Phoenix!

What an interesting time I had in Phoenix! I went to a coffee house concert, and watched some singer/songwriters angrily wail about America, and pain, and the horrible people in America who cause all the pain (none of them were in the room, I guess they were talking about "other" people). They were bathed clean, with fresh clothing and guitars that cost them - or the parents they ridicule in their songs - a couple of thousand dollars, while behind them were some paintings that condensed the evening more than any song about how messed up their family is, or America. A child, snide and petulant with a crash helmet, next to the only hope we seem to have - a colorful, yet phony superhero.

I'm working on my singer/songwriter album right now. "The Mirror Into Which I Look" is what I'm thinking about calling it. I'll take the cover photo as soon as I can find some good train tracks near my house. Some songs I'm really excited about:

1) Thanks for the guitar, Dad, you capitalist pig

2) There is no "I" in team, so I'm not on one

3) Blah Blah Blah, when do I get to talk?

4) Sunshine on my shoulders makes my black leather jacket hot

5) Aren't they stupid? (not us)

Love from Wilson World,

Tom