Who is rarin’ for some Esoterica?
Which, as you know, is the title of a long-forgotten 1987 release from Def
Leppard….’s former gardener Sven “the Tornado Puncher” Hedlund. Who can
forget, or hope to forgive, his now-infamous tour, the Magical Mystery Blur?
Not his fans, and certainty not the team of ravenous litigators representing
Messrs. McCartney, Harrison, Starr, and the estate of J. Lennon.
[Note: No joke, I came up with that name, seemingly
at random, but then I thought, well perhaps I should look it up just to be
certain there is no Sven Hedlund guilty of war crimes. Sure enough, there is a Svenne Hedlund,
who was an actual Swedish pop singer. Perhaps
I knew it all along and it was in my subconscious?]
No matter. I am working on a project where a
skilled expert informed me that I have eight seconds to impart my message. I am long past that mark so you are probably
not even reading this.
You might have noticed my extended absence, or
looking at it another way, a prolonged visit from my old friend Hiram “Hy”
Atus. Read it slowly.
Work has been keeping me quite occupied since
January so malheureusement, I have not been able to focus on local HoCo
matters.
My readership numbers tell me you are less
interested in my musings on socialism or British politics. Well, that’s steely fromage as they say in
Akron. I am about half-way through with
Bhaskar Sunkara’s latest, “The Socialist Manifesto: The Case for Radical Politics
in an Era of Extreme Inequality” and it is a delightful page-turner, both
accessible and informative. I will likely pen a review shortly after I complete
it.
I am tempted to comment on the state of the
presidential race, but I will not plummet down that hole Lidsville-style. I will say this: I am waiting on Stacey
Abrams. If she doesn’t join the fray, I am
down to three choices: Elizabeth Warren
(talkin’ codetermination!) and Kamala Harris are running neck-and-neck for the
lead…with Comrade Sanders (imagine it being said by Peter Taaffe, it will sound
better) in third. Then comes the next
tier…
I really want to get fired up over the latest HoCo BoE
developments but my interests tend to be on the international and national
scene…so I would say expect more of that in 2019.
And no, in answer to a fan letter, I am not
Slats. I am only 10% similar to him, 15%
on a bad day. He may appear every so
often, we shall see.
Let’s wrap it up there.
In solidarity.