STOICISM – Is It Possible? Do You Have Time For It?
Mutterings And Murmurs . Songs For The ApocalypseStoicism is an ancient Greek and Roman philosophy. Stoics believed that the universe operated according to reason, or ‘logos’, providing a unified account of the world, constructed from ideals of rational, secular discourse, monistic physics, and naturalistic ethics. These three ideals are to constitute a virtue, which is necessary for the Stoic goal of ‘
Another Trip Around The Sun – Happy Birthday, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Too?!
Social Studies . Songs For The Apocalypse . The Chronicles“How young are you?How old am I?Let’s count the rings around my eyesHow smart are you?How dumb am I?Don’t count any of my advice…” – ‘I Will Dare’, The Replacements 1984 I was accidently born on January 25,1962 in Edmonton, Alberta, at The Royal Alexandra Hospital. I am not of royal blood like Paul Fischer
Rearranging The Deckchairs On The Titanic
Mutterings And Murmurs . Social Studies . Songs For The Apocalypse‘Rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic’ is a phrase sometimes used to describe the trivial or futile activities distracted people tend to engage in while ignoring much more existential or impending problems or crises. These busyworks or diversions are most often pointless because they cannot prevent or meaningfully address the larger issues or dangers at hand,
A Newer, Harder, Faster Karma – Required
Social Studies . Songs For The ApocalypseIt’s not going to get any better any time soon. Things are not going to change for the better next week to be sure. A new future is grinding out, orchestrated by technocrats and oligarchs. The ‘New World Order’ and ‘The Great Reset’ are livestreamed in real time with the aid of ‘Alternative Intelligence’ that
The Centers Of North America – There Be Monsters – Part II – Mission Aborted
Motorcycle Vapors . Social Studies . Songs For The ApocalypseOne of the markers of whether a ride was a success or not is whether anything broke during the trip, whether I got stranded or whether I lost any gear or not. This trip, aside from the challenges and anxiety of being vulnerable in a meteorologically challenged world netted a loss of one banana and
God Speed You! Black Emperor – Transphobes Must Eat Shit And Die Alone
Mutterings And Murmurs . Poly Tics . Songs For The ApocalypseGodspeed You! Black Emperor is a Canadian post-rock band that formed in Montreal, Canada in 1994. They took their name from a 1976 Japanese black and white documentary about a Japanese biker gang called The Black Emperors. The band has a dedicated cult following and is credited with being influential or influenced in the genre. Their music is
SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL – A Justification For Genocide – Woo Who! Oh Yeah!
Poly Tics . Social Studies . Songs For The Apocalypse“Even anti-war Israelis, peace and equity loving Liberals and proud liberty loving Conservatives are afraid to say that Gazans are human” – Howard From An A.I. Generated Amalgamated News Source. – Is Everything A.I. Now? “On March 18, 2025, a significant massacre (murder) occurred in Gaza where over 180 children were killed, marking one of
This Is What You Want…This Is What you Get – The Order of Death – Another Nutty Foil Hat, Black Pill Rant
Poly Tics . Social Studies . Songs For The ApocalypseThis is What You Want…This is What You Get is the fourth album by post Sex Pistols, British after punk band Public Image Ltd. The song was written as a cynical response to both their record label demanding marketable hits and their fans that accused them of selling out. “At the time people were saying that
WELCOME TO THE OCCUPATION – WIR SCHAFFEN DAS
Poly Tics . Social Studies . Songs For The ApocalypseThe trend of pop-up memorials is all to familiar. The passionate orations and utterances of ‘Hearts or Thoughts and Prayers’ seem to be on repeat in so many parts of the world where ‘Cultural Enrichment’ was forced on the western world. The pop-ups are now an automatic response from population now inured to tragedy and
Stop Making Sense
Mutterings And Murmurs . Social Studies . Songs For The ApocalypseNo. I’m not talking about the Talking Heads live concert film. Some other time perhaps. There is no making sense of any of it – trying to figure how life can be brutal and beautiful at the same time. At birth I was given a body and brain. My five or six senses, among other