Another emotional exorcism

     People who've seen my Facebook and Twitter may have noticed I was falling apart a bit more than usual lately.  That's because the pharmacy lost my phone number and I wasn't aware my medication was ready until I was out.  I gave them my number again and hopefully it'll work this time, but that doesn't change some feelings I do have and have been hiding;

-Social Media, especially DeviantArt and YouTube, is absolutely horrible right now.  People say Twitter is bad, and it is, Musk has empowered trolls and the whole thing is going to come crashing down, probably before 2024, but at least there, you can choose who you're exposed to.  You go to the front page of those two, it's a stockpile of crap memes overriding any and all substance you're looking for.  I cussed out YouTube this week because I was trying to find Kiryu and Godzilla's themes from Godzilla Against MechaGodzilla, but couldn't because of all the Godzilla vs. Kong memes and shitposting.  (apologies for the language, but the videos look stupid from the title and thumbnail alone, they're like the kaiju equivalent to "Is Paul McCartney really dead?")

 -Which brings me to this continuation, memes are ruining the entertainment industry and truth.  Because Godzilla vs. Kong was such a meme, the next one has both of them in it again.  Godzilla had 30 films for 65 years (more or less) and didn't need to be "Butch and Sundance" with King Kong.  I listed my top 10 kaiju on Twitter and some BUTT asked "what about Kong?"  You internet types ruined Kong, along with zombies, vampires and pirates.  And don't get me started on them making a "Baby Shark" movie.  2 hours, $250 million on a thing that makes you chuckle for 5 seconds.

-There are good points to the internet, but it's hard to share them because it doesn't feel like enough.  There's great performances on YouTube from Lynyrd Skynyrd, Heart, Fleetwood Mac and Black Sabbath on the Old Grey Whistle Test, Don Kirshner's Rock Concert and the Midnight Special, which makes me think the 1970s may not have been the greatest time ever, but it must've been nice to have 13 channels and at least one had one live rock concert a week that you didn't need to leave the house for.  Miley Cyrus' performances in Glastonbury and in the videos for "Don't Call Me Angel," "Say Hello 2 Heaven," "Nothing Else Matters" and "Used to Be Young" capture a Steven Tyler-Robert Plant energy not seen on stage since that time, and if she were male, she'd go over better with more people.  And Tara Platt and Yuri Lowenthal have a TEDx talk about the Hero's Journey and applying that to your own life and current situation that was really good.  The issue I really have with me liking those two, why I'm hesitant and embarrassed to bring them up, is, though they're personal superheroes, it doesn't feel like it makes any difference if my family are still the only ones who react positively.  What good is it to get help and feel good if you only hear your two aunts, your sister-in-law and your dad's wife saying "Yeah" and everyone else is grumbling about things you can't help them with; not because you don't want to, but because you lack the ability to change the world and society in such a way.  

 -I have opinions about music that seem weird to me because of what's more popular and where I'm from, like;

-I like Robert Plant's version of "Hey Joe" with the Band of Joy pre-Led Zeppelin better than Jimi Hendrix's.

-I like Deep Purple Mark III and Mark IV better than Mark II.  (Happy Birthday, David Coverdale)

-I like Randy Rhoads better than Eddie Van Halen, though it's probably mostly that Randy died at 25 and had more visible joy and ecstasy on his face during the Rochester 1981 "Crazy Train" outro than I've seen on Eddie in all the videos put together.

-I really think Led Zeppelin should clean up the video and audio of the Kingdome performances of "Ten Years Gone," "Achilles Last Stand" and "Stairway to Heaven" for professional release.  I want to share those without shame, the three-necked instrument, the lunging between Plant and Page, Page dropping in and out in the solo.