After yesterday's White House press conference I decided to revisit Nirvana's "Bleach" and reader, would you believe Kurt Cobain was a time traveler from 2020? 1/X
Track 1: Blew. "And if you wouldn't mind I would like to breathe." 2/X
Track 2: Floyd the Barber. All about that lady who wanted her roots done even if it killed her. Note that Floyd breathes heavy (he's got the 'Rona and doesn't know it yet) 3/X
Track 3. About a Girl. A vision of voting in Wisconsin during Covid-19. "I'm standing in your line." 4/X
Track 4. School. About how all schools closed for the rest of the year in 2020 due to the 'vid. "Won't you believe it? It's just my luck. NO RECESS!" 5/X
Track 5. Love Buzz. Honestly not sure what St. Kurt was predicting for us here. Maybe increase use of vibrators due to isolation? 6/X
Track 6. Paper Cuts. This one starts with a description of us all ordering GrubHub in quarantine ("At my feeding time she'd push food through the door" and ends with the now familiar decontamination procedure we all do after touching the outside world ("A good hosing down". 7/X
Track 7. Negative Creep. I mean, aside from the obvious reference in the title, "This is getting to be drone" is a pretty solid complaint about social distancing 8/X
Track 8. Scoff. A clear reference to the Return to Workers who are willing to let Grandma die to save the economy. "Heal a million, Kill a million." 9/X
Track 9. Swap Meet. This is a portrait of the New Employment. Everyone loses their jobs and makes money selling seashell/driftwood art that says "Gather" on Etsy. 10/X
Track 10. Mr. Moustache. "Show me how you question questions." If you have seen the daily White House press briefing, you know exactly how to question questions. 11/X
Track 11. Sifting. The chorus predicts what doctors and nurses would be told when they asked for PPE. 12/X
Track 12. Big Cheese. This one is almost too obvious. "Big cheese, make me / Mine says, go to office." It's all the non-essential essential workers being told to put their lives at risk for the stock market. 13/X
Track 13. Downer. The final verdict on how our country handled this pandemic. "Wish away the pain ... surrealistic fantasy." You were right, Kurt, this is a real downer. 14/X
15/15 In conclusion, please do not drink Bleach. It will not help you against the Coronavirus, and it will make St. Kurt sad. He saw this coming, and tried to warn us. We're all cooped up, but spring in the air. What's that smell? Smells Like Teen Spirit.
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