Meanwhile A Guitar Gently Weeps

There's that thing about the cello being the instrument which most resembles the human voice. And then there are the sounds that Alison Chesley's getting out of it. And it shall be a sweet diversion from the Larry Manzanares story here in Denver, which I can't seem to shake.

Today's Denver Post cover story certainly didn't help matters.

The real fucking tragedy here, and it won't be the last one like this, is that this seemingly large-hearted man was tried and convicted in the press before he was afforded his due process. Unfortunately, Larry imposed his own sentence last week: a bullet to the head. Over a stolen laptop fucking computer.

Have the blogs really put so much pressure on the fishwrap and radiowave press corps that they have to resort to feeding-frenzy levels of hype to compete? I mean really. What, the fucking Paris Hilton story hasn't been tantalizing enough?

Again, what does this have to do with the subject at hand, and cellos at that? Seems Larry was a bit of an amateur luthier. That, and the fact that I'm utterly amazed his wife and brother could even bring themselves to speak to the same press that dragged the poor man to his death. As they say in 12-step programs all over the country, "You're a much stronger man than I".

There's also a juxtaposition that, if I believed some sort of "there is no such thing as coincidence" mental midgetry, might cause me to chuck it all and join the nearest god squad. (Luckily, however, I have intellectually and emotionally developed beyond the age of twelve, so there's no chance of that happening.) And today while, ironically, listening to "Year Zero" (I pushed a button and elected him to office...), I'm getting stimulation-overloaded with the President whining on CNN about his lost shot at an immigration reform "legacy", and mulling over Poor Larry, it occurs to me that if our Dipshit-in-Chief had even a fleck of conscience rather than a Tin Man-like abyss where a heart should be, he might have long ago done the same, out of shame. But have they, these "men" of power, no shame indeed. Could one have achieved such "great" levels of ambition and power if there existed an ounce of ignominy within? Possible, but doubtful given the evidence.

And there too lies Kurt Cobain.