Human Conflict
Number Five
(Album title, 10,000 Maniacs)

This album contains
Planned Obsolescence:

science
is truth for life
watch religion fall obsolete
science
will be truth for life
technology as nature
science
truth for life
in fortran tongue the
answer

with wealth and prominence
man so near perfection
possession
it’s an absence of interim
secure no demurrer
defense against divine
defense against his true
image
human conflict number five
discovery
dissolved all illusion
mystery
destroyed with conclusion
and illusion never restored

any modern man can see
that religion is
obsolete

piety
obsolete
ritual
obsolete
martyrdom
obsolete
prophetic vision
obsolete
mysticism
obsolete
commitment
obsolete
sacrament
obsolete
revelation
obsolete

Secrets of the I Ching
(Album title, 10,000 Maniacs)

Time of this entry: 2:56:37

Question suggested by the
lottery in the state of Grace
(Kelly) on the night Sinatra died:

What is 256 about?

Answer: 37.

In other words…

37. The Family (The Clan)

For details, see Log24,
11 AM Sunday, October 16:

Philadelphia Stories.

Today’s Birthday:
Natalie Merchant

From Wikipedia:

“Hope Chest:
The Fredonia Recordings 1982-1983
is a 1990 album by 10,000 Maniacs.
It compiles tracks from their early releases
Human Conflict Number Five and
Secrets of the I Ching.”

For Natalie,
a new web page summing up the
benefits of a Fredonia education:
Certified Crank