Not The Same

Listen to "Not The Same" on Spreaker. November 6, 2020 There you are! How have you been? You getting by? What bills did you decide to pay this month? What? It’s an honest question! The world of radio and television aren’t the only companies tossing out deeply dedicated extremely loyal performers. The physical act of getting through the winter of 2020 is gonna require the presence of all of us. I’m preparing by talking with men and women of homelessness. They are a hero in my heart. They know the shape and shades of the street. I need to know how to make it through the night. Every one of us are so dang tired. We’re exhausted by this present chapter of Covid meeting politics with a huge dose of uncertainty. I’m honest enough to say that our disease is the media. They have us by the nap of the neck and force their points of view through our skulls. They repeat the same story so much that we eventually begin to believe their headlines. For a while I began to love the news outlets that would take what was said and compare it to fact. Now I think their so called truth is just as poisonous. It’s a popularity contest! How many suckers can we get online with us? This is only an observation. Hangout or hang up. My heart is tremendously injured by an extremely simple question. How many friendships or family relationships have been destroyed because of the media’s lopsided behavior of basing their stories on truth? Movies about Rock Stars aren’t real. It’s based on fact. The Freddie Mercury and Queen billion dollar attraction Bohemian Rhapsody was not the way it really was. I found myself arguing with the giant movie screen! How do I know it was false? I’ve been living music history every day since I was ten in my bedroom radio station. Now toss in the real world events such as the pandemic, politics and whatever else nabs a few big letters in the headlines. No wonder we’re living a life without air. What is and what isn’t? The perception of our direction is determined by the imprint of the weight of all things spoken and printed by way of media then changed by word of mouth. From talk radio to national television networks to social media websites, we are replenishing our souls in this new age of the National Enquirer. Based on what we’ve heard and or read on other people’s posts this is what we’re reporting today. You have to believe it because the analytics show how many times you keep coming back. I was so angry with myself after the election. I kept returning to CNN.com to check up on who and what would be named King of The United States. The top story was always the same. The headlines changed. And so have we. We’re so disconnected from the shards of reality that we’re expecting other people to think for us. I end with this thought. Our only place to locate peace and solitude in 2020 is sitting on the toilet. What would you like to finally free itself from your body? Will there be sound? What’s it gonna smell like?