WE'RE ALL DOOMED - Trump vs. Biden ft. "Weird Al" Yankovic

Hello Friends:

Yes, it's been a while. Too long, in fact.

Witnessing Donald Trump's and his GOP-enablers debauched dismantling of America's 200-something year old experiment in Democracy, their dung-soiling of her global reputation and influence, their abysmal bending-over for Vladimir Putin (Hello? Trump STILL has done nothing about those Russian bounties for dead American and Allied troops!), their obsessive-compulsive keistering of unqualified, inexperienced, and unfit, RW jurists into federal benches, their compulsive lying, Trump's utter unfitness, narcissism, and prioritizing of self-dealing over speaking the Truth and taking effective, science-based, nationwide actions to save the lives of hundreds of thousands of Americans from COVID-19 (207,000+ dead and counting), the GOP's demonstrably-treasonous aiding and abetting of Trump's numerous, demonstrably-treasonous acts... smh.

Please join me in visualizing and praying / wishing / hoping / asking / working for Trump's illegitimate (Hello? Trump asked for and accepted the aid of Vladimir Putin and Russian Intelligence during his campaign - That's not only cheating, it's treasonous.) and, thankfully, brief occupancy of the Oval Office to be successfully & legally annulled ASAP.

(sigh)

Yes! The past nearly four years have been a ridiculously-rough road for the vast majority of us.

But, that said, this is NOT the time to let yourself or anyone around you feel despondent, depressed or to consider giving-up!

That's what treasonous Trump and his treasonous future co-defendents want us to do.

Fight back by continuing to fight back: Register to vote. Register friends, family, neighbors to vote. Vote-by-mail / Absentee-vote when & where available (It's IS Safe!) Read all instructions and fulfill all requirements (include/seal any security envelopes, sign where is tells you to sign, if required, acquire witness-signatures, whatever). Send your ballot back as soon as it's allowed. Where you can track your vote online, please do so.

If you're voting in-person on November 3rd, please confirm the location and hours of your polling place ahead of time. Please wear a mask and social-distance. If long lines are expected, please bring a book, bottled water, snacks, something to sit on (if allowed), your patriotic patience, and your sense of humor.

See that light at the end of the long, dark, torturous tunnel we've all been slogging through, together?

Good News: Its not an oncoming train!

It's THE OTHER SIDE of the tumultuous, terrifying "Trump Error"!*

(*No, Mr. Brian Williams of MSNBC, it never was / is / nor shall it ever officially be referred to as the "Trump Era")

It's my most sincere hope that you and yours are all staying safe, healthy, content and sane (as much as is possible, all things considered).

Please, remember to confirm your voter's registration, follow vote-by-mail / absentee vote instructions to the letter, or, confirm your polling location for November 3rd.

And, Please, Vote BLUE, up and down your ballot.

We'll see each other on the glorious, greener, other side!

Here's a brief, energetic, musical, funny video to (hopefully) bring a smile to-and laughter from you! 

ICYMI: The Very Best of us are... you know, "Weird".

@alyankovic deserves to be awarded Poet Laureate.

NINE INCH NAILS - BURNING BRIGHT (FIELD ON FIRE) New Release

In A Singular Description: ...Ear-gasm.

Enjoy!

NINE INCH NAILS - BURNING BRIGHT (FIELD ON FIRE)

BitchTapes: There Goes the Neighborhood | (Music) Bitch Media (Or... Tech Bros & Condos SUCK!)

Dear Seattle:  Your Brothers and Sisters In San Francisco Feel Your Pain!

"This week's mixtape is curated by Emily Nokes of esteemed Seattle pop punk band Tacocat!

This is...
An Ode to the Practice Spaces, Gay Bars, Weird Businesses, Affordable Housing, and other Long-Lost Treasures that Seattle has lost recently to:

Greyish-beige condos filled with bigots;  Tech jerks terrorizing service workers on the weekend in the very neighborhood they can no longer afford to live in; Queer/arts/ethnically-diverse neighborhoods dissolving into restaurant nightmares; Lavish marijuana shops selling government-approved wares on the same corner folks were busted for (and still doing time for) selling marijuana! 

Cities change and that's a fact. But Seattle musicians aren't going down without writing a bunch of songs about it first."

BitchTapes: There Goes the Neighborhood | Bitch Media: Songs from Seattle musicians calling out gentrification in their neighborhoods, curated by Emily Nokes of Tacocat.

A Personal Extraordinary Experience On The Day Prince Died

Here's a short and sweet story about a very recent extraordinary personal experience...

Two days ago, I was out walking around the Haight-Ashbury district in San Francisco.  I had a few errands to run and had brought Tyler the Pup with me.  I'd awoken early (for me) that morning and had decided to do some grocery shopping which, potentially, could entail walking/skateboarding/riding the bus to four different markets... ones which weren't close to each other (It did).

(@ 10 am) The first store I went to was on Haight Street.  I'd bought some amazingly sweet organic strawberries there at an equally amazing price recently, twice.  Unfortunately, when i got there, the price had gone up thirty cents and - although they were California strawberries - they were from a producer I didn't care for.

So, onward (sans strawberries)...

As I walked to the second market (several blocks away), I began to try to sing along with a song that was playing in my head.  I say "try" because I hadn't heard the song in a long time and was unsure about the order of some of the lyrics.  I went in the second store to pick up a couple salads they usually have prepared. Unfortunately, although they did have many salads on the salad bar, they didn't have the ones that I like.

So, onward...
... about seven more blocks to - then - wait for (ever!) to catch the MUNI...

The whole time Tyler and I are making our way to the MUNI stop, inside my head - as loud and clear as if she were standing there, right in front of me - Sinead O'Connor was still crooning "Nothing Compares 2 U" in her beautiful, melodic, tortured way.  I could even see her - in my mind's eye - just as she looked in her video.  I was pleased to find that I was having a fair amount of success getting the lyrics in their proper order - even if I couldn't match Sinead note-for-note.

This is what I saw in My Mind's Eye...




Anywhoo...

To make a long-enough story a little shorter, the MUNI (finally!) arrived and Tyler The Pup and I went to the other two markets and found some of what I had intended to pick up.

And, through each and every moment,  for the entire time - from the moment it had started back on Haight Street - Sinead O'Connor and I were singing our hauntingly mournful song about utterly grief-stricken, heart and soul-crushing loss.

And, for the remainder of the day, Sinead and I sang that song.  Mostly often as a duet but, at times, Sinead would sing it solo (inside my head, of course) if other people were around.

We sang it as I made my way from one stop to the next and as I took care of my errands and - especially - to block out the murderously inane muzak that businesses seem to like to assault people's ears with once inside their doors.

She sang as we arrived back at home and as I cooked dinner for Tyler The Pup and for myself.  I didn't mind at all.  I'd always loved that song - every note, every word and Sinead's every exquisitely-nuanced performance of it.  I swear, from the first time i'd heard it, it touched a Sacred part of my Soul.  And, honestly, I think it touched a Sacred part of every Soul who ever had the honor of hearing it.

At around 9:00 pm, I'd gotten both of our dinners finished.  I gave Tyler The Pup his and sat down in front of my laptop.  I was running late for my favorite (and only) radio show: Fade To Black with Jimmy Church!

I brought up the show's website and the player came to life.  I glanced at the description and couldn't believe what I didn't want to be seeing:

"Tonight On FADE TO BLACK with Jimmy Church:  In Memory Of Prince...".

Immediately, I tried to lie to myself, "No!  It's 'Prince Charles' who died... Please. Please. Please!  I mean, seriously, I'd be totally okay with that.  Because, if it wasn't Prince Charles, then, I so didn't want to know!  My eyes went back and read the screen again.  No!  It couldn't be Him!  No!  Not PRINCE!

It took me a few moments...  And, then, I realized, Whoa!

THAT'S Why Sinead O'Connor's rendition of 'Nothing Compares 2 U' Was In My Head All Day.

At some deep, unconscious level - perhaps at that Sacred place in my Soul - I'd already picked up on that His Royal Badness, our gifted, gorgeous, genius Prince was gone... and (with Sinead's powerful performance of one of the songs Prince, himself, had penned) I'd already been remembering and mourning him.

There was never and will never be another like Him.  Rock In Peace, Brother!

Click on the link below to see what AWESOME looks like: 

Prince's Full Super Bowl XLI Halftime Show 2007

In Memory / Celebration Of The Colorful Life of Mr. David Bowie, of His Incredible Creative Genius and of His Musical and Performance Legacy:

"The same day he turned 69, David Bowie released Blackstar, his 25th studio album and his best since 2002's Heathen.

A man who's bucked, created and followed trends over the course of his impossibly fascinating career, Bowie is a true icon who successfully reinvented his career more times than any other figure in music history.
From his 1970's heyday as a gender ambiguous iconoclast to his icy Berlin period to his time as The Goblin King to his recent career comeback...

Here are 10 brilliantly bizarre clips from David Bowie:"
(Please click the link below.)

10 Brilliantly Bizarre David Bowie Videos

REST / ROCK IN PEACE, DAVID BOWIE (Guardian U.K.'s Blackstar Album Review)

(*I just learned that our Iconic, One-Of-A-Kind, Superstar, Creative, Chimerical Genius that is/was David Bowie has passed away, peacefully, surrounded by loved ones after an 18-month battle against cancer.

Thank you for Everything, David. Rock/Rest In Peace.)

David Bowie's Blackstar:
(Excerpted from the Guardian U.K. Review. Please Clink The Link Below.)

"The first David Bowie album without a picture of the 69-year-old artist on its cover substitutes a shot of another star – a stark black symbol, into which a great deal can be read. This ideogram presides over a startling record that sounds far more urgent, contemporary and elliptical than Bowie’s 2013 comeback, The Next Day, an album that fell unexpectedly from the sky."

David Bowie: Blackstar review – urgent, contemporary and elliptical

Rescued Elephant Spontaneous Jazz Accompaniment...

Post by Sea FM Hobart.

Please click on the above 'Post'... it is Absolutely Awesome!

And, Please Rescue America's Elephant Zoo Hostages/Slave Performers, Too!*

(*At the very least let 'em play musical instruments!)