J, the other 'author' of this blog, says I lost because of the election results (in his usual gentle way, of course, see post below), but I don't think so. I agree with Bill Whittle: "America is not only much, much stronger than you imagine; it's much stronger than you CAN imagine." Yes. I mean, the people of spoken, huh? What exactly they said is a little harder to parse.......okay, some of it's not so hard, but you know what I mean.
I was searching for Billy Bragg on Youtube and found this. It's someone's vacation video, scenes of Germany, with a 'soundtrack' of Billy Bragg covering that old Smiths song, Ask. Ask me ask me ask me....doesn't that take you back? I mean, don't you just want to sing along and jump around the room and dance to it? How weird to watch some total stranger on video wandering around Germany and feel like, somehow, it's your vacation video!
I once had someone ask me in the comments section to SepiaMutiny what on earth a 'righty' like me was doing listening to Worker's Playtime, but come on. It's music! That album takes me back to my school days, my late college days, to living in a garden apartment with my friend Larinda, right across from this old hippie-ish pub, I can't even remember the name, the place I went to after a Luka Bloom show, walking along the quiet campus streets on a hot summer evening, Luka along with my friends and me. Lilac. I distinctly remember the smell of lilac.....and that I had a little headache that night because I had pulled my hair back so tightly, scooped it onto the back of my neck. And my earrings hurt, too (dangly silver earrings from India). Funny the things you remember.
Oh, and I've been spending time on this new Bollywood blog, Ugly Ugly Bollywood Fugly. I love Bollywood. I love the running around fields in Switzerland music, I love the color, the vacant-eyed beauty of the actors and actresses, the complete and utter presentness of it. It's full on life-force dressed up in over the top fashions, yaar. Plus (and I'm being all tangential, but what the heck, no one is reading anyway, except: Hi Mom!) the Boston Ritz-Carlton was bought by an Indian group and will now be called the Taj Boston. There has to be a joke about Boston Brahmins in there somewhere.....
Anyway, I promise to post more and to mercilessly critique JLH. He could use it. Kidding, J! Okay, not kidding. You really could use it.....
Great post M.
You know me too well to think I actually care who gets elected. I just enjoy seeing everyone getting worked up about it.
Our strength may be our generalized agreement that the most important issues are eliminating poverty, ignorance, and prejudice (except during elections), and in government social policy and message that is relatively moderate.
Posted by: JLH | November 12, 2006 at 07:25 AM