The Morning Zeitgeist- Or In and Around the Web.

That's funny.  I don't think anyone has used the word zeitgeist since Bush II became president- it was just too depressing to think about.

I was listening to the beeb this morning while exorcising.  A good 20 minute program comparing soap operas to Greek tragedy.  Or at least, asking if there was a reason to compare the two.  Too bad I can't understand half of what they say...

But it beats the All Tiger, All the Time news.  Anyhow, this led into a link on my ipod to some "underground" art movement out in Cali, which led to a link to a particular image I've been trying to find off and on for years (Appetite for Destruction), which led me to remember a more comfortable image that used to appear every morning on local TV.

This was a card, a drawing of a rooster to the left, a sunrise to the right, and maybe a cup of coffee (or a barn?) in the middle.  This may have been captioned "Community Bulletin Board" or may have not.  It seems to me that it was some sort of thing where an announcer would read off events of the coming day.  Or maybe not.

What I do remember is that this music would play.  It's well-known but I can't find out what it is at the moment.  It had a tick-tock sound behind it, and a simple rising melody that resolved after 4 measures.  Then it would repeat.  As a child I would watch this motionless image of the rooster and the sunrise and listen to the music over and over (for a while.  Not sure how long it lasted, but I was probably there with it the whole time)

Is it any wonder that I am now drawn to Appetite for Destruction?