Nebraska, "Pintxos"

What kind of curse is this?

You know the ancient curse Hittite curse that goes, “May you live forever, but only in the sense that each day seems like it will never end and each night goes on and on because you are sick with worry and unable to sleep through it, and the terror you feel is actually fully justified instead of being the usual generalized anxiety that comes with human consciousness, and you grow fearful of hearing news from the world because you know it can only be bad, and when you finally stop to breathe and reflect you realize that this horrible period of unbearable dread that seems as if it has been part of your life for so long hasn’t even been happening for two full weeks yet, how fucking crazy is that?” It always struck me as oddly specific and strange, but now it makes a lot more sense. They were a remarkably wise people, the Hittites. Too bad they were [checks Wikipedia] vanquished by the Neo-Assyrian Empire in the 8th century BC.

Anyway, back here in our cursed existence there is still at least music to be had. This one gets a little jazzy in the middle but some people — cultured people — like that. I feel like those of you who don’t should learn how to appreciate it in the brief time we’ve got left. You don’t want to go to your grave as a philistine, right? And I don’t mean the [checks Google] non-Semitic people of ancient southern Palestine, who fought the Israelites in the 11th century BC. I mean it in the modern sense of the word. You know what I’m talking about. Anyway, enjoy.