Sometimes it sure feels like everything is going to hell.We\u2019re simultaneously dealing with an economic meltdown, water shortages, the rising cost of food, peak oil, global warming, the sixth wave of mass extinction, dead zones in the ocean, islands of trash the size of Manhattan floating in the sea, terrorism, sanctioned torture, increased government surveillance and much more. It makes me reel to think of it!<\/p>\n
I don\u2019t think about that stuff all the time. I\u2019d go crazy if I did. This is what goes through my head on the odd day when it\u2019s two in morning and I can\u2019t get to sleep. I take all that stuff seriously but at the same time I\u2019m somewhat cynical. Just last century we were all concerned that the world would end by the atom bomb, then later ICBMs and then overpopulation, killer bees from South America, AIDs, crack, holes in the ozone, etc. Seems like there\u2019s always something to be afraid about but in the end we\u2019re still here and most of that stuff we didn\u2019t have to be afraid about in the first place. But in our society it\u2019s difficult to maintain that kind of insight because we\u2019re constantly bombarded by the media with horrific stories and images.<\/p>\n
Bruce Sterling<\/a> once said that we\u2019re all on the Titanic. The ship is sinking but hey, the music\u2019s great! I put together this week\u2019s show in that spirit. Maybe everything we\u2019re hearing in the news is overblown, maybe we really are at the end of the world, but I got some tunes to kick out the jams!<\/p>\n Photo Credit: \u00a9greenwood100<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n