“Warning: exposure to prolonged political turbulence may result in confusion, family arguments, compulsive doomscrolling, conspiracy fatigue, spontaneous flag purchases, or an uncontrollable urge to yell at televisions…”
That opens the door to a whole album concept where every song is a different “side effect.”
Possible tracks:
- “Doomscrollin’ Blues”
- “Patriot Fatigue”
- “Signal Lost”
- “My Uncle Joined the Algorithm”
- “The Caps Lock Café”
- “Everybody’s a Genius Now”
- “Three Hours of Sleep”
- “Breaking News Emergency”
- “The Facts Keep Changing”
- “Paranoia on Channel Five”
- “Red Hat Hangover”
- “Department of Outrage”
- “We Interrupt This Program”
- “The Republic of Insomnia”
- “Please Hold for Civilization”
“This is station KGOD… still broadcasting somewhere beyond the emergency zone…”
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SONG: Doomscrollin’ Blues
[INTRO – SPOKEN WORD / RADIO STATIC]
[soft radio static]
[low thunder]
[distant police siren]
ANNOUNCER (spoken, tired late-night voice)
“This is station kay gee oh dee, kayGOD…
broadcasting live from somewhere beyond the emergency zone…
keeping the lights on while the timelines flicker…”
“Tonight’s weather forecast:
scattered confusion…
heavy outrage…
with a ninety percent chance of anxiety by morning…”
“Authorities are urging citizens not to refresh their feeds more than six hundred times per hour…”
[slow swamp-blues groove begins]
[VERSE 1]
I was only checkin’ headlines
Just to see what happened today
One click turned into a nightmare
Now the whole world’s driftin’ away
Every swipe another warning
Every scroll another war
I went lookin’ for the weather
Now they’re closin’ every door
[CHORUS]
I got those doomscrollin’ blues
Late-night timeline abuse
Blue light burnin’ through my soul
While the algorithm takes control
Doomscrollin’ blues
Can’t tell lies from truth
Everybody shoutin’ at the moon
And nobody sleepin’ till noon
[KGOD RADIO BREAK – SPOKEN]
“This is Kay gee oh dee, kayGOD…
real music for unreal times…”
“Side effects may include:
insomnia…
paranoia…
conspiracy fatigue…
and spontaneous arguments with relatives…”
“We remind listeners:
the screaming on your device may not be real…”
[VERSE 2]
Television glowin’ sideways
Coffee cold at half past three
Every channel says disaster
Every expert disagrees
Neighbor says the grid is failin’
Brother says the moon is fake
Mama says turn off the phone now
Before your nervous system breaks
[CHORUS]
I got those doomscrollin’ blues
Digital bad-news tattoos
Every headline screams collapse
Every prophet sellin’ maps
Doomscrollin’ blues
Terminal-information blues
Too much signal in the sky
Too much noise to wonder why
[BRIDGE – SPOKEN OVER MUSIC]
CALLER:
“Hey man… does anybody remember what normal felt like?”
ANNOUNCER:
“That line’s been busy all week, friend…”
[organ solo]
[harmonica]
[radio static swell]
[FINAL VERSE]
Now the sunrise hits the window
Like a warning from above
Phone still buzzin’ on the tabletop
Like a machine that feeds on love
I shut it down for just one moment
Heard the quiet in the room
Somewhere far beyond the static
A little human heart still blooms
[FINAL CHORUS]
Goodbye doomscrollin’ blues
Temporary timeline bruise
Kay gee oh dee, kayGOD still on the air
Broadcastin’ hope through the despair
Doomscrollin’ blues
Slowly payin’ all our dues
If you’re hearin’ this tonight
Maybe we’re still doin’ alright
[OUTRO – SPOKEN]
“This is kay gee oh dee KayGOD —
the station that makes it…”
“Goodnight, insomniacs…
goodnight, wanderers…
goodnight, timeline travelers…”
“And remember…
reality may vary without warning…”
[radio static fades out]
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Here is the Bardo bus now, coming around the corner! Grab ahold!
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See You At The Top!!!
gorby