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the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-seven years and one million words

Kokubunji, 2021.07.31

I've had my second vaccination, in a small clinic in the neighborhood (Kokubunji). It was in my arm within minutes of arrival, it's hard to believe with this sort of Japanese efficiency that the whole country isn't already vaccinated. I didn't know whether I'd actually get this second shot, because many people have reported cancellations by their local city or ward. Really, it was a bit of added tension that I really didn't need in 2021. I'm very thankful the local city has their act together because there were 10,000 new COVID cases across the country on Thursday—7,000 cases in Tokyo alone.

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For a long time I was very bitter that the people who controlled the means of anybody ever hearing my songs were never gonna play them. They only favored music that I specifically and particularly hated, and I wanted them dead. Suddenly, there was another avenue. I started hearing my stuff coming out of bars and then it started to happen little by little -- a movie song here or a TV ad there.

—Iggy Pop