“Abuse of power comes as no surprise.” Reading up on the GULAG.
Annie Clark aka St. Vincent - She actually did an interview where she talked about Stalin and it’s as bad as you’d think.
How much podcast and audiobook listening do you typically do?
I’m obsessed with podcasts and audiobooks. I probably listen to more audiobooks than I do music. I mean, I certainly listen to music — for enjoyment, for research, for just making sure I know what is happening. Luckily, maybe because I’m a musician, I can retain a lot of information that comes through on the auditory side. I mean, I’ve really been brushing up on my Stalin.
You’ve brushed up on your Stalin?
It makes me feel much better about where we are today. Because they had it bad.
It’s pretty bad now.
It’s really bad now. But it was worse. I’ll go ahead and say it was worse in Stalin’s Russia. So there we are. That makes me feel bright and sunny. I’ve been on a real Stasi Gulag Stalin kick for the past many months. Cold war, espionage — all of it.
I’ll go ahead and say it was worse in Stalin’s Russia
wow so brave. It was worse to live in a unindustrialized backwater that was recovering from invasion and civil war than it is to live 100 years later in a modern western service economy where your every want is catered to. Thank you liberalism for your insightful conclusions.
been reading through the comments and trying to give st. vincent a break because i like her music.
your comment broke me. she’s legit fucking clueless and has no critical thought
:meow-hug:
:doomer: if it make you feel any better, one of my favorite bands did a promotional collaboration with :billionaire-tears: years ago
You’re telling me this rich person who doesn’t actually work for a living and has no personal stakes in anything believes self-serving bullshit?
doesn’t actually work for a living
I’m not gonna say touring and playing music isn’t work, and isn’t rough, but she’s got road crews/drivers/techs/etc so…
St. Vincent is a total piece of shit, actually. A friend of mine was a music writer for a pretty big publication and interviewed her. Apparently it’s her practice to make any media that wants to talk with her literally crawl into whatever space the interview is happening in. Leave your fucking kinks at home, lady.
