The more things change...

"We've been all colours of angels with both wings on the right
And we've supped and we've coupled through our mystic life"

"Popemobile to Paraguay", from "Lost in the Former West" by the Fatima Mansions.

Listen to the music, read along to the lyrics

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"You may think we look stupid, but we're paying the rent"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCKwFhcfOD4&list=RDPCKwFhcfOD4&index=1

Would you like an optimistic, but still depressing listen?

Here you go...

"Goodbye Sadness"

He spoke of the need for more layoffs as (his) golf pals suggested he do.

Technology stuff would mop the lives up, computer graphics and digital bluff.

Now he's an old man with shakes and one kidney, & his premonition is our condition,

Say good bye to sadness now each heartbeat matters

say good bye to beauty, ruin, rainbows, springtime, credit, blackmail, open kisses,

drugs and sorrow, despair, wonder, ivy-covered frozen graveyards

and the slowly-waning sun.

From 'The Sky's Awful Blue'

By Our Blessed Cathal Coughlan

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https://cathalcoughlan.bandcamp.com/album/the-skys-awful-blue

Bad day yesterday.

Also bad morning today.

I'm petitioning Our Blessed Cathal Coughlan for the strength to push through and complete a onerous work-related task.

First up, the album, "Black River Falls".

I believe Cathal Coughlan was a genius, partly because he was capable of filling an album with a mix of songs I loved, and songs I hated - there was no middle ground.

"Black River Falls" is a great example of this.

I love some of these songs.

I hate some of these songs.

I won't tell you which - you should listen and make your own decisions.

But you can start with this one, "Out Among the Ruins".

Make of it what you may.

"Kneeling in silence in the hope they'll feed me.
And for me. There's no god.
They'll have me committed. Tomorrow maybe.
Bequeath every penny to Opus Dei."

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The more things change...

"Mr Baby" by Our Blessed Cathal Coughlan and the Fatima Mansions, from "Viva Dead Ponies", 1990.

GOD IS AN ARMS DEALER!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yqXec7uGXQ

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