The zombie apocalypse has hit Earth. Two personnel from a TV station and two policemen set off in a helicopter to find a safe place to hide. Their search leads them to a shopping mall where they manage to find a place that, while not zombie-free, is quite secure. So far, so good
If inchoate anger and unfocussed rebellion have a soundtrack, it’s Black Flag. Primarily the brainchild of songwriter/guitarist Greg Ginn and bassist/theoretician Chuck Dukowski, these Hermosa Beach intellectual bruisers welded the heaviest metal to avant-jazz’s noisy atonality. The full-tilt rhythms of the highest energy punk powered this mongrel chassis. In turn, Black Flag completely made mincemeat out of punk’s boundaries. With Henry Rollins firmly gripping the vocal mic and Kira Roessler and the Descendents’ Bill Stevenson installed in the rhythm section, Black Flag became key in the development of stoner rock, sludge metal and doom metal.
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I live my life in the swamp a quarter-mile at a time. Nothing else matters, not the Donkey, not my Fiona, and all their bullshit. For those ten seconds or less, I’m free.
To burn one's bridges means to destroy any way of going back. It is often used to indicate that one cannot retrace one's steps in life. When one says that the burning bridges may light the way it means that he/she knows that there is no going back but the fire of the bridge being burned can light the way forward.
Stephen Hawking says, “Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.” It's true always! Intelligence has the ability to create a lot! Brain power can do everything. Moreover, intelligence may be a little word, but it has the ability to change the full view.
It was never just about food, though. It was about connection, relationships forged through sharing a meal, the deep cultural history of a place, and exploration. He embodied the best parts of being human. He was a rebel who showed us we can succeed by being ourselves. He challenged us. He encouraged us to be rebellious, to be tenacious, and uncompromising.
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