Lonn Friend: The Fri-End Times
10/26/07
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(antiMusic) Lonn Friend checks in again this week. Here is part of his latest article: October 24, 2007 'Ashes to ashes /funk to funky, we know Major Tom's a junkie / Strung out on Heaven's High, hitting an all time low' - "Ashes to Ashes" by David Bowie. Bowie was acutely aware of the intricacies that made up the lot of man. He wrote psalms that pierced the intellect, ego, heart and soul, sometimes at the molecular level. "I'm sinking in the quicksand of my thoughts/And I ain't got the power anymore." Barely a post-teen, the future duke scripted kindred comfort for a generation to come. Hunky Dory ranks in the 70s pantheon of visionary long plays. How did he know? The authentic ones always know. I had to turn off the television this evening. The montage Keith Olberman ran at the end of the most important program (news or otherwise) on the tube these days was too much to bear. I am miles from the flames in this odd, flawed, fucked up, magnificent hometown they named after the winged creatures that do Heaven's bidding here on Earth. But I can smell the loss, the pain, the despair and the destruction. 'My city's in ruins' sang the immortal Boss after 9/11. There was no geographical or biological ownership implied his heartbreaking lament. Asbury Park is as far from Manhattan as Hollywood is from what used to be Lake Arrowhead. But you see, there are two cities in America – and only two – that belong to everyone. New York and Los Angeles. - more on this story
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