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melancholy, sweet sweet melancholy

I'm listening to ByteFM, a habit from the time when Julian was on good terms with me and I was allowed to go through his wallet and laugh at his ID pics. Do I dare say Julian's last name is his nationality? That is where this "gute" music comes from. On air Nina Simone, "Gimme Some"... wait now Booka Shade "Bad Love"... What is this.. European electronic music? Why does Europe feel like the eighties from across the Atlantic? Like everyone is still wearing sweaters over their shoulders, tying the arms in a knot over the chest. Like all the girls are Nina Hagen. Like everyone vacations in Ibiza. Can I have my melancholy in one shot, on the rocks please? A jolly good time I'm having. My fortune cookie number two from Chinese New Year foreboded: "Enjoy your own company. If you don't, who will?" I like myself in now-playin' sweet melancholy mood. There are many other moods in which I find myself intolerable and have to have the c...