Another year has passed, and how do I feel?
I feel fine I fucking guess. I grow ever so more tired of what’s passing as “hardcore” “punk” or “metal” in music these days. Being labeled as some genre shifting group. Spare me, please.
I’ve found it more and more hard to not be apathetic in this day and age. Everything seems like a joke, and I don’t see that fading away at all. So what do you do to fight that? I am unsure, I’ve been writing a lot, but for stuff that wouldn’t really work here. A lot of lyrics for my bands, and slowly working on multiple short stories at once… now that I mention it, those actually might be something I can share here.
I’m also growing tired of social media, AI has taken it over and I can even scroll for a second while I take a shit without seeing an ad for an AI dating app or someone thinking they made some mind-blowing piece of work, when they just threw a few words into a prompt and got a finished product. It was funny for a second when we could get AI to say really stupid things, (there was a moment where I had metas AI answering questions in Jamaican Patois, or having it say “FREE DIDDY” with conviction, but honestly now it’s just exhausting, and a little terrifying. It’s almost like Terminator 2 became a fucking documentary.
It pains me some people use it as the only mode of communication, but alas here we are.
I did a lot of reflection this year, some internal and some external. I spent a lot of time thinking about my past here and my current self, and where I stand. I was really happy I picked my camera up again, even just to take a photo or two.
The windows of the apartment I grew up in, now boarded up and untouched.
The street I grew up on, which has lost most if not all of its original flavor and character.
The view on the way home, could be worse.
One unexpected surprise of 2025 is Morrissey has apparently found a record label to release “You’re Right It’s Time”, and it is Sire records, seemingly back from the dead.
2025 also brought with it, my drivers license and my first car. Honestly has been really nice to have the freedom to go where I want, when I want.
I uncovered a collection of most of my father’s old printed reviews. I’m definitely going to try to scan these and share them here.
I know this I mainly write about music here, but after all it is MY website… so I can write about whatever the hell I want. My goal for next year is to do at least one post here a month. Maybe more if I can. I did really bad about that in 2025, but we’ll see what 2026 has in store for us.
So, for those of you who read this, thanks for sticking around. Hope you continue to, and from all of us here at SBC, (just me) a happy new year.
