Gheorghasbord

I have no fewer than three post concepts in the works, and I think you'll quite enjoy them. At the same time, I have a fuckton of interesting and consequential real world things happening, and I think you'll quite, well, find them fascinating if and when they transpire. In any event, they're keeping me from making headway on any of the extremely (note: sorta) noteworthy post concepts underway.

It's not keeping me from sharing all kinds of nonsense to keep this train moving, though.

Let's start with youth being served. 

Lamine Yamal is four days from turning 17. He's started every match at the Euros for Spain, recording three assists in four matches leading into yesterday's semifinal against France. Les Bleus took an early lead on a sublime back post header by Randal Kolo Muani from a Kylian Mbappe pass. Fewer than 10 minutes later, Yamal did this (go to the 3:00 mark, unless you want to see all the highlights), making him the youngest men's player ever to score in a Euro match:

As you know from years of watching this space, one of our collective dreams is to buy a piece of property with enough buildings on it to create a compound for all of the Gheorghieverse to live in harmony and/or visit. Dave should visit. Rootsy and I both follow the Instagram account @old_house_life to keep our eyes on promising properties. Like this one. A 9,000 square foot building with great bones in a pretty part of Western Massachusetts for 200 grand? We could do worse. 

We'll close today with a mini version of What the Kids Are Listening To. In the case of mine, Chappell Roan is blowing the hell up. Here's what the Wikipedia says about Roan's cultural impact:

Roan's success has led her to be called a "queer pop icon", "a superstar in the making", and a "visionary performer". Roan has been credited with leading a "lesbian pop renaissance" on the music charts and within the cultural zeitgeist. Roan's music brought the concept of compulsory heterosexuality into the forefront of mainstream pop music. She has been praised for her "unapologetic authenticity" and "expression of her queerness and femininity" in her music and live performances, inspiring young women to embrace their own sexuality. She has also been applauded for her image "rejecting the male gaze" within the pop landscape. Roan has been praised for her "punkish" attitude towards the status quo for queer performers and applauded for "rewriting the rules of lovelorn pop." Rolling Stone described watching Roan's performances as "like watching Michelangelo craft the statue of David in real time."

That's a lot. But according to my kids, Roan's caught lightning in a bottle, with her fiercely unique and absolutely female-first perspective a counterpoint to the stultifying tete a tete at the top that sees over-the-hill rams feebly butting against one another to see who gets to run the world. The kids, I think, would prefer a Femininomenon. And if you think this ain't your thing, just listen to the audience. It's theirs, for sure.