Blank Generation

To hold the t.v. to my lips, the air so packed with cash. Then carry it up flights of stairs and drop it in the vacant lot. To lose my train of thought and fall into your arms' tracks and watch beneath the eyelids every passing dot. -Richard Hell and the Voidoids' "Blank Generation"


This is a column I wrote this week for The Oracle.

Blank Generation

A friend of mine said on Monday night that it was completely inappropriate for Barack Obama to be asked a question about Alex Rodriguez’s recent outing as a steroid user during a press conference about the recession. I adamantly disagreed, as did the other two people in the room.

The one non-believer stated that in reality, baseball has nothing to do with the recession. Baseball is just something trivial and we would understand his point if the president was asked a question about “American Idol.”

He obviously does not understand the magnitude of A-Rod’s betrayal.

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