Music for the Ninth Day of January

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00:01 Weird to be Back by Firewater off ofThe Golden Hour 0:03:50 (Rev talking over Defender by Zavala off of The Dark Time Sunshine Vessel Instrumentals) Weird to be back indeed, and so rusty you might lockjaw from my jagged old voice. But I am Revived, revamped, and revitalized and here to bring you that …

Part Two: Burning From The Inside

(Title stolen from Bauhaus) Burning Man doesn’t give a flying fuck if you live or die. And that’s one of its best qualities. (That’s not to say the volunteers who’re there trying to help keep you safe don’t.) It’s right there on the ticket – in bold capital letters. “You voluntarily assume the risk of …

Part One: To The Sky

(Title stolen from Myka 9 & Factor) 08:30. Bright and early I stagger bleary-eyed into the airport. Sober but exhausted, it’s all part of the plan. I’ve intentionally fucked my sleep schedule just enough to make me slow and sluggish, but not so much as to make me cranky and on edge. I’ve got an …

Dipsomaniac: A Drunken Opus

(Title stolen from a free 8Bit Cynics album) “I’ve noticed you’ve been drinking a lot lately,” my mother finally got up the courage to ask. After an awkward pause she added, “Do you think you can stop?” “I’m sure I could,” I grinned. “Any time I wanted… I’ve just never tried.” My joke was met with stony …

Part II (The Numbers Game)

Entry title stolen from Bad Religion Today officially begins Donald JockStrapSuckster Trump’s tenure as the most powerful being in the known universe. I’ve spent the last too many months trying to make sense of how we got here. Even back when I was positive he didn’t stand a snowball’s chance in Hell, I still wanted …

Mutiny

( Title suggested in a song by William Elliot Whitmore ) Goodness help us, it’s inauguration day for the 45th president of the United States. And while yes, three million more citizens voted for his opponent, and that out of the 58 elections so far, only 12 have snuck into the White House with fewer electoral …

Class War Pigs

Back in the springtime of my life, Mama and I would wander wherever the wind blew us. It was hard for her to feel at home anywhere, or with anyone. It wasn’t any old cliché about it being me and her against the world, because there wasn’t anybody else on our planet. Not until I started …

White Trash (2nd Generation)

(Title stolen from Bad Religion’s absolutely brutal first album) What class are you? If you’ve ever heard this question it’s probably only been once or twice, and from a young ’un who didn’t know any better. If you’re from the United States it’s because we don’t believe in such things, and if you’re from anywhere …

Culture Cry Wolf

Believe it or not, title stolen from a band! How we talk and think about emotions is an offense to feelings. We say we’re; happy, surprised, scared, angry, sad, disgusted, or whatever, as if it’s that simple. As if we only ever feel one thing at a time. That’s the emotional equivalent of a child’s …