“It Was Hell”
February, 24, 2024
for Dominick “Trip” Tripodi
Talking to Trip last night we ventured down memory lane…abusive, brutal father figures spawning troubled youths, etc. Trip has a theory that goes like this: the reason kids today seem so lost, so directionless, is because they were not beaten when they were young and so never learned to hit back, and thus became hipsters. God have mercy on their Souls. Trip and I both get that in order to gain a full appreciation of life you have to embrace Alienation.
“It is obvious.” — Syd Barrett.
Cartoon by Bernard Kliban.
Slayer to me is the one band that not only understands Alienation but embraces it in tender ballads like Disciple (aka God Hates Us All):
youtu.be/uN8HgHoCuzI?si=ncSiHbG7xc3sfqoN