We will be playing one of NPR’s Tiny Desk Concerts tomorrow, October 16th, at 4:30PM. This means that we’ll be huddled around Bob Boilen’s desk, playing a few acoustic versions of songs from Rook. It’s good to be on the road in America again, especially since this probably marks the end of this year’s major touring in the USA. The fall colors are beautiful here in the northeast. UPDATED: NPR has this performance archived here.
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News reports keep referring to Roger Stone as Trump's "friend." But Trump has no real friends. Not one. It's quite possible he never has. I wish people who see him as an aspirational figure would think more about that. (JM)
He strikes me as a deeply lonely figure. The sad little schoolboy, desperate for acceptance sits so close to the surface, you can see it in everything he does. I don't think he stands out as radically worse than many other presidents in terms of his policies but he is uniquely mentally and emotionally damaged.
Trump’s definition of friendship is purely transactional. I don’t think he expects anything more from them and vice versa. I’m not sure he’d be able to process what to do with someone who truly cared about him.
The Joker and the Penguin are sometimes partners in crime, but I don't think they are friends.
What kind of person would ever aspire to being that kind of monster.
People pretend to be his friend in order to get a piece of his ill-gotten pie.
yeah but he has plenty of syncophants and toadies and greedy little suckers hanging onto his coat tails telling him the lies he wants to hear and doing his dirty work. As pathetic as he is.
Anyone who sees Trump as an aspirational figure would likely see “no friends” as a masculine ideal.
What about Jeffrey Epstein?
An empty life
Does anyone else resort to random fits of fierce weeping to get through the day? (JM)
Definitely mourning the stoppage of performances especially when there is no real feeling of normalcy in the next year. Practicing is fine, but there is no substitute for the gig.
Sometimes! Also, as a person married to a man who rarely ever cries and knowing a lot of men have this same way of not coping with their emotions thanks to growing up with toxic masculinity...thank you for being a good example of a male who is OK with his emotions and OK with letting others know he has them. I hope more men can learn to deal with their emotions and actually feel OK showing them.
I just did this morning knowing that it’s an odd time that we are in and there’s nothing to hold me back but just feeling the pain and sadness and the vulnerability of being human. It’s real. It’s real.
I remember being six and jumping off a table in front of my grandfather to prove I was a man who wouldn't cry, so for me, even now, twelve years later, there is still so much shame attached to it. You are so brave for admitting to doing it and I wish I could do it myself.
Not there yet. Sanding the shit out of a piece of wood until it's glass smooth has helped. Otherwise I just work and sleep and wish I could get out into the woods for a few hours.
No I don’t, although I do wonder at what damage this situation is causing to my long term mental health. In the meantime I can only send you lots of love, virtual massive hugs and peace calm and quiet. Xx
I’m pretty numb, actually, which is probably bad. Though yesterday, I didn’t cry so much as scream in my car until my throat got raw.
Every day for the first 6 weeks of quarantine. About once every 2 weeks now. Honestly if I still had to be isolated from my partner it'd be daily.
This post must have been in my subconscious as you were in my dream last night. JM are you vegan and have you heard of a British band called Gene? In my dream you were and you hadn’t and now I have a need to know 🤷♀️😊
I almost never cry, but strangely, last night I couldn't sleep, and when I got up, I just started crying. It's just too much to take in.
I think the last day I didn't have at least one manic crying jag was March 11.
Yep. And then I take a nap before getting back to work.
I'm mostly just relying on bourbon...
I’m just grinding my teeth to powder.
When I'm done shaking a fist at the sky.
Never, one of my tricks it to listen to Palo Santo (Expanded Edition) and the feeling goes away.
Did some pillow punching today too.
Yep. Def sucks being a musician during this period. Work has utterly stopped. Practicing in my basement can only do so much.
No, but I wish I could. I think it's stuck.
My heart aches every day.
Indeed. Moist therapy.
Me. On the regular.
Short answer...Yes😥
Does that even help?
Seems that way.
According to his spokesperson, Trump has "not made a judgment call" about the confederate flag. Can someone explain to her that this is, in itself, a rather notable 'judgment call'? (JM)
One the one hand, watching DT burst into Nazi flames like a walking talking Hindenburg is reassuring, in that it seems likelier to lead to his demise. But the thought of what could happen if he doesn't lose is now more frightening than ever, which I didn't think was possible. (JM)
I mean, he’s been ok with treason, so?
Whatever this emoji set describes is happening to my brain: 🔪🧨🧠🎉
“Good people on both sides.”
