head over to mlk s memorial site. and, all sharpton just finished a rousing speech here. this isn t a celebration, even oh you re going to hear music by jaime, and you might see people dancing. it s a recommitment, it s a remembrance, it s a refocusing, as people talk about all of the different issues going on in this country right now. we heard sharpton talk about the end of roe v. wade. we have heard people here talk about climate change, environmental impacts, and how that affects young people of color all over this country. and that are some of the issues that have really galvanized people here today. there are also so many elders here, lindsey, who were here 60 years ago. they were kids on their parents shoulders, listen to doctor king s original speech. take a listen to my conversation with a woman who not only was here 60 years ago at the steps, but who also was a witness, down the street from the bombing in birmingham, alabama, take a listen.
Steely Dan's songs of monied decadence, druggy disconnection and self-destructive escapism seemed satirically extreme way back when. Now they just seem prophetic.