As I recall it, most German food I saw was grey/brown breaded meat and potatoes. “I had a brief opportunity to test that reputation in 1977 when I visited West Germany and France. This was the mid-70s, and German food had a reputation! When I was supposed to hear, ‘With its splendid castles and fine cuisine’, I heard ‘With its splendid castles and bad cuisine’. “ Woofer shipped without the lyric sheet in the US, so I had to guess some of the lyrics. I played them endlessly, particularly Girl from Germany. “I didn’t get an opportunity until Kimono My House came out, but it was worth waiting for! Being 12 at the time, I had to prevail upon my mother to take me to the local record store/head shop to order the first two albums. Between the band’s look and that Todd Rundgren (who I already liked) produced, I knew this was a band I had to hear,” said Virginia Willcox, a Sparks fan since the ’70s. “My introduction to Sparks came through an article on new bands in Circus magazine in 1972, the other new band was Roxy Music. This habit of writing songs about unusual subject matters would be one they’d never quit. The lyrics were also quite unusual, with songs about post-second world war dating paranoia and hero-worshipping. The burgeoning glam and prog rock scene had a clear influence on A Woofer In Tweeter Clothing, yet it had a much darker sound than other records of the time. While the brothers had been recording since 1967, it was not until 1973 they would record under the Sparks name. With the release of Edgar Wright’s ( Hot Fuzz and Shaun of the Dead) long-awaited documentary about the brothers, we look back at the band’s defining moments and fan’s memories of them. Yet with all this influence, they are rarely heard of outside of their doted fanbase. Starting in the early 1970s, they have released 25 albums and various top 40 singles, attracting fans from Duran Duran, Franz Ferdinand, Morrissey & Nirvana, among other bands, their influence can still be heard in every genre of music. It’s sick.Made up of brothers Ron and Russell Mael, Sparks has been one of the most influential yet least known bands of the last 40 years. But Johnny depp is a malignant narcissist, a man, and wealthy as all get out. Vilified and not believed, regardless of what any abuse survivor could recognize as a fellow survivor instantly. While the last thing survivors need is more blame, our society supports a narrative that blames the objectively innocent party because the blatantly guilty party has spent their entire lives fabricating a persona and we’re just being human, and human psychology is quite counterintuitive especially in the context of trauma. Never actually understand, even if they try, because all they see is you, on fire, screaming about the arsonist that no one ever sees, and who has been spreading lies about your alleged mental instability, deceptive personality, etc. Anyways, I especially relate to her midnights becoming afternoons, complex PTSD often leads to this phenomenon, whether due to purposeful sleep deprivation by the abuser, or just hyper vigilance associated with the PTSD, along with the fear of facing people, especially your loved ones, who funny how you say the words domestic violence, abuse, abuse survivor and boom the subject changes. The abuser has no anxieties, no emotional pain, or salience/memory for that matter, so the survivor appears to be the crazy one, obsessed with the abuse and that buzzword that seems to ignite arguments about diagnosing people without a degree, etc. I believe this is another amazingly on point and nuanced commentary on the insanity that follows emotionally abusive relationships. I know I won't be leaving here (with you)
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