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Welcome to another installment of Cheap Thoughts, grumpy sofa-based observations by a 19th Century Refugee not really enjoying my front-row seat for The Apocalypse.
I’m Ol’ Doc Skepsis, and my pronouns are we / were.
Thank you very much to new subscribers, and welcome. I’m gratified, since YOU are the first people to ever show interest in my grumpy scribbles. Please bear with me as I wander aimlessly amid the datastream.
Frankly, I’m not really cut out to be a content creator. I’m either punishing myself, or I’m dimly aware that this will somehow pay dividends down the road. Let’s see what happens!
My recent stacks on my playlist for Holy Week and the Coltrane Quartet 1965 discography were the inauguration of the Music series:
The BEST Music For Eastertide 2023
Welcome To Cheap Thoughts for Holy Week. I hope everyone has been able to make time to focus on spiritual health regardless of the distractions thrown-up by the MSM. We are in a spiritual battle, and we had better be winning. As a retired church musician, I feel that the music of Holy Week is the best of the entire church calendar. I decided that this ye…
The Coda of the Coltrane Quartet, Chronologically
Welcome to another installment of Cheap Thoughts, grumpy sofa-based observations by a 19th Century Refugee not really enjoying my front-row seat for The Apocalypse. Years ago I was an FM-radio jazz DJ and program director at a local college station. I learned an awful lot awfully fast about the history of jazz music, and also about the business
I used to be a jazz radio DJ. Seems like a different lifetime ago.
Soon to follow in the Music series is Part 1 of a survey of Renaissance Choral Music.
NEW: A priority has become the consolidation of the nutritional supplement industry. This alarming trend has warranted immediate attention — expect it soon. (h/t to
)Still in incubation is a series on monetary history … stacks in this series will begin with a discussion of what I call “Fake Money,” including “Money Is A Proxy For Manhours” and the “Truck System.”
So that’s what’s in store for Cheap Thoughts. If any of the above topics particularly interest you, leave a comment and let me know. Encouragement is always welcome.
Thanks again, and until next time, stay Skeptical.
PS: as of now I have no plans to monetize this substack; if it becomes obvious that I should, I will reconsider.
The money series sounds interesting. Equal pay for equal hours work would be better than gobs for CEOs and peanuts for everyone else.
How to handle the schooling years investment though? Free schooling for those who make the grades? More challenging work later?
The money series sounds interesting. Equal pay for equal hours work would be better than gobs for CEOs and peanuts for everyone else.
How to handle the schooling years investment though? Free schooling for those who make the grades? More challenging work later?