Pressure, People.
Jesus, the buildup to the events of this week have been overwhelming. Both the good and the bad. The FACT that the King Chaos Pig Trump leaves office in actual full on ignominy is so beautiful I can barely take it. The FACT that he is going to slip away unceremoniously the morning of the inauguration like a manbaby is spectacular. The FACT the he is consumed with so much SHAME that he is slinking away means he KNOWS he fucking LOST and lost BIG.
I don’t know what his power will be in the future without the traction of being the most powerful person in the world second only to Jack Dorsey. Having known a few narcissists, the power will be relative to how he integrates what has happened to him into his well-honed victim schtick and how many people he can keep on the hook as emotional appendages to his woes. People love to be suckered by an ongoing victim schtick. I mean, look how much blood has been shed and how much money has been bilked on the back of Jesus. Classic victim schtick hustle.
I hope the armed anonymous content that the internet manifested in the forms of actual, living armed fascist factions in Hawaiian shirts don’t kill any more cops or civilians in their end times, end run fantasy. I guess we’ll see. I really hope the ceremony goes smoothly and the forces there to protect and serve stay on the correct side of the right-and-wrong line as we bring in the new management team.
Start governing in the name of the people and bring some order to this shitshow so we can get our fucking vaccinations.
On a lighter note, I talked to my father, who is beginning his mentally adrift journey into nothingness and he was relieved. I told him what I thought was happening in the world and what I thought about it. He has a few Republicans in his ear because of family and the wrong TV stations. So, he is confused that his feelings about people, which are usually correct, contradict what he is seeing on television.
He asked me if I thought Deep State was real. I said, if it was, they are doing a horrible job. He then rambled on about ‘Hollywood’ and an ‘actor’ he couldn’t name that had to move to Greece because of the Pedophile ring. I said I didn’t know what he was talking about and it’s probably bullshit. He asked if I was part of it. I responded, ‘What?’ He said, ‘Deep State.’ I said, ‘No.’ He was relieved. I told him I applied but I never heard back and maybe my membership card is on the way. He didn’t laugh in the right way.
Today I talk to musical wizard Daniel Lanois about producing masterpieces with Dylan and U2 and others. I talk to him about working with Brian Eno. We talk music stuff. On Thursday I talk to UK comic Andy Zaltzman about the world and related things. Great talks!
Enjoy!
Boomer, Monkey and LaFonda live!
Love,
Maron