Pandemic Playlist Last Night

How are we doing family? This is a mental health check-in. A lot of people are already getting really grumpy and are on edge. That is bad news because social distancing and isolation are not ending anytime soon. In fact, things are going to get worse before they get better and the economic fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic is going to be vast. Make sure you take time to unplug and do something to relax. I like to exercise. Last night I was so tired when I got home from work and I still forced myself on the elliptical machine. Eric was on the treadmill at the same time, listening to an absolutely dreadful playlist. So I jammed some earbuds in and suffered through 30 minutes. Afterward, I did feel better. So what was my playlist last night?

"Ten Thousand Feet," "Follow Your Leader," and "Electric Forest" all by I See Stars plus "Foolin'," "Pour Some Sugar On Me," "Animal," by Def Leppard and "Last Child" by Dirty Honey.

I did not have it in me to lift weights.

Oh and remember to live in reality during this crisis. Institutions will not save you. The lies will catch up and may have deadly consequences.

“A hospital ship that can’t yet sail, a drug that’s not approved for coronavirus, a windfall of masks that’s not due until next year. Donald Trump has repeatedly overstated his government’s accomplishments as he tries to calm Americans and fight the virus” https://t.co/7CJjSmj1kL

— Jonathan Lemire (@JonLemire) March 20, 2020

“We are officially declaring that the economy has fallen into a recession ... joining the rest of the world, and it is a deep plunge,” Bank of America said in a note to clients. - @CNBC https://t.co/j3P9oGwRih

— NBC News (@NBCNews) March 19, 2020

Comments

[bryon]

It's starting to feel a bit like Groundhog Day around here.

For sanity, I took a long walk yesterday and listened to the new Code Orange album, which is amazing by the way.

[EddieLongHair]

Nearly 4,000 cases in NYC! Guess where I work... Midtown Manhattan! STILL! It's kind of strange. I haven't seen NYC this empty and quiet since September 12, 2001. No particular playlist for me. I've just been taking in heavy doses of SiriusXM's Octane and Turbo. Shannon Gunz and Jose Mangin can cheer anyone up! Seriously, I've never seen someone who likes their job as much as Jose! Wish I felt that way... Stay safe everyone.

[Bkallday]

Sucks to be going through all this but it helps that i get to work from home and still get paid my regular salary. Hope all of you are doing well, staying safe and your families as well. Even those haters out there that always attack me, even if im doing or saying absolutely nothing to them! I thrive on those poor souls. Lol \m/

[GNR]

Same posts or thoughts in the above tweets can go both ways. No one can predict the future only try to find some sense in all of this together. Blame is an easy game when hindsight is 20/20.

[GNR]

More appropriately what was this dreadful playlist of Eric's ? :)

[Gary]

Nothing in my county here yet. (We're so behind the times it'll probably get here in about 30 years)I'm still banging out 65 hours a week at work. Nothing to do outside of work so I'm kinda glad we're still running. Everything is closed entertainment wise. Stay safe folks! \m/

[fletch]

I did not attack you yesterday. I could have. I still can. But, that is not what I wrote to you, bk, specifically. I was being honest with you.

[steverox]

At least you can enjoy entertainment at home.

Tonight (Friday) at 8:30 PM "That Arena Rock Show" is doing a live concert (no crowd obviously) on Facebook live.

Tomorrow (Saturday) at 3:00 PM "Thunderstruck" an ACDC cover band is doing a live concert on Facebook live.

More bands will follow for sure. If you know of any, let all of us know! If I can't go to a concert, the next best thing is watching a real live show from home.

Stay safe everyone.

[Metalboy!]

At least you can enjoy entertainment in BBG! Comments!

You guys are regulah comedians, I’m tellin’ ya!

The thing to do is form our own bands, using Instagram filters to make us look younger and become virtual YouTube sensations overnight! \m/ BBG!

[Him]

Lots of Hair Nation. But, if might express a feeling here, Tommy London is gawd awful as a host. I finally had to go look the guy up. Well, there you have it. I even pulled out some old tapes, CDs, and albums I had not listened to in awhile. A trip down memory lane feels a lot safer these days!

Also, lots of reading (for fun and for work). Rock Candy magazine; I only wish it arrived every week! My work reading is less fun, though a distraction and a necessary part of making myself useful for the next few months.

And, of course, a more binge-like reliance on the television (not my normal go-to): just watched The Platform (think of Snowpiercer-meets-Cube); watching Bloodline (a bit too predictable, but still fun); starting the new season of Babylon Berlin and Westworld and just finished Altered Carbon; sad that Man in the High Castle is finito and that The Boys won't be around for a bit. Oh, and of course, The Golden Girls. Beatrice Arthur remains the gold standard for sardonic humor!

Glad that some of us can work from home and draw a paycheck. Sorry to hear that some of you have to venture out (stay safe, EddieLH). And I hope everyone makes it through this.

Gary, where is it that you live? I don't seem to recall. You can be as geographically vague as you want. Just curious. If you don't reply, no biggie.

[Gary]

Why I’m in the asspit of America Him, in Schuylkill County PA..lol. Big claim to fame is Yuengling Beer(if you live on the eastern side of the god ole US, I’m sure you’ve heard of it) It’s America’s oldest brewery, established in1829 (or, Probably the last time the roads were repaved here) in Pottsville,PA I live about 7 miles away from there. Its currently about 1955 here, so I’m headed down to Arnold’s to hang with Fonzie and Richie C..... 8-). \m/

[Him]

You made me laugh (again), Gary!

I certainly know Yuengling, and Arn City (I think I got the accent right?). I spent four glorious years in Pittsburgh. I was never a Yinzer though; just a guest. But I enjoyed The Strip, Primanti Brothers, Squirrel Hill, and most esp. Bloomfield. I remember driving to Wheeling for Tough Man competitions. Went to boxing matches at the Monroeville Mall, made famous in one of Romero's zombie films. Even met Tom Savini when he was out walking in Bloomfield. Spent a glorious New Year's Eve in Ligonier. I loved my time there.

I've told people again and again that I would have stayed there if not for the lack of job options and the horrid humidity. Just couldn't take that.

I have a good friend who visited me numerous times when I lived in the 'Burgh. Would always order a Yuengling draft. Loved it. One time, years later, he ordered a case and had it shipped to where he lived in NorCal. After he drank one bottle, he said to me: "That tastes likes rusted copper. What was I thinking?!" I said: "Some things are about where you are. Some things are about where you first experienced them." We both laughed.

Thanks for the reply, Gary. I appreciate it.

[Gary]

My oldest daughter lives 2 miles from Monroeville. Lol. She’s a respiratory therapist at UPMC children’s hospital. Small world for sure! Yeah, I don’t drink the Ying either. You’re buddies comparison is spot on. I tell everyone who asks “Why would I drink it. It’s basically made out of my pizz water that flows down the mountain”. 8-)

[Him]

That made me laugh again (again), Gary! And I lived not too far from UPMC, the major research and cancer center(s) in Pitt on Baum. There was this hilarious restaurant called Baum Vivant, that was facing foi gras protesters when I first moved there.

I have a very fond memory of the Monroeville Mall. There was a local boxing event being held there (this is in the years where Paul Spadafora was in decline, but still trying to stage a comeback). The listed fighters? Didn't know any of them, though the top of the card featured a fellow named Rayco 'War' Saunders. He had the look. So I thought: "Why not? Thirty bucks to go see some fights." I had several friends agree that they would go. I called the number on the flyer (it looked like a one-off sort of flyer, not official . . . but you saw a lot of that in the burgh then). They guy answers: "Yeah?" I said: "I would like to purchase four tickets for the fights at the Monroeville Mall on such-and-such a date." He said: "Cool. Where do you live?" After a very long pause, I gave the guy my address. He responded that he would be there in thirty minutes. Who shows up? Rayco 'War' Saunders!!! Hands me the tickets; I paid the cash; I went to the event and watched him win that night. His career didn't turn out that well. But I still have that memory . . . and some memories of drinking questionable beer and loving it!!!

Thanks for the trip down memory lane, Gary!