Posted by Shmuel AKA Sammy Berg on Sun, 23 Sep 2007 09:06:00 PST

4 more days

at this point it becomes a question do i have the time because as the clock ticks on this crazy adventure i started a few years ago i wonder do i have i enough time to mend what i want to mend to bui...
Posted by Shmuel AKA Sammy Berg on Tue, 18 Sep 2007 07:13:00 PST

a time for truth in the land of illusions

when its all over and the album is finished there's not much left to show but the dust on the jacket you will become to the people you'll leave behind but hey its nice to forget that cause the deepest...
Posted by Shmuel AKA Sammy Berg on Sun, 09 Sep 2007 03:21:00 PST

play me a song, fill the silence, then we won’t even begin to stress

it can get really frustrating for anyone between the poetry and the laughter there's nothing to unite the two to let you know im not faking anything even if im often a hypocrite im still trying to be ...
Posted by Shmuel AKA Sammy Berg on Wed, 05 Sep 2007 02:47:00 PST

torah is like water everybody’s gotta get soaked sometime

hashem loves misfits so much i know because he made so many of them we smile and throw shaving cream cause young jews are hurting and need their souls saved with smiles and shaving cream sometimes if ...
Posted by Shmuel AKA Sammy Berg on Mon, 03 Sep 2007 04:52:00 PST