Anhedonia

From Flaubert’s Madame Bovary (Francis Steegmuller translation):

Besides, nothing was worth looking for: everything was a lie! Every smile concealed a yawn of boredom; every joy, a curse; every pleasure, its own surfeit; and the sweetest kisses left on one’s lips but a vain longing for fuller delight.

From the Black Keys' The Moan EP:

• The Black Keys, “No Fun” (buy here)

(Nothing, and I mean nothing, can touch the Stooges original, but you’ve probably heard that one once or twice before. And this one has a bluesy vibe that’s actually pretty cool, and so says me who’s usually pretty resistant to bluesy vibes.)