Melodies Of A Misanthrope

By Eric Le Roy

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Years ago, as I was ‘coming of age’, so to speak, in the 1960s, the place I most wanted to be was Greenwich Village in New York. This was where the folk scene (in the musical sense) evolved commercially, meaning that the general public started taking notice of it. Of course, the very idea of ‘commercialism’ (abhorrent then, as now, to many who Read the rest

The Ghosts At The Door Of The Church

By Eric Le Roy

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Content 18+ I used to ask myself a question which, though I now know my choice, continues to nibble at me like mice in the basement of my psyche. The question was this: If I had the opportunity to live the life of every human being who ever existed – one by one – would I? I test my memory, twisting road that it … Read the rest

The Noise of Identity

DALL·E 2025 02 06 17 06 32 A figure standing alone in a vast desert of television screens, each screen displaying endless political debates, news anchors, and ideological symbol

Content 16+ Every morning, in the quiet of homes far removed from the centers of power, people pick up their phones, turn on their televisions, and engage in the latest battle of ideological warfare. They argue over policies that will never touch them, defend leaders who do not know their names, and demonize people they have never met. A man in Paris rages about Trump. A woman in Madrid despises … Read the rest