Love this story. Drug companies are working on a super strong painkiller. As someone who never even takes Tylenol (I've probably been lucky to have only taken it maybe 10 times in my life) I have to wonder what this is for. How much pain are we in? What's causing this pain? Why don't we talk about it instead of just finding ways to avoid talking about it?
It speaks volumes to something that we have been discussing at home recently. Humans have the ability to maintain themselves in dysfunctional behaviour patterns for a long time. I have always hoped (notice I said hoped not acted to make that happen) that civilization would crash sooner rather than later since it was so dysfunctional. Clearcuts, toxic waste, nuclear 'accidents', extinctions, etc, etc. But actually we are just smart enough to keep the death train going.
As much pain as we cause and experience in our ecocide we can just make a new pill to help us keep going.
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Saturday, December 17, 2011
Good Music
Want to make a recommendation for excellent music. Now I'm probably missing out on something but if you want to hear good new music that likely will never be played on any commercial radio (not that anyone listens to radio anymore apart from rural hermits) check out CBC Radio 2's The Signal. And of course they have a podcast and the ability to listen to past shows plus playlists.
Some interesting bands that I've heard there lately: Glasser, Dreamsploitation, Julianna Barwick and Microbunny.
Some interesting bands that I've heard there lately: Glasser, Dreamsploitation, Julianna Barwick and Microbunny.
Friday, December 2, 2011
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