Bob Schwartz

July 8, 2025

Money by Pink Floyd

Money, get back
I’m alright, Jack, keep your hands off of my stack
Money, it’s a hit
Don’t give me that do goody-good bullshit

When Pink Floyd released the album Dark Side of the Moon in 1973, they were already successful creatively and commercially. But not nearly as successful and rich as they would become in the decades ahead.

So was the track Money on Dark Side observational, critical, ironic, aspirational or all those? Anyway, it is uncannily right on the moment…and the money.

Money, get away
Get a good job with more pay, and you’re okay
Money, it’s a gas
Grab that cash with both hands and make a stash

New car, caviar, four-star daydream
Think I’ll buy me a football team

Money, get back
I’m alright, Jack, keep your hands off of my stack
Money, it’s a hit
Don’t give me that do goody-good bullshit

I’m in the hi-fidelity first class travelling set
And I think I need a Learjet

Money, it’s a crime
Share it fairly, but don’t take a slice of my pie
Money, so they say
Is the root of all evil today

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July 8, 2025

Moon + Clouds @ Sunset

Are these photos “real”?

Sometimes our discussions these days sound less like analysis by scientists and philosophers and more like a bunch of people sitting around stoned and asking “What is reality, man?”

In this case, that is the moon and those are clouds and the sun was setting (though the moon was not rising and the sun was not setting; the earth was turning). The light fell on a camera sensor and the data was recorded on a memory card. I know all this because I was there and experienced it.

And yet if you or I asked an AI image generator to create this exact picture, or something close, it could. In fact, if you thought the cloud formations were not quite right or if you wanted more and different colors than the sunset created, you could get that.

So what is reality, man?

A great question. And an amazing sky.

© 2025 by Bob Schwartz

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