Slope of Hope Blog Posts

Slope initially began as a blog, so this is where most of the website’s content resides. Here we have tens of thousands of posts dating back over a decade. These are listed in reverse chronological order. Click on any category icon below to see posts tagged with that particular subject, or click on a word in the category cloud on the right side of the screen for more specific choices.

Bummer

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I happened across this song today, which took me back to my childhood and the oh-so-bummer 1970s (maybe that's why my personality is so bearish……) It's amazing that a song like this was actually a hit. I guess it speaks to the social mood of the times.

Incredibly, the artist lightened up the lyrics to make them less suicide-inducing. ("Jacks' revisions tended to add a bit of ambiguity as to the nature of the storyteller's demise, allowing listeners the option to choose whether the death is from suicide over a failed life – quite possibly to escape drug addiction – or someone accepting death from natural causes, or cancer. References to a cheating wife were also removed.")

 

Cool and Appropriate 80s Song

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My musical knowledge stopped building around 1991, and my favorite music is, of course, from the 1980s (I’m dating myself, I know; but it’s not like anyone else would date me).

I don’t have the actual music video – – embedding of it doesn’t seem to be allowed – – although I have fond memories of the bad-ass bald drummer wailing away in it. Here’s the music, though…..

UPDATE! A kind Sloper sent him the embed code for the actual music video – check it out!!

A Nostalgic Look at Happier Times

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I am at my most creative and content when things are going my way. Because of that, late 2008 and early 2009 were met with an outpouring of writing and videos from yours truly, including the gem below, which I had almost forgotten about. How I miss those days when the only happy people on the planet were me and my fellow Slopers. May God see that we can enjoy such a world again.

If you haven't seen it, watch the video. You will be overcome with wistful yearnings.