Incohate but palplable: is it just me or is there new life flickering in the Zeitgeist? Reminds me of the 1970s, certainly, with many people reeling economically but in heart and mind, very much alive and kicking. The recent re-release of Exile on Main St (1972) by The Rolling Stones adds to the old feeling: what goes around comes around! Culturally, that's a good thing: things have been pretty anemic since the day Ronald Reagan took office in 1981. Iron seems to be coming back into the system. And politically, Barack Obama is more clever than Jimmy Carter. This socially creative period may persist longer than last time around -- if we're lucky. It's been a long time since I've felt this excited by new (or resurrected) stuff . . .
Here's a snippet from The Kinks 1979 song, "(Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman," off the album Low Budget:
There was a gas strike, oil strike, lorry strike, bread strike
Got to be a superman to survive
Gas bills, rent bills, tax bills, phone bills
I'm such a wreck but I'm staying alive . . .
Indeed. Keep fighting the good fight! And keep an eye on the crafty banks: I noticed a new ATM fee yesterday ($1.50). They'll try to weasle every nickle and dime they can out of their "valued customers," no matter what reforms have gone through.
Today's Rune: Harvest.
3 comments:
I had to change my level of checking account to get rid of that fee.
I keep hoping for new life in the Zeitgeist, but it always peters out to nothing, unfortunately. <:(
We're a bit lucky here in NZ: strong unions and strong consumer protection laws prevent a fair amount of the idiocy. We've still got a 'rape the poor' party (and they're even in power at the moment), but they can only push us by inches...
Gotta love the Kinks, though!
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