On Sonic Youth's 1992 album,
Dirty, there is a song called "Youth Against Fascism," in which Thurston Moore lists a series of difficult political themes (racial violence, a poor economy, a lousy president, etc.) and follows each item with the refrain:
It's the song I hate
It's the song I hate
Basically, our man Thurston is saying he hates political songs, but he obviously feels that they are necessary. Political songs are so necessary, in fact, that even
he needs to sing one.
This is not a political post, but this is the post I hate. I hate explaining things, in general. But I especially hate explaining why my output here on the blog has been low. This is sort of like stopping to tune my guitar in between songs during a live show: I wish I didn't have to do it, but I do it because I care. I'm feeling guilty now, and so here I am explaining—tuning the blog in between songs.
Usually, I feel like explanations are a bunch of crap. If you have the time to explain, you have the time to
do. (And even this post is taking me longer than it should.)
But right now I just want to explain that we've been especially busy, and we're beginning the huge task of compiling our "Recommended Components" list for the April 2009 issue. It demands a lot of my attention, and I don't expect to be very creative around here for the next several days.
Another can of worms
Another stomach turns
Yeah, your ghetto burns
It's the song I hate
It's the song I hate
I do, however, have an idea of how to keep this page useful in the meantime (compiling the "Rec Com" blurbs is inspiring, in its own way), and I'll get working on that idea in just a bit...
