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Keepitreal interesting song. Sometimes people from the USA don't realise that the rest of the world looks to them in times of war and unrest. We have always appreciated how their people have helped in times of trouble down here in the South Pacific.     

Grah That song works real good excellent, Can't wait to hear it with a full band.     

Dirty Ed that is brilliant clever writing  made me laugh. Here in New Zealand we call farting " Dropping Your Guts." Sometimes fact is funnier than fiction when it comes to our politicians. Here in New Zealand it was sugested by the Green Party that because some scientists had a theory about cows  gas emmisions of methane gas it needed to be taxed. The theory was cows gas emmisions were  contributing to Global warming. So the government of the time looked into introducing what became known as a Fart Tax.  Farmers blocked the streets of New Zealand's capital, Wellington,  in protest at plans to impose the world's first "fart tax" on livestock flatulence.  Four hundred farmers with 20 tractors rallied outside parliament. An opposition MP led a cow named Energy up the steps of our parliament  building. Eventually the politicians realised it  was a stupid idea to try and  impose  this tax.

Excellent Jeff look forward to you putting it up on soundcloud.     

Cheers Jim thanks for the nice words.  I was actually commenting about the photo of the house that EB put up on Soundcloud with the song.  I think EB wrote his song about two guys meeting after 50 years who use to live on the same street. EB would have to verify that is what the story behind his song is.   Max Dorset who use to own that house in the photo was an interesting eccentric character, Every day he would take the train into the city to go for a swim, he did that right up to the day he couldn't any more.
Dorset shot his wife's lover, George Grandison, as the adulterous couple tried to leave the house. Witnesses described him running to their car and firing three shots through the window. The car crashed into a telegraph pole and Grandison died soon after.They were about to take off together - it had reached that stage,  Dorset had been aware it was going on for some time . . . they were a bit blatant about the whole thing.
Dorset faced murder charges. The defence aimed to have him found guilty of the lesser charge of manslaughter.
Dorset told his lawyers about a concealed stash of love letters between his wife and Mr Grandison hidden on the property.
A junior defence counsel,  and a clerk were sent to find them.
Sure enough, a tobacco tin with the letters in it was exactly where he said it would be.
The letters were not produced at trial because the defence did not want Mr Dorset to take the stand.
Dorset was portrayed as a man pushed to breaking point by the end of his relationship.
He went to great lengths to get her back - he went looking for her in Australia where she had gone with Mr Grandison before the shooting. He was wandering the streets of Sydney and Melbourne looking for her.
In the end, the jurors' sympathy won out. It took them half an hour to find Dorset guilty - of manslaughter.
Justice Gresson seemed equally moved by Dorset. He sentenced him to just one year in prison..
I don't know what happened to Mrs Dorset, and it was said said he never spoke to Dorset again after the verdict.
After serving his sentence, Mr Dorset returned to the house and became a well-known eccentric, given to sunbathing naked on the front porch.
He died in 2011. I am sure Mr Dorset story would make a good folk song.

CG that lady has good soul going on with her band excellent.

Good one Roger the Sally Army do a fantastic community service world wide. Even though we are not Salvation Army we have been  volunteers for the Sallys in some of their community programmes.  Maree and I have seen some of  the good things they do in the community. Wthout them the world would be a worse place.     

TF  i was called away due to a circumstance out of my control as I was about to  thank you for your Prog Rock posts and Flying Fingers . These posts have inspired me to try differant things in music and also in the visual form.

Cheers Phill I did  have that idea in my head circulating of what I assumed the Beatles and Pink Floyd had when the psychedelic acid  trip thing was going on in their circles of influence.

Bill my friend I am glad the video worked. I like the idea of using simple and cheap tech to make something that is visual and hopefully  a soundtrack  that works..

Thank you Jim, I was trying to get that late 60's early  70's spaced out vibe some of the idea also  partly inspired by David Bowie.     

Beamer I can hear the  Pete Townshend influence. With a drummer and a bass player you would have a perfect way to fill out that riff.