FailForward @FailForward@qoto.org
Exploring, failing, backtracking, just to identify the only viable path forward. And then scarred, stumbling forward into the future. Learning.
Boring and steady. Knowing little and questioning a lot. Mostly harmless.
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This is an experimental scrapbook space. A collection of stuff I want to keep in a form somewhere on the spectrum between a blog and a shoe-box full of scraps, cut-outs, quotes, links and reading notes and sometimes my own silly thoughts about them.
Perhaps it might be of marginal interest to others too, but I don't care that much.
Joined Jan 2021
## Sparks - "This Town Ain't Big Enough For Both Of Us"
A timeless classic.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUJ_ifjKopM&list=OLAK5uy_kIW6QsFaG_m4VfRhE70r9_WU0V69iwZj8&index=2
> _The aim of parenting is ultimately to be left behind._
>
> -- [Sarah Ditum/The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/oct/03/son-left-for-uni-with-perfect-masher-never-actually-about-potatoes)
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# Chef'Special - Afraid Of The Dark
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TP7CPfj-N98
> there’s a monster under my bed and it grows when I forget
>
> -- [Chef'Special - Afraid Of The Dark ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TP7CPfj-N98)
Not that I particularly like this style of music, but the piece goes into a collection with [All Time Low: Monsters](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlnwXIigAAs). Both feature storyline around "monsters" in lyrics and in a way are about the same topic.
Worth keeping.
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RT @NickBuckleyMBE
This Bishop is in real danger - she can move in any direction.
## Which German party has the best answers to the challenges of the future? - a reflection on the general elections
So we had general elections in Germany. I would say, not much of a (great) surprise (at least not to me), despite all the chatter in media and public. I checked some basic stats at https://www.tagesschau.de/wahl/archiv/2021-09-26-BT-DE/index.shtml and one interesting thing stood out there for me.
The response to the question: _Which party has the best answers to the challenges of the future?_, FDP scored only 9% of positive responses.
This question is actually a hidden test for people's perception of how progressive/conservative a party is (has answers to challenges of the future = is future-oriented vs. does not have answers to challenges of the future = is rather backwards looking/status-quo conserving).
No surprise, the Greens are perceived as very progressive (have answers to questions of the future), followed by Socialists and the Christian Democrats. Also not surprisingly, AfD is perceived as a super-conservative party, which is their whole point. But I would not expect FDP to end almost on par with AfD(!) being perceived as so strongly conservative party. After years of trying to look "hip" and young, they are perhaps loosing their mojo? Despite their current relative success in the general elections. Or is it perhaps so that their electorate are young, hip and affluent conservatives? Which would indicate that there are plenty of such in Germany and thus the country is doing quite well overall.
> it is much easier to have compassion for your spouse if you have compassion for yourself
> -- Bessel van der Kolk, [interview](https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/sep/20/trauma-trust-and-triumph-psychiatrist-bessel-van-der-kolk-on-how-to-recover-from-our-deepest-pain)
Ballet Jeunesse/MatthiasArfmann: Je rêve
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hyk4F3SkXDU
Ballet Jeunesse: rearrangments of the classical hits of European ballet
music, taking them out of theatres and onto the dance floor!
Full album: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFQNQ4I8J_Y&list=OLAK5uy_lDvZ4VOFYrRoFKiEnf6eL5O8PdMyekexE
# Onejiru: Jerusalem
Onejiru of Ballet Jeunesse (Hamburg, DE) fame, itself a very interesting project.
> Many people believe that much of U.S. debt is owed to foreign countries like China and Japan. The truth is, most of it is owed to Social Security and pension funds.
> -- https://www.thebalance.com/who-owns-the-u-s-national-debt-3306124
I learned something today.
# Chet Faker: Feel Good
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyODHqG2Tz0&list=PLvHlpVKoUjWjG9Qdr2cjWHVjRtQguxi4L&index=7
From the Hotel Surrender album.
# Covet/Math rock
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Math_rock
Interesting instrumental band is Covet (past association of their guitarist with Polyphia).
## Falkor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTxSXUzc96A
## Shibuya
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXGwVJCdV6A
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# Beth Ditto: In and Out
> I would love you like a millionaire
> living on a dollar a day.
>
> -- Beth Ditto: In and Out
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rY5sUWBfUDA
Great and very catchy bassline, good singing, good story, fun song.
# Charlotte Brandi feat. Dirk von Lowtzow: WIND
> _Was hab ich davon ein Mensch zu sein, wenn wir Tage in Bernstein verwahren_
> _Ich wiege mich nur im Wind allein, und ich träume fast jede Nacht davon wie wir waren_
>
> -- Charlotte Bandi with Dirk von Lowtzow: Wind
# Extreme: Woman Hater
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGWYKjwgIMs
Good piece of guitar rock music.
# Dirty loops: Work Shit Out
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_GTgpdoCh0
Exploring, failing, backtracking, just to identify the only viable path forward. And then scarred, stumbling forward into the future. Learning.
Boring and steady. Knowing little and questioning a lot. Mostly harmless.
***
This is an experimental scrapbook space. A collection of stuff I want to keep in a form somewhere on the spectrum between a blog and a shoe-box full of scraps, cut-outs, quotes, links and reading notes and sometimes my own silly thoughts about them.
Perhaps it might be of marginal interest to others too, but I don't care that much.
Joined Jan 2021
