on_the_beach nr i don't remember ever listening to this album while on the beach, which is surprising. but they are two of my favourite things. 220522 ... raze i think this will always be my favourite neil young album. "see the sky about to rain" is already a poem before he sings a word. "ambulance blues" and "for the turnstiles" are two songs i wish would never end, for very different reasons. and the title track never fails to land. "though my problems are meaningless, that don't make them go away. i need a crowd of people, but i can't face them day to day." 220522 ... epitome of incomprehensibility To me, this is a novel with a disappointing ending. Not just the whole nuclear destruction thing, but also the main character's wife acting like such a conventional sop while he's all thoughtful. Women are capable of thinking about politics, Nevil Shute. But I cherish it for my early illusion that the writer was related to me and the part about Antarctica (even if disappointing). 220523 what's it to you? who go blather from