Things are turning colder and grey-er here now, the job hunt isn’t getting any simpler, and the realities of aging and absent parents are compounded by realizations that I’m not far behind on that same degenerative timeline. I may be starting to feel the Stranded in Iowa vibe a bit more in earnest, and without much irony. I’m in it for the long haul though, and I’m sure as hell not going anywhere. So here’s to every scrap of joy and human connection to be found in the world. I still need to get some pirate radio configuration going again. Speaking of which...
While I’m ruminating about my theme songs, I should probably revisit a much earlier post about the source of this blog's name, a reference to “Travels in Nihilon” - a song by art pop band XTC, about, as founding member Andy Partridge put it, “that enormous con of Pop Culture and the con of religion”. It was also the title of a sci-fi novel by Alan Sillitoe (The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner), which influenced XTC. Enjoy the brooding cynicism! I certainly do.
You've learnt no lessons
All that time so cheaply spent
There's no youth culture
Only masks they let you rent
Travels, travels in Nihilon
We've seen, no Jesus come and gone
Fashion, their vampire
Drapes itself across your back
As you fall from style
It waits rebirth on its rack
Travels, travels in Nihilon
We've seen, no Jesus come and gone
Building your whimsy
Hypnotising you to need
Dance goes full circle
One step ahead of your greed
You've learnt no lessons
All those years to get it right
Flashes of promise
Burn out faster than strobe light
Seeya somewhere soon!
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