Sometimes (okay, much of the time), Maestro Zappa says it all for me. This song--originally recorded by FZ with the Mothers and performed here with Napoleon Murphy Brock, George Duke, and Ruth Underwood--pretty much sums up my view of cable news these days.
From watchin' my tv
Been checkin' out the news
Till my eyeballs fail to see
I mean to say that every day
Is just another rotten mess,
And when it's gonna change, my friend, is anybody's guess,
So I'm watchin' and I'm waitin'
Hopin' for the best
Even think I'll go to prayin'
Every time I hear `em sayin'
There's no way to delay
That trouble comin' every day
No way to delay the trouble comin' every day
Wednesday I watched the riot
Seen the cops out on the street
Watched `em throwin' rocks and stuff and chokin' In the heat
Listen to reports
About the whisky passin' `round
Seen the smoke and fire
And the market burnin' down
Watched while everybody
On his street would take a turn
To stomp and smash and bash and crash and slash and bust and burn
And I'm watchin' and I'm waitin'
Hopin' for the best
Even think I'll go to prayin'
Every time I hear `em sayin'
That there's no way to delay
That trouble comin' every day
No way to delay that trouble comin' every day.
(H/T fzappa2112)
Also at Cogitamus.
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