Did I go too far?


Monday, March 13, 2023

Blazing Reader:

On Saturday, I released my son Jonah's long-awaited "Covidian Lies" music video. In retrospect, I'm concerned that certain suicide scenes (see above) may have been inappropriate, insensitive or too disturbing.

If you haven't seen the music video yet, you can watch it on Rumble or Bitchute.

YouTube's already banned the video — but not because of the suicide scenes. Instead, YouTube emailed to say "we think [the video] violates our medical misinformation policy" with "claims about COVID-19 vaccinations that contradict expert consensus from local health authorities or the World Health Organization..."

AnyWHO, I'm referring to the part when Jonah sings:

'Cause when someone commits suicide
If they had symptoms before they died
I've heard of doctors blaming it on COVID
It looks like they've been bribed.

During those lyrics, I briefly show clips from one of my favourite movies, Groundhog Day. In this metaphysical comedic masterpiece, Bill Murray's character — a disgruntled weatherman — is caught in a time loop, reliving the same day over and over. He eventually resorts to suicide to end his temporal imprisonment. But such efforts only result in him waking up at 6am and the day starting over once again.

As Bill Murray's character later says (while binge eating desserts): "I'm an immortal. I have been stabbed, shot, burned, frozen, electrocuted. I'm a god.... Not the God. Just a god."

But in the context of the "Covidian Lies" music video it's not obvious he's an immortal actor.

So please let me know your opinion: You can watch (or re-watch) the music video on Rumble or Bitchute, then email me and let me know...
  1. Whether you've already seen the movie Groundhog Day or not.
  2. Your emotional reaction to the suicide scenes.
  3.  Whether you think those clips should stay or go.
Stay sane & avoid time loops,

John C. A. Manley



John C. A. Manley is the author of Much Ado About Corona: A Dystopian Love Story, the forthcoming All The Humans Are Sleeping and other works of speculative fiction. Get free samples of his stories by becoming a Blazing Pine Cone email subscriber at: https://blazingpinecone.com/subscribe/