This week has been stressful.

I’ve got a music review for you, and a potential film review (if there’s interest in reading about The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus let me know), yet it seems a bit difficult to post such things right now. I know that art is one of the coping mechanisms that I look towards when I’m experiencing grief, pain, and depression (which makes it difficult to review something critically), and that art does survive devastation and destruction.

La Macha posted commentary by Naomi Klein from Democracy Now about who is profiting from what is going on in Haiti. I completely agree with Klein who states “we need to make sure that the aid that goes to Haiti is grants not loans.” I’ve been listening to Omar Rodriguez Lopez’s 2009 album Old Money a lot this week, and I find that it fits pretty well into this conversation as it has helped me cope in various ways. Here’s the title track that I find ironically soothing and calming. This is also a hint as to what to expect for the next Radio VL music review!

Paz