This Stupid World

Imagine, if you will, being the Retired Old Man. You wake up this morning. Realize it's Tuesday. Election Day, but there's nothing meaningful to vote on in your precinct. Just two Board of Education seats, and you don't have kids in school.  Plus, you haven't been following the campaigns and have no idea who among the candidates stands for what on the issues, so wouldn't know how to vote even if you found your way to a polling place.  Which is a problem, because for some reason, the State of Georgia moved your polling place from the location within easy walking distance you've used since 2004 to some church miles away.  

It's Tuesday morning.  What to do today? None of the teams you follow in sports are playing today, so you don't have that to look forward to and plan your day around. The new CFP poll will be released later today, but big deal - it's still only early November and you have a pretty good idea how the ranking will look (all the top five teams won last weekend, so no big changes are expected). 

 

But then, look at this.  The veteran indie-rock band Yo La Tengo just announced they're dropping a new EP, The Bunker Sessions, a live, in-studio set of tunes from their most recent LP, This Stupid World.  Plus Stockholm Syndrome from 1997's I Can Hear The Heart Beat as One for some reason. And the whole thing was captured on video and is available on YouTube. 

This is exciting enough to carry you into at least mid-afternoon.