Fireworks showered the nation last night, in part to commemorate the end of masking and distancing. This is cause for celebration, no question. But it seems like a sane society would pause to mourn their dead, maybe even have rethink before launching explosives and boasting about its economy. Last year I thought everything might change as I walked through an empty city, feeling anxious and ghosted but also hopeful. If a rupture must come, I thought, maybe we’ll find something better on the other side. Healthcare, at least, maybe even a sense of common cause. But if a plague couldn’t accomplish this, I shudder to think what it might take.
Bohren & Der Club of Gore – Black City Skyline
From Sunset Mission | Wonder, 2000 | Boomkat
An ode to cities. A cigarette on a rain-slicked street while neon blinks mindlessly through the night.
