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What stage of capitalism is it when the song Big Rock Candy Mountain is aspirational?

Folk music has been getting me a lot lately. Getting me in a way that the current music hasn't. This is not a diatribe against pop, but more of an acknowledgement of my perspective shifting. I think I'm seeing more of myself in the media I listen to and consume.

I've been on a kick of mobster and crime dramas. The Sopranos being the biggest "offender" har har har. But a few months ago I also watched all of Boardwalk Empire, a show that has much fewer jokes but a lot punchier writing. While feeling the gap that Steve Buscemi and company left, I gave O Brother, Where Art Thou a spin and bounced off of it in a way I didn't expect.

But the music. My god, how entchanting. I think a lot of the Grecian epic that the movie is based on when I hear it. Big Rock Candy Mountain playing as three convicts run from captivity, then going on to belt out "A Man of Constant Sorrow". The baptism song got me as well.

I think the Coen brothers are quite striking, but if I'm honest, the film is a bit of a miss for me. There is a slant to the comedy that feels past its prime. Burn After Reading, Fargo, and A Serious Man are more relatable to the current day and that's what I'm pining for. I should give No Country for Old Men another go.

It's a struggle out there and I think it's easier than ever to be "out of touch" with the circumstances that brought us here. I feel it personally in the way that information is more accessible than ever. I don't want it anymore. I would give it all up if I never had to see another opinion on an opinion ever again.

But let's get real; My thoughts are what's becoming obsolete.

I'm fortunate enough to be working full time at a job that keeps me above the average salary for my millenial peers. It supports a two person household(plus cats that don't even attempt to contribute whatsoever). What I need, and maybe what others look for, is a mirror. Not a looking glass.