I am putting the Saturday Dump to rest for a bit. While some of it makes me (and you) laugh, most of it doesn't. Most of it makes me hurt physically.
It's not helping me.
Every day, I think, it can't get any worse. And then, impossibly, it
gets worse. It's a nightmare. And it's only just begun. My day is
over before lunch. I am filled daily with disappointment, shock and
rage. That this
felon, this buffoon, this lowlife, anti-semitic, racist, non-human,
misogynist criminal with the IQ of a handball was voted into and allowed
back in the White House to carry on
dismantling America with no regard for any human life except his own,
and not jailed for all of his offenses,
is sucking the last bit of
life out of me. It's bad.
He has no compassion for the dead or the
living. That smug fucking look as he signs order after order as if autographing
an 8x10 is sick-making. The INJUSTICE of it all makes my blood boil. It can't be real. How can this be
real? You know what really hurts? More than half the country doesn't care. They aren't bothered by it. People that you and I know, aren't bothered by it.
Well, it's wearing me down. I need a break from it...already....just 12 days in. But really, it's more than 12 days. It's years.
"It's a marathon, not a sprint."
No. It's neither. It's a scam.
There. I've said it, and that is the last I'll be saying about all of it. I've got to start living again if it kills me. And if I keep it up, it will kill me. Then, who will write about Todd Rundgren for you?
I will leave you with these words from Leonard Cohen.
That is why we are here.
13 comments:
I love the Buddy Rich! Also happy for you to keep BW about music that you love.
- Paul In DK
This feature will be missed but it's perfectly understandable. You got to be good to yourself first to keep that music, music, snark, and music coming. In fact, why not take Saturdays off—it's a Jewish thing, but what the hell.
It's especially difficult being an optimist these days.
As I’ve been saying repeatedly, I never expected to be spending my Golden Years in 1934 Nazi Germany 2.0.
Can't blame you, it's all so exhausting and depressing. Loved the EIEIO, though....
At some point, karma will arrive on the scene. Late obviously, but brutal. Tremendous damage will have been done, but a fitting end will occur.
Music is a safe haven where we can recharge and rehumanize ourselves. Thanks always for BW.
I thought I was joking to my wife when I said Der Donald would find a way to make a plane tragedy political.
What reality was I in at that moment? Take care of yourself in the days ahead.
These days, everyone needs to figure out their own prescription for what makes you capable of maintaining sanity. There is no one size fits all methodology.
It's good you have a support group
Even more disheartening: a good chunk of that half of the country are all right with this and would vote for it again tomorrow. Will miss the Saturday dump, but then again, not sure how you could ever top this one.
Look forward to your takedown of the Grammies, should you accept that mission:)
It's gonna get worse before it gets worse, but some of these sorry fuckers will drop by the wayside and none of it will go exactly how they wish or imagine. I still think--perhaps foolishly--we see what happens in two years. Based on several examples--Germany, Chile, etc--it could get even worse, it could get better--and then it gets even worse, or we get a break. It is a regime, it is a passel of them, but if you wanna play the political science game some folx are foolish enough to pay me to do, they are not the majority or even (really) a plurality. They are, tip o'the hat to HST, twisted pig fuckers; their time will come*
As for those willingly going along/complicit, I keep mentioning the Moxon riff about folx in Germany who went along with the evil whatever their rationale.
*With sincere apologies to the twisted pig fuckers besmirched.
Sal, We are with you and will all resist together. Take some time, but you will be back to make us laugh and think.
Remember: A great song bypasses the brain and goes straight to the heart.
Gotta say, your meme parade has made a lot of people happy when I share them on, but it's not worth it if it gets you down. Looking forward to more Todd, N'Awlins, and reggae. That wood ain’t gonna burn itself!
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