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Slow Murder / Straight Panic

by Slow Murder / Straight Panic

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LESTER KINGSOLVING: Larry, does the President have any reaction to the announcement—the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta, that AIDS is now an epidemic and have over 600 cases? MR. SPEAKES: What’s AIDS? LESTER KINGSOLVING: Over a third of them have died. It’s known as “gay plague.” (Laughter.) No, it is. I mean it’s a pretty serious thing that one in every three people that get this have died. And I wondered if the President is aware of it? MR. SPEAKES: I don’t have it. Do you? (Laughter.) LESTER KINGSOLVING: No, I don’t. MR. SPEAKES: You didn’t answer my question. LESTER KINGSOLVING: Well, I just wondered, does the President— MR. SPEAKES: How do you know? (Laughter.) LESTER KINGSOLVING: In other words, the White House looks on this as a great joke? MR. SPEAKES: No, I don’t know anything about it, Lester. LESTER KINGSOLVING: Does the President, does anybody in the White House know about this epidemic, Larry? MR. SPEAKES: I don’t think so. I don’t think there’s been any— LESTER KINGSOLVING: Nobody knows? MR. SPEAKES: There has been no personal experience here, Lester. LESTER KINGSOLVING: No, I mean, I thought you were keeping— MR. SPEAKES: I checked thoroughly with Dr. Ruge this morning and he’s had no—(laughter)—no patients suffering from AIDS or whatever it is. LESTER KINGSOLVING: The President doesn’t have gay plague, is that what you’re saying or what? MR. SPEAKES: No, I didn’t say that. LESTER KINGSOLVING: Didn’t say that? MR. SPEAKES: I thought I heard you on the State Department over there. Why didn’t you stay there? (Laughter.) LESTER KINGSOLVING: Because I love you, Larry, that’s why. (Laughter.) MR. SPEAKES: Oh, I see. Just don’t put it in those terms, Lester. (Laughter.) LESTER KINGSOLVING: Oh, I retract that. MR. SPEAKES: I hope so. ------ MR. SPEAKES: Not true. (Laughter.) Fairy tales are not true, and this one's true. Lester's ears perked up when you said "fairies." (Laughter.) He has an abiding interest in that. LESTER KINGSOLVING: [...] request for Federal Assistance for MR. SPEAKES: The President has been involved in uh, been briefed on the AIDS situation a number of months ago in a cabinet meeting and ordered that high priority be given to research matters on it. The Center for Disease Control has been involved for some time. The President will continue to be updated. We have recently asked that $12 million dollars be reprogrammed for research on AIDS. That's the extent of the President's involvement. LESTER KINGSOLVING: Larry, does the President think it might help if he suggested that the gays cut down on their cruising? MR. SPEAKES: (Laughter.) LESTER KINGSOLVING: I didn't hear your answer, Larry. MR. SPEAKES: I just was acknowledging your interest in this subject. LESTER KINGSOLVING: You don't think it would help if the gays cut down on their cruising? MR. SPEAKES: We're researching it. If we come up with any research that sheds some light on if gays should cruise or not cruise, we'll make available to you. (Laughter.) Lester's beginning to circle now, you moved to the front. Go ahead. LESTER KINGSOLVING: The Center for Disease Control in Atlanta (Complaints.) Can I ask the question? MR. SPEAKES: Go ahead. LESTER KINGSOLVING: An estimated 300,000 people have been exposed to AIDS, which can be transmitted through saliva. Will the President, as Commander-in-Chief, take steps to protect armed forces food and medical services from AIDS patients or those who run the risk of spreading AIDS in the same manner that they prevent Typhoid Fever people from being involved in health or food services? MR. SPEAKES: I have no (Overlapping.) LESTER KINGSOLVING: Is the President concerned about this subject, Larry? MR. SPEAKES: I haven't heard him express any concern. LESTER KINGSOLVING: ... the reaction in here ... MR. SPEAKES: I haven't heard him LESTER KINGSOLVING: No but, is he gonna do anything, Larry? MR. SPEAKES: Lester, I have not heard him express anything on it. LESTER KINGSOLVING: You mean he has expressed no opinion about this epidemic? MR. SPEAKES: No but, I must confess I haven't asked him about it. (Laughter.) LESTER KINGSOLVING: Would you ask him, Larry? MR. SPEAKES: Have you been checked? LESTER KINGSOLVING: I didn't hear the answer. MR. SPEAKES: (Laughter.) It's hard work. I don't get paid enough. Is there anything else we need to do here?
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Also noch einen Augenblick. Daß sie mir immer wieder den Strick zerschneiden. Neulich war ich so gut bereit und es war schon ein wenig Ewigkeit in meinen Eingeweiden. Halten sie mir den Löffel her diesen Löffel Leben. Nein ich will und ich will nicht mehr, laßt mich mich übergeben. Ich weiß das Leben ist gar und gut und die Welt ist ein voller Topf, aber mir geht es nicht ins Blut mir steigt es nur zu Kopf. Andere nährt es, mich macht es krank; begreift, daß man’s verschmäht. Mindestens ein Jahrtausend lang brauch ich jetzt Diät.

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released July 9, 2021

Art/Design/Layout by T. Boettner
This is Jouissance du Rien #018

A. Recorded Oct 2020 - Jan 2021
Recorded/mixed/mastered by Slow Murder
Featuring equipment by Ian Watson
Queer Noise Forever
Wales, UK
slowmurder.bandcamp.com

B. Recorded April 2020, New Orleans, LA
straightpanic.bandcamp.com

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2017-2022

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