I'm finally coming out about this.

I have spent a large part of my life denying this, to myself and to those I love and respect, but I just can't keep it to myself any more. I have tried to suffer through it, to keep my mouth shut, even to immerse myself in it, hoping in vain to resolve this issue, but I cannot fight this part of me anymore. So here it is: I can't fucking stand Jane's Addiction. The music is good, the hooks are great, even the lyrics are fine, but Perry Ferrell's voice has got to be one of the worst in rock history. His nasally, whiny tone and inability to hit the right pitch even on a professional recording are second to none, and unlike Gordon Gano or Chino Moreno, his awful voice isn't endearing in its sincerity. It's just terrible. Everything about the way he performs is artifice, and he makes no attempt to cover it up. They are over-rated hacks.

Fuck them.

Since no one else is saying it...

Re: "The Verdict"

If you got all the blood you lusted for, you'd fucking drown in it.

So, freulein Anthony got away with it, you say. The unfortunate truth here is she will forever be the only person who knows what really happened. I can tell you something that I know, though: reading Us weekly and watching a few Nancy Grace meltdowns does not make me a justice expert, and doesn't give me some supernatural ability to know what happened better than twelve men and women who spent every damn day for six weeks buried in the details. The predisposition towards assumptions of guilt in our culture is well documented, and she was crucified in the court of public opinion the moment charges were brought against her. She could have been gloriously and widely cleared, and she'd be just as fucked.

The fact is that reading and watching about a case, even voraciously, will NEVER leave you more qualified to render judgement than the twelve people sitting on that bench. It might feel like it, and you might want "justice" because you want someone, ANYONE, to hang for whatever crime-du-jour is at issue, but there's a reason we did our best to get rid of lynch-mobs. Facebook is the new town square, and loudly thirsting for blood is just pointless there.

Some final thoughts:

~I know some of you will accuse me of defending her. Go for it. I applaud your reading ability.

~I did not follow this trial, as I generally do not follow sensationalist bullshit, so don't come blabbering to me about the "details of the case". I do not care, nor will I ever, about what you think really happened.

~I am deeply cynical, and sleep soundly at night knowing everyone is guilty of many bad things. For all I care the court reporter did it.

~Mistaking punishment for justice is common; desiring one above the other is masturbating the darker parts of your soul.

~Everyone already has plenty of awful shit to deal with. Stop making another family's tragedy your own.