- Started up Spotify, which picked up where I left off yesterday.
- “Disgustipated,” by Tool.
- Nevermind it’s funny.
- “These are the cries of the carrots. Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses!”
- That’s only half the reason I like it.
- The other half is the percussion.
- Danny’s a genius.
- Has to be one of the best of all time.
- Though … there are different kinds of musicians.
- Those who are technically brilliant.
- Those who can phenomenally match the soul of the song.
- A precious few who can do both.
- I’m not making a list.
- I do not have the expertise.
- I do think Danny can do both.
- Or like David Gilmour of Pink Floyd on guitar.
- (Again, my perpetual promotion of “Comfortably Numb.”)
- “The “Comfortably Numb” guitar solos by David Gilmour are iconic and widely regarded as some of the best in rock history. The song features two distinct solos, both of which utilize the B minor pentatonic scale and are known for their expressive bends, phrasing, and use of vibrato.”
- Thanks, Google AI!
- Which means, of course, take everything in that copy/paste for what it’s worth.
- (Might be worth nothing, but holy hell, I love those solos.)
- That just played, btw.
- Followed up by “Breathing Lightning” by Anthrax, which is a damn good song.
- Good effing lord.
- I have an all-over body rash.
- Have had for days.
- Literally everywhere.
- Docs at the Mayo said, “It can’t be related to the meds or it would’ve started before now. Take a benedryl.”
- Did that.
- Still itchy.
- Can’t get into the primary care people until Thursday, which makes it a perfect whole week of doc appts.
- And before you say, “Hey, they make ointments for that kind of thing …”
- I would have to bathe in the stuff.
- Not cost effective.
- I’m losing my mind.
- This from someone who’s had 24/7 tinnitus since 2009.
- But … it’s in my armpits, behind my knees … holy shit this is worse than having my skull cut open.
- I’m going to have to go take a scalding hot shower.
- You increase the pain to lessen the pain.
- Forced recalibration?
- Deliberate perspective shift?
- Those of you who get poison ivy know what I’m talking about.
- Running that shit under hot, hot water is almost orgasmic.
- I remember doing that kind of thing as a kid.
- The “adding pain lessens pain” thing.
- When you’d have a splinter or something wanting to be infected, I’d mash on it to make it hurt worse for a moment.
- No?
- Just me then.
- Weird.
- Got it.
- I can endure all kinds of physical hardships, but a goddamn itch pushes the limit more than almost anything.
- Possibly controversial take: the “Bring the Noise” with Public Enemy and Anthrax is better than the original (except for the parts where the Anthrax guys rap).
- (Let the real rappers rap, boys.)
- I remember “I’m the Man” getting played at my first junior high dance where kids from both our town’s schools could attend.
- We expected rumbles.
- I don’t remember any.
- “Roads? Where we’re going, we don’t need roads.”
- Yesterday, driving home from picking up dinner, the state of the road set my brain off on a spiral.
- It drives me insane every time I hear someone bitch about taxes.
- Taxes fund our society.
- Full stop.
- The road I drove on last night … full of patches and potholes and cracks and unevenness.
- Moon rover.
- Tax money would fix that.
- If our city collected enough of it.
- And that money was spent properly.
- instead, dipshit congress people (who are those wealthy enough to run), continually misspend the tax money collected, work to lessen taxes collected, and do not really give a shit about the implications of defunding valuable programs that allow us to have a functioning modern society.
- Roads. Schools. Social welfare programs.
- Sorry, kids, but taxes are VITAL.
- Maybe we should all be focusing on how these people opt to spend our tax dollars instead of being catfished by inflammatory subject matters like abortion or sexuality.
- Once again, I’m asking you to stop believing the propaganda and start looking at what the policies do for our society.
- Sure, not everything affects you personally.
- But you have to stop and assess its impact on the greater good.
- (The greater good.)
- Government is not a business.
- It exists to serve the people.
- All of us.
- Even you.
- Yes, there’s spending on things you don’t think are important.
- Cool. There’s more than you here.
- That fucking road is embarrassing is what I’m saying.
- Should not be allowed to get into that condition.
- I wonder why it’s not a priority?
- (Because choices have to be made about where to spend the limited funds.)
- Defunding education makes the country less competitive globally, makes people less able to critically think (and thus easier to be manipulated), and limits upward economic mobility.
- OMG, taxes.
- Sorry, but privatization of services is not for the greater good.
- It always, ALWAYS, leads to shittier service and increased cost.
- Because greed, and fuck Gordon, is not good.
- Freedom and prosperity aren’t free, and that includes more than robust military.
- This from a shitty road.
- Road’s got me ranting.
- And this damned itching.
- We’re going to extend this a bit so we don’t end on an argument.
- Happy birthday, Candice!
- We all said that to her (because she’s in town to help care for Mom).
- Didn’t sing.
- I’m not from a family of singers.
- Or performers.
- Or musicians.
- Well, one of my mom’s cousins is a musician.
- Symphonic.
- Taught at a college and everything.
- Anyway, there will be bundt cake.
- And responsibility for choosing dinner.
- Hallelujah!
- My playlist went from “As the Rush Comes” to “Welcome Home (Sanitarium).”
- Natives getting restless now.
- Mutiny in the air.
- Mirror stares back hard.
- Seems the only way for reaching out again.
- (I left out all the killing business.)
- Hetfield writes good lyrics most the time.
- Better riffs, but still.
- And then to “Enjoy the Silence.”
- Randomized playlists of songs you’ve liked are the bomb.
- I wonder if randomized life would be as satisfying.
- I’m guessing … no.
- Because that’s pretty much what we have, and we’re missing the “like” button.
- See you tomorrow.
- If the itch doesn’t send me to the sanitarium between now and then.
Scratch That Itch
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