American Idiot

My brother's remote wedding this week, the recent protests and public response to the murder of George Floyd, gun violence inside my girlfriend's apartment building, battling the noisy neighbors on two fronts, people for whom the bare minimum is a bridge too far, the profound lameness of needing to broadcast yourself to the neighborhood, the performative aspect of protest, the carbon-copy commentaries on current events, the religious dogma-type quality of our political discourse, supporting the movement while being skeptical of its behavior, not knowing where to fit in, wanting to be on the right side of history, and this movement's lack of protest music. Music by Disasterpeace.