2021-01-25 - 1920's music 
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As the actual world is currently a bit depressing, i switched off 
the normal radio to listen to some good old 1920's music i still 
had laying around. And it immediately cheered me up. In some very 
odd way it seems quite appropriate music for hanging out in CLI. 
Don't know why, but i'm pretty sure it's just a weird association
i have somewhere in my brain for some reason.

I think a benefit of switching off the radio is that you don't hear 
the news. Over here, every radio station features a news bulletin 
every 30 minutes(!). Since i only tune in to radio to listen to 
music, this is pretty annoying and distracting. I wouldn't mind 
hearing news once in every x amount of days, or maybe not even at 
all. If there's very important news, you'd hear it from people 
around you anyway. Or maybe read the occasional headline from the 
newspapers laying in the shops.

For me personally it is good to stay aware of - and minimize - the 
amount of information i'm subjected to every day. Most information 
especially news is irrelevant and doesn't need my attention or 
opinion. There's riots here, some scandal there, and everything is 
on fire and we're all doomed. Great, i'd rather just tune out and 
enjoy reading a book, computering a little and drinking tea. It 
very much alters my mood to be more positive. And it's better for 
me to be happy and shielded off a bit from the world, than to 
follow everything and become a gloomy individual.

As the bald guy in the Matrix said; Ignorance is bliss :) Ooh, 
'Spread A Little Happiness' from the New Mayfair Dance Orchestra is 
playing. I quite like this song. I think i will perform a small 
festive, isolated, solitary dance before i go to bed.