Saturday, January 17, 2009

Shut up and play the guitar.

From my last posting, you may have detected a slight hint
of negativity. We have all been dealt a hand that is going
to be hard to play. We know the game is rigged. We know
that while we're trying to do our jobs, a group of people are
busy trying to beat us out of our pay without actually doing
any of the work. I can hear my Dad say:"That's the way it is,
now deal with it." Well, old Dad had a point there. Of course,
my reply has been: the long suffering just get to suffer longer.
I guess it would be best to to thank God for all that we have.
Complaints without action have never solved any problem.
Problem solvers are the people who get sick of hearing us
complain. I guess the best thing for me to do is just shut up
and play my guitar. Frank Zappa was a wise man. Come to
think of it, Frank complained all the time in his music and in
print. Gee, I guess that makes me a bit like Frank.

Sure it does. Frank still sells millons of recordings. Me, well...
I've got several CD's for sell. Meet me in the nearest Wal-Mart
parking lot. I'm the guy in the beat-up green Honda with a
trunk load of Jazz guitar CD's. I'll make you a deal.



Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Watch That First Step, Eugene....

I don't know where this will take me. Perhaps I'll find my voice
after I've done this awhile.It seems to me that with the lay-off
frenzy that is taking place, there will only be 17 people left with
jobs. The rest of us will be going down to the unemployment kiosk
every day. I know the current situation is causing lots of fear among
those of us still employed.It should have never come to this. We had
lots of fear and loathing to spare, before the greed-quake took place.