My Civilization’s Dying

When I was a teen/tween, music kept me alive and sane. One of my favorite bands was the Zero Boys. This song crystallizes that moment in time:

The really fucked up thing about the song is that it could be written today:

Civilization’s dying
And no one’s realizing
The position of hate stuck inside the gun

Civilization’s crying
And I won’t try to deny it
We got a problem son,
Something’s gotta be done

With the Pope
And the president
And the big rock star who made a lot of money
All got one thing in common
They know it ain’t no fun to get shot with a gun

Civilization’s dying
And no one’s realizing
The position of hate stuck inside the gun

Civilization’s crying
And I won’t try to deny it
We got a problem son,
Something’s gotta be done

Civilization’s dying
And no one’s realizing
The position of hate stuck inside the gun

Civilization’s crying
And I won’t try to deny it
We got a problem son,
Something’s gotta be done

With the Pope, and the president, and the big rock star who made a lot of money
Made a lot of money, made a lot of money, made a lot of money
Yeah!

I get to feeling like shit, like we’re stuck in this fucking negative loop of corruption, stupidity, and hatred. And then…

I watch this:

A Beautiful Soul Sings

My good friend, Cinnamon once said “you’d cry at the opening of a supermarket.” While I agree with her, these songs really do hit me right in the heart.

Annie Lennox, you are wonderful.

and my personal favorite:

And The Bands We Made Fun Of…

Here ya go Jen!

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Someone Tell The Eighties It’s Dead!

As we speak, I’ve got “Girls, Girls, Girls” blasting in winamp. For you youngin’s on my journal… surprise… I’m OLD. Ever since I started hormones, it seems people take me as being younger than I am. But the dirty truth is that I am a child of the eighties. YES THE FUCKING EIGHTIES. (For those counting im ThirtYldajfljaSeveNsljaffh). Early high school days were spent headbanging to bands like Bon Jovi, Ratt, Motley Crue, Quiet Riot, Poison, and Van Halen (I would included AC/DC and Kiss…but then and now I think they suck ass). Wanna know what I looked like in those days?

Something close to this…

Heh..minus the wig. That’s a story for another time. Read more »