Saturday, August 9, 2025

those songs

I need to put together a playlist of all those songs I love that have this familiar melancholic feel... Past & present

White trash heroes - archers of loaf
Somebody i used to know - gotye 
Scenario - dramarama
Inxs -  don't change
Tears for fears - change
Rem - radio Europe
Replacements - Alex Chilton 
Pixies - Alec effiel
Abc - look of love
Howard Jones - what is love


Maybe not so much the last 2.. 



Friday, August 8, 2025

is my toe dipping why I'm not phased

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/to-dip-your-toes

I did not have an idealistic childhood, and I'm well aware of others who had it worse. Fundamentally, economically, emotionally, physically, mentally, you name it. I have met those who have had it worse than me in more ways than one. Did not stop my whining and complaining about my situation. To have won that cosmic lottery. Yet there are things I will say I have won. Though as I think about it it dawned in me at how many things I am more or less desensitized to. The depravity if humanity. Namely via dipping my toe in a myriad of counter culture and somewhat depraved behavior myself. Porn at an early age, countless R movies before the age of 16, 13. Saw Scarface the year it came out, same with Silkwood, Trading Places, and more with my overly permissive mother. 

It had just dawned on me that a number of things that I may consume or read or watch may be a bit much for others. Thinking about how even in a society there are extremes, and some may be polar opposites. What some of the less obvious ones may be, especially within leftist circles. The notion of left superior morality syndrome has stuck with for the past few days.

For instance I feel that Carlin would be at odds with those who even share similar beliefs his free use if the English language and it's slang would be a nuclear moment socially supporting the other.

tit for tat

Just starting Howard Zinns A People's History...


Is it that our civilization is just a series of tit for tats...

Lying in wait to pounce upon historical retribution of grievances of the past?

You wronged my ancestors... But it seems like no. Because there never was any sense of recompense or remediation or restitution that truly addressed the crimes committed. Just platitudes and broken promises.

Sapolskys lectures come to mind.