Throw away set opener

Smilin' Bob's Herbal Enhancement Theme (audience surely whistles along) slowly morphing into "Feelin' Groovy" in countermelody. Hilarious, engaging, unforgettable and every band will be angry they didn't think of it first.

"Ban the Nickel" the band

Set 2*:
Super Sex (Morphine)
Democracy is Coming (L. Cohen)
Danny's All Star Joint (Ricky Lee Jones) (w/ guest female vocalist)
36-24-36 (Violent Femmes)
Foggy Notion (Velvet Underground)
Blue Rondo a la Turc (Brubeck)
Harlem Nocturne (a la The Viscounts)
Lawdy Miss Clawdy (Lloyd Price)
Roll With Me Henry (Etta James)
Bad Buisnessman (Sqirrel Nut Zippers) (possibly in medley with E Costello's "This Town")
Lucille / All Around the World (Little Richard)
*DW to redesign set 1 more selfishly and then we mix them up.

Given the average disposition of guitarists, I applaud the attempt to live without one. I wonder how long we can hold out. I wonder if 30- and 40- somethings can recruit a more malleable guitarist than I was able to recruit as a 20 year old. And who can paint a nickel with a red slash through it on a bass drum?

19th Nervous Breakdown

19 weeks until Oliver is due.
19 years until I am out ofthe child-rearing business.
19 years ago Sweet Pea was 19.
O, to be 19 again and to start all this great stuff much, much younger.

To those suddenly concerned about deficit spending...

Go suck an egg.

No, seriously, it's about damned time. Welcome to the side of reason. I hope you can eventually steer your party out of the Reagan/Bush/Bush rut. I may even come back to the party for the first time since Reagan made me insanely ashamed of my party and my vote.

Bow to Clinton!!!! If balanced budgets are so important, you know you want to.

Now that we are like minded, here are a couple of reasons this may not be so bad.

1. We are investing in things we will soon need, and that future generations will absolutely need. Not stupid, wasteful wars, expensive paramilitary contractors, and impractical, godawful expensive defense systems development that will need to be scrapped.

2. Overspending is a temporary measure. Hopefully the "temporary" part is a promise Obama will keep. Hopefully those who ignored 8 years of trends with the previous regime will give Obama longer than 3 months.

3. Clinton deficit spent in 1993 more than Bush the twit did in 1992. Obama 2009 will obviously out-deficit Bush the traitor on 2008. Clinton exceeded expectations of even his own 8 year plan to balance the budget.

Relax. The next eight years will be much more prosperous and peaceful than the previous eight years. Enjoy it. The new, improved, more mellow me will never make you admit it.

In the meantime, in case I am wrong, dear friends, go find for your party the first truly fiscally responsible Republican candidate for president since Nixon. Present him and I'll vote for him.

Why is my state income tax, in the reddest state in the union, more than my federal tax? Why is my student loan interest not deductable on my state return?

Happy tax day everybody. Feeling a little less liberal today, but I'll get over it. It's still a good deal.

We are doomed / Hey baby can I have some spare change?

The damage is done. We will all live in poverty because of the Bush years. It will take a wheelbarrow of dollars to buy a loaf of bread. Why? Because we deserve it. We ordered it and came back for seconds.

Obama is not up to the task. Nobody is. It is time to pay the piper, to suffer for our sins.

I just shot through my miniature paycheck, the first reflecting my 15% cut in pay. Ack!