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Apparently Billy Joel has thought a lot about WE DIDN'T START THE FIRE and really isn't sure if he likes it..

From the Far Out Magazine article by Tom Taylor:

Serving as a paradigm to this puzzle is his biggest single, ‘We Didn’t Start the Fire’. It is as vilified as it is timeless. Joel, once again, pitches himself between those two poles. But he shouldn’t. It is a masterpiece of the highest order. In the song, he charts his way through history in an abridged manner that condenses knowledge like microchip science.  He weaves his way through manic modern history to arrive at the message that society is simply predisposed to unruly chaos. He pairs this in a postmodern fashion with a maelstrom of synth-driven music to add to the feeling of society’s unstoppable combustion. With a ceaseless tempo, it races into the future, screaming “trouble in the Sueeeeeeeez!” (Only with more eees than our copy editor would allow me). However, it is the inherent contemporary cheesiness of this music that Joel feels hamstrings the clever thesis of the track. Speaking about the much-maligned masterpiece on We Didn’t Start the Fire: The History Podcast, Joel said of his 1989 single, “The only thing I’ve heard about that song from people is, ‘I hate song!’ Some people hate that song.”  He continued, “It’s one of the most hated things I ever wrote! And I don’t get the hate.” However, even Joel, in his mild defence, admitted that he is ambivalent towards it, musing that it is clever, catchy, and affecting, but he just wishes it was cooler. Many have had similar thoughts in a more generalised sense. Especially when faced with Joel’s sunglasses choice in the video.

Kelly Curtis, an actress and the sister of Jamie Lee Curtis, died on Saturday. She was 69.

The one thing that the judge said during sentencing was interesting.. she predicted the prisoner would not get out of jail in 15 years..

So that makes a story like this all the more poignant:

Nearly three years into her 15-years-to-life sentence for a deadly Strongsville crash, Mackenzie Shirilla has racked up 36 prison conduct reports, according to records obtained by 3News. Records show Shirilla was found guilty in 32 cases and not guilty in three, while one disposition was not listed. When Shirilla entered the Ohio Reformatory for Women in Marysville on Aug. 31, 2023, records show she went months without a conduct report. That changed in May 2024, when she received her first report and was later found guilty of being "out of place."

Meanwhile dad has gotten himself in a jam post documentary.. Steve Shirilla was removed from his position as an art and digital media teacher at Mary Queen of Peace School..

And he names HIMSELF as the headliner for the event..

Welcome to the new 250th George..

Don't they know thays where Mother Abigail lives ??