So many men, so little time

So many men, so little time

...

Which has got to be the most ironic

Tragic

And prophetic

Song title

Of all time

...

So many men, so little time

The late 70s disco/ HiNRG classic

Cos it started off meaning one thing

And ended up meaning another

Very... another

Cos those men, they had so little time

And no-one knew it

But they were mainly doomed

Which is a terrible thing to have to think about during the song

And renders it near unlistenable

It makes me want to cry

...

Has anyone out there read And The Band Played On

By Randy Shiltz

About the early days of the AIDS epidemic?... 78-85

It is the best journalistic book i have ever read

And everyone should read it to understand the consequences of stupidity and callousness

And if you ever need to be angry for any reason

Then read it

It will make you mad as hell

The apocalypse is unfolding and no-one does anything

The word condom isn’t used until half way through it

And i’ve read alot of books about mass murder

Alot

Too many

And that book should be in that list

Cos its how prejudice

And petty ambition

And institutional logjams can kill

As surely as a Stalinist economic policy can kill

...

And if you ever need to be angry for any reason

Then read it

It will make you mad as hell

It did me

Mr Bloody Gallo, only one step up from Mengele in the nadir of science

Jesus Christ it made me angry

I went round Vancouver looking for someone, anyone, to shout at

In the end i found an old gay activist journalist

Who was around at the time

And knew his stuff

And so i shouted at him

[it seemed safer]

...

I was so mad my show got five minutes shorter

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So many men, so little time