Dear Readers,
Each week, something stranger than the prior week appears to happen in our country. Anything from a screwy remark (like Canada should become the 51st State) to firing half the US government in a hatchet plan has become reality. It’s like watching someone playing darts with a rifle. Sure, the US has a deficit. It’s bad. Sure, $56,000 dollar toilets are ridiculous. That kind of fiscal abuse should be evaluated and revised. But millions of us (both sides, not just Dems or ‘Pubs’) are NOT agreeing with the way this is being handled. I suspect more than complacent acceptance shortly. Resistance is fomenting.
There’s that little thing in the U.S. we’re known for — i.e., Conscientious objection and civil disobedience. It may not be a giant movement of millions parading on Washington, yet, although I won’t be surprised if that happens. It’ll be states objecting and ignoring the direction. It’ll be citizens showing up and yelling at representatives. It’ll be voting in hordes when the chance comes.
I’ve read articles with quotes from independents (who voted for the current president in 2024) lamenting their choice now they see what’s happening. True believers will not be dissuaded. But people who gave the current administration “a chance” (based on the rhetoric they’d heard in election season coupled with the way they wanted to hear it) sound angry now. They regret their choice. They regret the comments about privatizing the postal system. They regret the dismantling of the parks systems. That’s NOT what they signed up for.
This is the sort of stuff that fuels the themes that turn into songs. Like that Canada remark? That’s a song begging to happen. Title: The Fifty-First State. Maybe I’ll write it.
Meanwhile, BACK TO THAT RELEASE I’M WORKING
I’ve got FIVE songs arranged now. Two more to go and then on to vocals, finalizing, mixing, mastering, and ultimately releasing. It’s a bit like having a root canal. It takes a long time (sitting in that dentist chair) and there are multiple visits. I’ve had at least two of those. I know whereof I speak. (Perhaps this why I avoid the dentist…)
🦷