[FairfieldLife] The Trouble With Normal

2011-07-12 Thread turquoiseb
Thirty years ago my favorite singer-songwriter released a song with the same title as this post. Bruce Cockburn was accurate in his description of the vibe of his time, but also IMO *our* time as well. He traveled the world, sat in cafes and looked around as he traveled, and tried to extract the

[FairfieldLife] The Trouble With Normal

2008-04-11 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Apr 11, 2008, at 2:23 PM, TurquoiseB wrote: Everybody Loves to see Justice done On somebody else That's really it, Barry. Jim avoids answering Angela's question because it highlights so

Re: [FairfieldLife] The Trouble With Normal

2008-04-11 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Apr 11, 2008, at 3:40 PM, TurquoiseB wrote: Yes, Bruce just nailed it. He does that. His lyrics are perfect for *many* occasions. :-) Here's another old song, written in 1981. That's 27 years ago, twenty years before 9/11. He nailed it then, too. And, interestingly enough, he nailed *now*

Re: [FairfieldLife] The Trouble With Normal

2008-04-11 Thread Vaj
On Apr 11, 2008, at 4:56 PM, Sal Sunshine wrote: On Apr 11, 2008, at 3:40 PM, TurquoiseB wrote: Yes, Bruce just nailed it. He does that. His lyrics are perfect for *many* occasions. :-) Here's another old song, written in 1981. That's 27 years ago, twenty years before 9/11. He nailed it

Re: [FairfieldLife] The Trouble With Normal

2008-04-11 Thread Vaj
On Apr 11, 2008, at 5:01 PM, Vaj wrote: Strikes across the frontier and strikes for higher wage Planet lurches to the right as ideologies engage Suddenly it's repression, moratorium on rights What did they think the politics of panic would invite? Person in the street shrugs -- Security comes