"The War Is Over" by Phil Ochs – my latest song obsession. Those lyrics, holy shit. He could do bitter sarcasm like nobody else, made all the more powerful by his sweet, smooth voice.

This was written about the Vietnam War but somehow still feels very topical...

Official version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvN0Dk9dMms

Live performance:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOs9xYUjY4I

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Human Acts (Han Kang)

Not even halfway through yet and this book is blowing my mind. A brilliant translation by Deborah Smith makes it an easy read in the linguistic sense, but emotionally it's challenging.

Such an important topic. I'd known almost nothing about this terrifying era of Korean history. Sad to learn that the US (Carter administration) supported the Korean government's military violence against its own innocent citizens.

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I don't know why, but this is absolutely cracking me up 😂

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