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Thanks again... the volume of stuff has apparently picked up, due to
the bravo show, I don't know really... actually I don't really know when
the next record is going to be out We are still recording material which
is slowing it down, it feels to be taking forever and I'm now hearing
it may be as late as sept. however it seems that we'll be on tour this
summer, some of you said you saw dates on the site but I haven't checked...
I got a letter from "Tommy" who is a fan of the raw aspects of our first
two records, he said that he was saddened to think of us being concerned
with having a hit... believe me I'm often conflicted by my position, should
I give a fuck about anything or not?... lately I just find it hard to
keep art as a center in my life anyway... the world is becoming so absolutely
massively fucked that I at times feel kind of insane anyway... how the
fuck can I feel excited about music when I can hear stuff on car commercials
that's equal if not better to stuff that's on the radio... I know for
a fact I watch entirely too much TV... its as bad as cocaine; you hate
yourself while you're doing it but can't stop... other night was the same
old crap with a new slightly slicker all inclusive approach: "the corruption
of Americas children" (or some such title) who saw this dumbness?: raise
hands... anyway the same old half assed sensational approach... that guy,
the host whose name escapes me blaming rock music, video games, wrestling,
hip hop and various other forms of youthful expression for everything
that's wrong and as usual completely avoiding the actuality of the situation;
namely that the portrayal and acting out of violence and angst that are
contained in many of these forms is not the cause of, but merely a reaction
to the larger overall... cause and effect mixed up... but as far as mixed
up goes I don't recall ever being as personally confused by the state
of affairs around me as I am now... the other week on the front page of
the daily news or the post (one of the two kind of daily national enquirer's
that are new yorks excuses for newspapers) there's a picture of the dude
who got caught fighting with 'the enemy' in Afghanistan, now we all know
this guys ass is grass and here's this big half page color picture of
him that looks like something right out of some fucking bondage magazine;
wide black strips around his bare chest, black blindfold the whole deal,
he looks like he's propped up and tied to a board or something as well,
this is the front page of the goddamn daily newspaper, right,? and then
here's the punch line: this isn't even a current fucking picture! The
caption says it was taken months ago when he was first captured!!! So
what the hell is the point of putting this sicko pin-up out there and
is that any less violent or angst provoking than seeing Diamond Dallas
Page bang somebody in the head on Raw? |
