So lately I've been addicted to the work VICE has been doing to spread the word on various fronts about issues all over the world. I can't stop, it's like the fascination people have with accidents and I just can't stop staring at the situation in scenes like the Amazon, Darfur and most recently, Syria.
Their coverage of the intercine conflict there has been particularly vivid. Revolutions are rarley pretty or peaceful and this one is truly ghastly. Watch it yourself...
So yeah, I cry. I cried when I watched this; seeing dead people and particularly children has a way of doing that. It got me to think I should play some musicfrom Syria, so I did. From one of my faves, Omar Souleyman...