Ep. 4: It’s a Vibe (Not a Fun One)
Episode 4: It’s a Vibe (Not a Fun One), 02/12/2021
Listen on SoundCloud
Listen on MixCloud
Episode 4: Extras
On today’s episode of SWDW, I briefly touch on concepts like prison abolition and abolishing the police.
I wanted to quickly send you all some links in case you are interested in reading on this subject further.
Dismantle the Racist Prison System!
You may have heard “Silver Spoon” a track off of the SADEVILLIAN mixtape featuring MFDOOM, Sade, and mixed by SeanH. You’re gonna wanna listen to this whole tape, so I’m putting the SoundCloud link right here. You’re welcome, homie.
Okay, cuties, transcript to today’s episode and track listing below.
SWSD Ep. 4 Transcript
What is up, friends? Welcome, welcome, welcome. You are here, again on this Friday, joining me for Sally Whoever Does Whatever. How are ya? Well, I hope you’re doing great and happy Valentine's Day Weekend ya little lovebirdies. I kinda love Valentine’s Day, I love holidays in general but I do think they bring out a certain level of angst in all of us. It’s like my favorite word right now, I’m exploring angst quite a bit these days. Well, regardless about how you feel about this weekend and the holiday, thank you for joining me here today, I appreciate your company so much and I’m happy you’re here.
And I’m extra thankful and happy for those of you who who slid into my DMs to talk to me about your interest in true crime interest this past week. It was a really interesting conversation. , I had a good time chatting with you guys. The answers definitely were widely varied as to why people are interested in true crime, murder mysteries, but there was definitely a common thread of an interest of exploring what people are really capable of. I also discovered that one of us shared a common childhood experience of coming face to face with ultimately...violent and untimely death, something I experienced when I was younger, one of you were also discussing with me, that I guess perhaps, maybe kinda set us up to both be seeking out thrill and danger. I’m not sure on that one, but it is something I want to work through at some point, but not here, not today.
I also had some great conversations about true crime shows and podcasts and the many ways they kinda work against abolition work, as in, they encourage a carceral society focused on punishment rather than community care and rehabilitation, which is, you know, the foundation of prison abolition work. Over here at Sally Whoever Does Whatever we believe in abolition, okay? I believe in abolition. If you don’t, you can still join me but that’s my stance and I would really like for you to explore why you are so connected to the concept of punishment in a privatized, carceral system like the one we have here in America. I’m not a fan.
Some of you did for sure mention you liking to watch these shows or listening to these podcasts because it does at times highlight the ineptitude of detective work and police work at times, which I can identify with because when I was younger and would watch “Cops” with my parents, I always rooted for the person running away from the cops. You know, I’m a fan of the under dog, at the end of the day, I’m always rooting for the team that people think are gonna lose. That’s just who I am.
Anyway, you guys are the best. I’m trying not to say “you guys” so much because it’s, you know, a gendered term, but I’m from the Midwest and not just the Midwest, this tiny ass place in the Midwest where we don’t say “ya’ll”, we don’t say “ya’ll” as an easy replacement, we just say “hey you guys,” you know that’s just like how we talk. I’m working on it. I’m gonna take it one day at a time. So forgive me if I slip up, but I’m gonna work on it.
Anyway, thanks for chatting with me, I love chatting with you guys, it’s my favorite thing when we can connect in the DMs after these shows, I love it. I love it! So, keep it up!
So how’s everybody doing? You guys doing good this week, you have plans this weekend?
Gonna be creative for Valentine’s Day? Let me know, I’m interested in hearing how people are kinda experiencing Valentine’s Day in the time of Corona because everything is like a new interesting experience these days, hey?
Anyway, I’m feeling a bit like wallowing this week, that’s for sure. Because, for example, Today, I’m supposed to be doing nothing but resting. I was working extra hard on some stuff yesterday, essentially doing physical labor for like 15 hours, and today I was like, I really need to honor my body. Part of the reason I quit my registered nursing job was to really find a way to rest and I’m struggling with that so much. I am addicted to being busy. And I’m rediscovering this because I think when I was like 11 I can remember also being addicted to being busy. I vividly recall being in the back seat of my choir teachers car on the way to practice, crying because I had over committed myself and had an extracurricular every single day that week.
And, I’m still doing that now. For example, when I was working, if we had a goal of say turning 35 things in every single week, I would routinely kill myself to turn in 45 things, just to make sure I stay not just meeting the metrics but like over-achieving them. And it’s such a problem. It’s such a problem because I just. I really need to re-evaluate my relationship with rest and I just don’t know where to start. So, if you guys have tips, I would love to hear them. I love following “The Nap Ministry” on Instagram, they’ve been really helpful. I’ve been sharing anti-grind culture content from there for quite awhile but again, apparently I’m struggling to integrate those theories into my own life. Yeah, so, I’m tired, I’m in my feelings today. Folks, that’s just where we’re at. Okay? So bear with me.
I just feel like wallowing. Remember last week when I was like, “if you’re doing anything above wallowing, I’m so proud of you?” No, this week if you are just wallowing, I’m proud of you because you know what, at least we’re real. Okay? Those of us stuck in this wallowing situation, we’re just being real. And it’s a holiday weekend and I think a lot of people feel a little like wallowing during that time. I’m gonna go with it.
I just feel like collectively, as a people, we are all in this dramatic and pining phase. I mean that’s how it seems to me. We’re Pining, People. Pining. It seems like we’re all filled with a sense of missing on something or missing out on something. Maybe we just can’t put our finger on it but there’s just like an ache for times that we’ve never had, past eras of our current relationships, or past eras of just our lives in general, missing out parties we can’t attend, people we may never meet now because of our you know, trajectory...it’s a vibe guys, it’s a vibe I can feel it, it’s not a fun one, but we’re in it.
But, then again, I think there is something a little beautiful about that too. I mean, if you’re pining it means you’ve still got the energy to kind of imagine “what ifs” and what you might have, and what you might be missing. And in a way that feels a little bit like optimism. And optimism is kinda neat, don’t ya think.
You know, this is Sally Whoever Does Whatever and today I’m feeling like just jumping into the music. Because I have some good shit for you today, that’s why! I mean I’m gonna play some really wallowly funk and soul, love songs because...of course hellooooo, I’m in my feelings. And we’re being honest over here at Sally Whoever Does Whatever and I feel like love, tenderness, and a vague shadow of absence. Right now, that’s how I’m feeling, so let’s just sit here together and let that feeling rest as it is and wallow in it for a little bit.
Does that sound okay with you? Okay, cool. Here we go, let’s get started.
Alright everybody, I hope you enjoyed that! Normally I practice once or twice before I run through but I did not today for this set so if the transitions were wack, my bad, I was just kinda going with how I felt. I was not in the mood to sit and practice and I don’t know like I said, I’m in a mood. But, I’m starting to feel better. So whether or not it sounded good, it felt good doing it!
Happy Valentine’d Day and Happy Valentine’s Day Weekends, I hope you guys get a lot of rest, I hope you come visit me over at “Sally.Whoever” on Instagram and say “hey” cause I sure love chatting with you guys. Let me know if you get any rest in this weekend, I’m gonna do my very best to do the same. You know, it’s tough for me, but I’m gonna try it!
Okay, friends, give me a like, give me a follow, give me a share over at Instagram, tell your friends, I hope they can join us. I really enjoy my time with ya. So let’s do it again next week. If you need a transcript of today’s episode or any episode of Sally Whoever Does Whatever, you can find that on my blog on my website, link is in the bio. I hope you guys have an amazing weekend, amazing Valentine’s Day. Celebrate with those you love, family, friends, partners all those count, fight the establishment and just show love all year round. That helps too.
Okay, I’m out. Talk to you friends later.
