Is it really the last day of March? The longest March I have ever known. Last March flew by. All week Facebook Memories have been reminding me how much fun my son and I were having this time last year, in the Netherlands. The only netherlands I’m visiting now? Our slightly spooky basement and storage locker. It has been a particularly strange and stressful day. And it wasn’t until this evening I realized two things: 1) our state parks pass expires today. And 2) my long-estranged mother turned 70 today. Strangely, I remember the day she turned 30. Which makes me feel old and sad. And there’s more than enough of that going around. Thankfully, I saw a pair of perfect tweets the other day that took me back to my alternative youth:
@ItsTripp
The new NIN albums that came out today are like spa music for goths. Super love it. cc: @kittenwithawhipKat Kinsman @kittenwithawhip
This is extremely accurate. I had no idea as an angsty, misfit goth teen in my parent’s basement listening to Pretty Hate Machine on repeat that Trent Reznor and I would somehow evolve together, but here we are. The new stuff is so, so good and needed right now.
Since then, I’ve been listening to it non-stop. Some write-ups:
- Nine Inch Nails’ ‘Ghosts V and VI’ Combine Hope With Shadows for a Soundtrack to a World in Crisis
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross have released a volume of comforting music and another that captures the anxiety of the moment - Nine Inch Nails Faces the Pandemic With Hope, Despair and Noise
On a pair of free albums, “Ghosts V: Together†and “Ghosts VI: Locusts,†Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross’s suspenseful sounds feel very much of the moment. - Nine Inch Nails Face the Despair of Today on Ghosts V-VI
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross’s twin instrumental albums perfectly capture the downward spiral of early 2020
It has been the perfect quarantine soundtrack. Though I have also been taking an extended island vacation. In Animal Crossing for the Switch. We broke down and bought it last weekend when the weather was non-stop gloomy with some extra snow thrown in. But yesterday the sun came out again. So I took a long walk near the local lakes. But it wasn’t nearly as relaxing as I’d hoped. Everyone else had the same idea and most people weren’t practicing proper social distancing, despite the posted signage. It was frustrating and only amped up my anxiety. Today’s walk was better. I realized that cemeteries can be a great place for social distancing and there happens to be a gorgeous one near us. Much more peaceful. I posted some photos, of course. A friend saw them and sent along this interesting article. Right up my alley. Or walkway.
Our First Public Parks: The Forgotten History of Cemeteries
From tiny plots to wide-open “rural cemeteries” and modern “memorial parks,” the evolving design of cities of the dead
I’ll definitely be returning for more leisurely strolls. I’m still trying to convince my son to leave our condo for fresh air more often.
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