Melancholia

"Ich steh mit einem Fuß im Grabe"


(I am standing with one foot in the grave),

Sunday, April 11, 2021

 

GOIN' DOWN SLOW HOWLIN' WOLF - YouTube


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Lyrics
Man, you know I done enjoyed things that kings and queens
Will never have
In fact, things kings and queens can't never get
And they don't even know about it
And good times?
I have had my fun
If I never get well no more
I have had my fun
If I never get well no more
Whoa, my health is fadin'
Oh yes, I'm goin' down slow
Now look here, I did not say, I was a millionaire
But I said, I have spent more money than a millionaire
'Cause if I had kept all of the money I had already spent
I would've been a millionaire a long time ago
And women, well, googly moogly
Please write my mama
Tell her the shape I'm in
Please write old mother
Tell her the shape I'm in
Tell her pray for me
Forgive me for my sins
Source: Musixmatch
Songwriters: J. Oden

Quoting Naom Chomsky



“The structure of language determines not only thought, but reality itself.”
- Noam Chomsky


"As long as the general population is passive, apathetic, diverted to consumerism or hatred of the vulnerable, then the powerful can do as they please, and those who survive will be left to contemplate the outcome." - Noam Chomsky

"The world is a very puzzling place. If you're not willing to be puzzled, you just become a replica of someone else's mind."
- Noam Chomsky  


“Confine yourself to the present.” - Marcus Aurelius  

Johnny Shines - Too Wet To Plow (1975)

  





https://youtu.be/CLKhw0aS3MU   


01 Too Wet to Plow 0:00 02 Travelling Back Home 4:24 03 Hot Tomate 8:20 04 Moanin' the Blues 11:32 05 Red Sun 16:19 06 Winding Mind 21:03 07 You Better Turn Around 23:41 08 The Wind Is Blowin' 28:13 09 Troubles All I See 31:52 10 30 Days in Jail 37:12 11 Pay Day Woman 40:58 12 Epilog 46:07 Credits: Bass – Ron Rault (tracks: 01, 05) Guitar – Louisiana Red (tracks: 01, 02, 05, 09) Guitar, Vocals, Written-By – Johnny Shines Harmonica – Louisiana Red (tracks: 06, 08), Sugar Blue (tracks: 01, 05, 06, 09, 11) Vocals – Louisiana Red (tracks: 05)




Saturday, December 5, 2020

A.A. Meeting with Charles R. Jackson

 


This is a speech that author Charles R. Jackson delivered at an AA meeting in Cleveland, Ohio in 1959. Jackson is best known for his ground-breaking novel "The Lost Weekend" which was made into an Oscar-winning film starring Ray Milland.








  



Tuesday, December 1, 2020

Henri Simon Thomassin: Allegory on Melancholy, with a woman kneeling towards the left holding a skull

 
  
Creative Commons from circa 1729–40, etching and engraving, dimensions of the sheet: 42 × 25.7 cm, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City)

Allegory on Melancholy, with a woman kneeling towards the left holding a skull