I dated a woman who put her son in front of a tablet or Xbox while she ran out to the club all night. She couldn't even wait until it was their dad's weekend to have them. She would just straight up sit her son in front of a tablet, run off to the Los Angeles nightclubs until 4AM, and then consider herself a primary candidate for "Mother of the Year." Her son was in middle-school and still couldn't even fucking read. The poor kid was neglected. Both of her children from her past relationship were in special needs classes because they were not stimulated or educated at home. What the fuck did you think was going to happen when you put a device aimed at adults (a computer) in front a child with unrestricted and unregulated access. You only have yourself to blame for your own piss-poor parenting skills, or lack-thereof. Child neglect. Google it. Meanwhile, I was reading Michael Crichton books when I was in jr high. My sister taught me how to read before I even start...
"The world is in chaos! Humans are
psychologically mad & crazy. Are we in the final innings of the
human experiment? As we look around, we can either fill ourselves with
rage, feelings of hopelessness & sadness, or we can create art
inspired by the madness… and that’s proFESSional!
Said to be one of the most exciting bands to emerge this year – that’s Stooges-exciting, Pixies-exciting, Queens Of The Stone Age-exciting… proFESSional’s latest single TELEVISION is now switched on & out there for all to hear. On it, vocalist Mani sings “I saw the news & now I’m scared to leave the house / I saw it all on television” – which presumably goes some way to suggesting that the revolution will be televised whether we like it or not! Mani continues “…
television lays bear the profound impact of today’s media culture &
the existential dread channelled directly into our homes. It delivers a
commentary on the overwhelming & ridiculously disturbing overload
of information that we all consume on a daily basis…”
With a video to accompany the release directed by Archie McCallum (better known by his screen name Franko_flint) & featuring Dylan Smith (Lord of the Rings, Maze Runner), the band are seen performing the song while being trapped inside a television set.
So who are proFESSional &
how did it all begin? Three musicians called Rob, Paul & Marco meet
Croatian physical therapist Mani & talk about forming a band. Mani
starts humming guitar riffs in their ears… “na-na, na-na, na-na”, that
kind of thing – then he starts sending voice notes & on it goes. It
soon transpires that the riffs & the lyrics come to Mani at the
same time since they’re formed out of the same idea. Some music scholars
like to call this doubling: we just think of it as what proFESSional do.
proFESSional are
Mani (vocals), Rob Hennebry (guitars), Paul Fifield (guitars), Marco
Gaspari (bass) & Jonny Brister (drums). In terms of
flavours/influences, think Stooges, think Hives or Fontaines DC… that sort of thing. Or at least that’s when they’re not reminding you of Buzzcocks, Swell Maps or Spizz… or
something else that’s been preserved in a time capsule &
transported from 1978. That’s right: there’s nothing 1977 about them at
all.
Having just wowed a packed house when they headlined Islington’s O2, proFESSional will be playing with the Levellers at Margate’s Dreamland (12th Nov) as well as with The Luka State at Brighton’s Green Store Door (14th Nov) & London’s 100 Club (16th Nov).
With
further single releases that tackle the darker side of society’s
celebrity culture between now & their album release in the summer of
2025, proFESSional are definitely a band to watch out for. Now then, just turn off the television… you know you want to!"
