Sonically Soothing Anger
Yes, yes, I know. I skipped a week... Here's the thing though...
When I wasn't actively on my bill-paying grind these past two weeks, I was struggling to find the right words. Struggling to find the right song. Struggling to be anything other than really fucking angry. Struggling to not throw my computer at the wall when I saw "Angelina Jolie" was trending on Facebook but "Terrence Crutcher" was not. Struggling to not break something (anything!) to relieve myself of the putrid reality that is the Republican nominee. Struggling with a being a citizen to a nation where a white man threatening to shoot police near San Francisco's city hall is safely apprehended and even given mental health support while a black men get executed on the street because someone thinks they look like a "bad dude." Struggling to not seethe with the kind of rage that makes you do/say/write reckless things.
Today, after suffering through an intellectual and emotional hangover from watching the first presidential debate, I find myself in much the same place though. I have very little to share but my anger and who the hell wants to interact with that?
But here I am, full of feels, trying to make good on my word to myself and write something this week. This Tunesday, what I have to share is a sound that, almost immediately upon listening to, settles my blood down to more of a simmer and less of a boil. Rocky Rivera's GRLGNG is the kind of hip hop that makes me feel both nostalgic (I mean, that beat...) and eager for a more feminine, more colorful, more dope future. I basically want to live in this music video.
