Thursday, September 08, 2005
more sickening than a Big Papi sandwich
Sunday afternoon, maybe Monday, we were driving somewhere (we being me plus wife), and we were listening to one of the local classic rock radio stations (take that, Atlanta, we have two, where now you have but none). They came back from a break, with the obligatory afternoon drive female dj talking, in her most compassionate and sincere radio voice, about how important it is to donate to the Red Cross, or whatever charity you prefer. She then played one of those reflective tribute song things that were so popular after 9/11, but littered instead with quotes from Bush about New Orleans. I don't remember what the song was, and I have no idea what other audio they dragged in there, because both me and the wife were immediately repulsed. We were back home at Jammin' Hitz 96, or whatever, within about a second and a half. The Bush samples made sense back in 2001, when he appeared relatively strong and leaderly by the end of that Tuesday. When the government drags its feet, though, and acts as weakly and negligently as they did the first few days of this disaster, it's non-sensical to use Bush's words in any sort of tribute. Putting any focus or emphasis upon the government's delayed response grants it a dignity it does not deserve. Bush's words inherently undercut whatever sort of respects or emotions the song exists to evoke. Really, it's pretty damn ridiculous, both the very concept of these tributes, but also the horrible execution of this one in particular.
Anyway, are they doing this sort of thing down there?
Sunday afternoon, maybe Monday, we were driving somewhere (we being me plus wife), and we were listening to one of the local classic rock radio stations (take that, Atlanta, we have two, where now you have but none). They came back from a break, with the obligatory afternoon drive female dj talking, in her most compassionate and sincere radio voice, about how important it is to donate to the Red Cross, or whatever charity you prefer. She then played one of those reflective tribute song things that were so popular after 9/11, but littered instead with quotes from Bush about New Orleans. I don't remember what the song was, and I have no idea what other audio they dragged in there, because both me and the wife were immediately repulsed. We were back home at Jammin' Hitz 96, or whatever, within about a second and a half. The Bush samples made sense back in 2001, when he appeared relatively strong and leaderly by the end of that Tuesday. When the government drags its feet, though, and acts as weakly and negligently as they did the first few days of this disaster, it's non-sensical to use Bush's words in any sort of tribute. Putting any focus or emphasis upon the government's delayed response grants it a dignity it does not deserve. Bush's words inherently undercut whatever sort of respects or emotions the song exists to evoke. Really, it's pretty damn ridiculous, both the very concept of these tributes, but also the horrible execution of this one in particular.
Anyway, are they doing this sort of thing down there?
