"...Early morning, April four / Shot rings out in the Memphis sky..."

Brussels :"Pulvérisés sur l’autel de la violence éternelle "

In regard to today's terrorist attacks in Brussels, I don't have any pronouncements as important as the prescriptions for more torture from Donald Trump or Muslim-neighborhood harassment from Ted Cruz, but I can't get this song from 2002 out of my mind, so I'll share this.

"Manhattan-Kaboul" was specifically about one anonymous victim of the 9/11 attacks in Manhattan and another young victim of the violent US response against Afghanistan, but today's events are an extension of the continuous cycle of violence that Renaud and Axelle Red sing about here. The fact that Renaud is a Parisian and Axelle Red is Belgian only adds to the fact that this seems the essential song for the day (at least for me, but I've been an Axelle Red fan for for a long time).

"J'ai dit que je préfère les fleurs"

I think one can watch and appreciate this follow-up to last week's best viral video even if one does not speak a word of French:

ça va mieux

If nothing else, watch at the 2'30" mark...

Un week-end avec les Parisiens - Le Petit Journal du 16/11

AND NOW THE FULL SHOW AVAILABLE WITH SUBTITLES!!
Simply click the CC button for English subtitles.

Paris Attacks November 2015 - Le Petit Journal... by CANALPLUS

"Peace For Paris" by Jean Jullien via @Banksy

Peace for Paris pic.twitter.com/Lh1PQ91ncY

— banksy (@thereaIbanksy) November 13, 2015

Though I originally saw it from Banksy, it seems its creator is actually Jean Jullien.

#JeSuisCharlie