Learning to Fiddle While Rome Burns. When Ronald Reagan became president in 1980, we thought the world was going to end in a nuclear winter. When George W Bush, who couldn’t pronounce the word ‘nuclear,’ took over in 2000, we figured the whole planet would be consumed by the War on Terror. In 2016, we really thought America must be joking, but here we are again, on the eve of apocalypse. What we’ve learned is that, despite the carnage, this too shall pass, and so it’s best if you find something good to do while the world is busy falling apart.
Music pick of the week:
Robot – Rodan – Hat Factory ‘93
Stevil – Dax Riggs – 7 Songs for Spiders
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