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Cake day: July 6th, 2023

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  • I see both versions as different enough to be appreciated on their own merits.

    Trent’s version for me is the 90s music scene and the horrors of addiction amongst my fellow musicians who could not chase their demons away.

    Johnny’s version is older me experiencing the losses incurred of growing older and seeing friends and family gradually fade away.

    Both very powerful pieces of art.

















  • I am sorry my American friends but it is going to get a lot worse before it returns to the status quo and I doubt that it will even remotely get better ever again. As a nation you have lived off the spoils of victory and sided with despots because you have been happy with the crumbs that rich capitalists throw at you. Only when your conscience got the better of you, have you engaged in altruism and even then it was for the furthering of corporate interests.

    You will no longer command the respect of your allies and trust of those that you once claimed to protect. Your friends will now treat you with suspicion and maybe contempt. The oligarchs and religious zealots will eat your organs while you’re distracted by culture wars, racism, fear and entertainment.

    Many of you will say “Well, America first!”, without realising that it has been that way for almost a century except it has really been “America’s wealthiest first”. I really feel a great sadness, like losing a parent to dementia in that there are two deaths: one when they are no longer themselves anymore and the other when the vessel fails.

    Vale.





  • I got chicken pox in my 30s, before a vaccine was available.

    It’s the only time in my life I considered becoming a pavement bollard by taking a dive from my 3rd floor apartment.

    The pain was so bad that I ran a shower without the cold tap on until I passed out…for 2 days. Yes, I got hyperthermia, and was severely dehydrated but it was the only way the pain would stop.

    Anti vaxxers are to be treated with contempt and mocked ceaselessly.

    Note: I think you can get the vaccine at any age. Check with a reputable doctor or your local health authority.