In which our heroine wishes a happy bunny-egg weekend to all who celebrate
Apr. 3rd, 2026 02:27 pmSeasonal: and a bonus happy Old English Goddess of Spring Invented By A Christian Monk weekend! ;-P
Music: local Brummies have been breaking out the vintage Black Sabbath recently for obvious reasons, especially Paranoid, 1970, their second album (and second within a year) featuring three classic "heavy metal" songs with Geezer Butler's lyrics - one supportive of mental health problems, one discouraging drug-taking (especially heroin), and their best known which is an anti-war song specifically targeting the wars that politicians inflict on the rest of us:
"Politicians hide themselves away
They only started the war
Why should they go out to fight?
They leave that role to the poor"
uKanDanz covers War Pigs with Asnake Gebreyes singing in Amharic (brave guy):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kVYdLjoyPE
And then there's Ozzy Osbourne's anti-war Crazy Train, 1980, especially beloved in his native Birmingham. Live, 1981, with Randy Rhoades:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ui79Uf817YA
"Millions of people living as foes
Maybe it's not too late
To learn how to love
And forget how to hate"
Music: local Brummies have been breaking out the vintage Black Sabbath recently for obvious reasons, especially Paranoid, 1970, their second album (and second within a year) featuring three classic "heavy metal" songs with Geezer Butler's lyrics - one supportive of mental health problems, one discouraging drug-taking (especially heroin), and their best known which is an anti-war song specifically targeting the wars that politicians inflict on the rest of us:
"Politicians hide themselves away
They only started the war
Why should they go out to fight?
They leave that role to the poor"
uKanDanz covers War Pigs with Asnake Gebreyes singing in Amharic (brave guy):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kVYdLjoyPE
And then there's Ozzy Osbourne's anti-war Crazy Train, 1980, especially beloved in his native Birmingham. Live, 1981, with Randy Rhoades:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ui79Uf817YA
"Millions of people living as foes
Maybe it's not too late
To learn how to love
And forget how to hate"