Journal, News, Guests by Jim Fitting
Privatize the profits and socialize the losses Part II
So today there's trouble down on Wall St. (AKA the pin-stripe casino), and we the people have just bought ourselves an insurance company for some 80 billion bucks. Are they firing up the presses down at the treasury or what?
Meanwhile, truthiness has become a theoretical concept on the old campaign trail, and choosing a running mate because Tina Fey is dearly missed on Saturday Night Live has become reality. Put that in the" It sounded like a good idea at the time" museum. Exhibit 1.
Some might contend that last night was exhibit 2. Molly Hatchet? The Outlaws? Whomsoever
would have been proud of three guitar attack we brought down to Atwoods.
You say electricana, I say electronica. Let's call the whole thing off.
But then again, hell yeah.
Sean was freeing his inner Tom Petty. Ry was exorcising Prince while praising the Love Vigilantes. And we got to get all woozy and swirly. Was it the Kamakazes? Not completely. We had pedals; a lot of pedals, and amps too. I'll see your slapback-flange and raise you a chorus-delay. When Kimon sang I've Got My Eye On You it was Katie bar the tube-screamer. But in a tasteful way. A little muddy here and there, but a little Cooder too.
Pressure Drop never sounded so rude, and Beertown? Punk?
Well there were some calls made to the Session Americana central office (over alleged protocol violations), and Session A-001 will be getting back with the program by the time October rolls around. But in the meantime there is one more session aberration scheduled. Katie bar the door...
Meanwhile, truthiness has become a theoretical concept on the old campaign trail, and choosing a running mate because Tina Fey is dearly missed on Saturday Night Live has become reality. Put that in the" It sounded like a good idea at the time" museum. Exhibit 1.
Some might contend that last night was exhibit 2. Molly Hatchet? The Outlaws? Whomsoever
would have been proud of three guitar attack we brought down to Atwoods.
You say electricana, I say electronica. Let's call the whole thing off.
But then again, hell yeah.
Sean was freeing his inner Tom Petty. Ry was exorcising Prince while praising the Love Vigilantes. And we got to get all woozy and swirly. Was it the Kamakazes? Not completely. We had pedals; a lot of pedals, and amps too. I'll see your slapback-flange and raise you a chorus-delay. When Kimon sang I've Got My Eye On You it was Katie bar the tube-screamer. But in a tasteful way. A little muddy here and there, but a little Cooder too.
Pressure Drop never sounded so rude, and Beertown? Punk?
Well there were some calls made to the Session Americana central office (over alleged protocol violations), and Session A-001 will be getting back with the program by the time October rolls around. But in the meantime there is one more session aberration scheduled. Katie bar the door...
