Don't. Fucking. Care.

Yipperdoodle, the photo shows just  about how I'm doing.  My health has gone down as my Mom's health has improved.  I think my body is like the car at the end of The Blues Brothers.  Once Mom started getting better, my body just fell apart.

Later this month I get to see Peter Gabriel in concert and I'm actually not looking forward to it.  This is due an increase in migraines.  Nothing like attending a rock concert with a thumping migraine to make you be acutely aware of your mortality.

I had hoped that if Mom got better, I could go back to freelance writing.  Well, that hasn't happened.  I can't get paying clients (for some reason they all want me to work for free.)  It's gotten so I don't even WANT to write any more.  If I don't get paid for it, doesn't seem much of a point. 

I don't know how long I'll keep up my blogs since I don't make any money off of them.  I've already cut back on posting.  I'm spending most of my "free" time reading.  Since Peter Gabriel seems to be retiring (or not putting out any more albums)  there goes the overriding theme of this blog.  That's the second time this has happened.  The first time was when I realized that there wasn't a god and I became an atheist. 

It was much easier losing my faith in god than losing my faith in Peter Gabriel.

So 25th Anniversary Box Set Latest in Disappointments for Peter Gabriel Fans

The first Peter Gabriel album I ever bought was So.  I managed to purchase most of the singles, too.  Back in 1986, purchasing singles was a minor sport.  Last year (or was it the year before?) when PG announced on his website that a special 25th anniversary edition box set would be released, I was excited.  It sounded great! And since I no longer own a turntable, I could finally get this stuff on CD.

And then Gabriel gave us a double-whammy:

1) He's taking "a year" (read = "at least two years") off to travel the world (even though he has already done so.)  That wouldn't have been much, but since the end of last year, PG has been promising to "soon" release a new album -- perhaps the long-delayed I/O.

2) His website announced the the contents of the box set -- and they contain almost NOTHING of what fans expected.  No B-sides, no 5.1 CD and "new" material (apparently demos of 2 songs that were left unfinished back in 1986) only available on vinyl.

I love Peter, but he's really been taking the piss since 1995.  There are a lot of character defects I look over when dealing with a man I've fantasized about for over 25 years, but taking the piss is NOT one of them.

Paul Sincliar of SuperDeluxeEdition.com has published an open letter to PG and expects a response.  A response from a man who was 25 years in between KIDS?  Yeah, good luck with that, Paul.