Gathatoulie

And of these shall I speak to those eager, That quality of wisdom that all the wise wish And call creative qualities And good creation of the mind The all-powerful truth Truly and that more & better ways are discovered Towards perfection --Zarathustra.

Wednesday, January 25, 2017

punk rock girl (on such a winter's day) - Beach Boys (1986) vs The Dead Milkmen (1988)

Punk rock girl

Just you and me

What do you see?
Give me a chance
You look so wild
Please look at me
It makes no sense
Let's have a child
Let's go slam dance

Stopped into a church
On such a winter's day
Eat fudge banana swirl

On such a winter's day
I passed along the way
On such a winter's day
On such a winter's day

So we started screamin'
We asked for Mojo Nixon
And ordered some hot tea
Your dad is vice president
Just like the Duke of Earl

We went to a shopping mall
We'll name her Minnie Pearl
Let's travel round the world

I tapped her on the shoulder
And said do you have a bell?

They said he don't work here
Said nothin' man it's stolen

We'll travel round the world
We'll dress like Minnie Pearl

It it was California Dreamin'
Just you and me punk rock girl
Just you and me punk rock girl
And laughed at all the shoppers

I said how much you pay for this
Yeah you're for me punk rock girl

We went to the Philly Pizza Company
If I was in L.A. (if I was in L.A.)

On a winter's day (on a winter's day)
On a winter's day (on a winter's day)

One Saturday I took a walk to Zipperhead
And the sky is grey (and the sky is grey)

California dreamin' (California dreamin')
And I pretend to pray (I pretend to pray)

California dreamin' (California dreamin')
And the sky is grey (and the sky is grey)

I could leave today (I could leave today)
California dreamin' (California dreamin')

We got into her car away we started rollin'
I've been for a walk (I've been for a walk)

I'd be safe and warm (I'd be safe and warm)
I've been for a walk (I've been for a walk)
If I didn't tell her (if I didn't tell her)
She took me to her parents for a Sunday meal
On such a winter's day (California dreamin')
On such a winter's day (California dreamin')

He knows I'm gonna stay (knows I'm gonna stay)
The waitress said well no, we only have it iced

And security guards trailed us to a record shop
So we jumped up on the table and shouted anarchy
I met a girl there and she almost knocked me dead
And someone played a Beach Boys song on the jukebox

All the leaves are brown (all the leaves are brown)
Well, I got down on my knees (got down on my knees)
All the leaves are brown (all the leaves are brown)
She looked at me and smiled and said she did not know
Her father took one look at me and he began to squeal
You know the preacher like the cold (preacher like the cold)
We said if you don't got Mojo Nixon then your store could use some fixin'

Sunday, January 22, 2017

how things happen

First they gave us fake news. But we didn't care, because we all enjoy
a little bit of fake news from time to time.

Then they gave us alternative facts. But we didn't care, because we're
each in our own media bubble anyway.

-> we're here; for brevity I will leave out some intermediate steps.

...

Then they gave us thoughtcrime. And we all thought it was doubleplusgood.

Then they gave us precrime. And "in our society, we have no major
crimes, but we do have a detention camp full of would-be criminals."

"Perhaps a lot of the people in the camps are like you."


w/ apologies to Martin Niemöller and Philip K. Dick

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