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Stuff I Like: Tom Waits – Bella Ciao

Patron saint of my preschool mornings and of this blog, Tom Waits, just released his first new song in two years. It’s a remake of an old Italian folk ballad that was an anthem of Italian anti-fascist fighters during World War II. Timely, no?

This clearly wasn’t a coincidental parallel either, as you can see with the accompanying video which features footage from recent anti-Trump protests.

The song is a fab collab with Marc Ribot from his upcoming album Songs of Resistance 1948-2018. Time to put that one on my radar. Mille grazie, Bella Ciao. šŸ˜˜

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The Piano Has Been Drinking

me and my og super 80s radio

Picture the scene: an angelic looking three year old with golden ringlets and baby blue eyes tears her mother a new asshole for failing to properly position the sock on her tiny foot. The line is irritating her baby toe. Why do these socks have no ruffles? This outfit is unsatisfactory. The underlying meaning is clear: the three year old is in charge, and no one is happy.

I am that three year old, or at least I was, years before I learned what ā€œobsessive compulsiveā€ or ā€œpain in the assā€ meant, and even further removed from the psychiatric treatment that would make me slightly more tolerable as a human being. My mother, bless her heart, was always willing to be there for me as I worked through my ridiculousness, but our personalities were too similar when it came to such sensitive matters as getting dressed in the morning. Continue reading “The Piano Has Been Drinking”