I’m listening to Renaissance’s Ashes are Burning from 1973. I read it as harkening back to Vanguard Records kinda stuff. Honestly, if you like Pentangle, you’re going to love this. Jon Camp is one of those Rick with a pick™ guys and is melodic in that Chris Squire/Paul McCartney way. Annie Haslam definitely puts me in mind of Jacqui McShee, but making mathy, orchestral music.
Really nice. I’m midway through side two of this thing, so I feel like I can say that this is a truly great pop/prog album.
I’m thinking about this theory Krystal Ball put forward that suggests that Trump may actually be trying to cause a recession. I think maybe so. Maybe that’s what’s happening.
Our options are these: he’s doing it intentionally OR he’s just that stupid. I don’t know which to believe. Much will be decided over the coming weeks. I’m praying that the upshot is that Trump is just a stupid muhfuggah, and that Elon Musk makes Pumpkin Spice Palpatine look like a friggin genius. (A big friggin OMG DUDE to whoever came up with the name “PayPalpatine” for Elon, btw.)
That’s my favorite conspiracy theory.
My LEAST favorite theory is that Trump is a Russian asset. I don’t believe it for a minute. Second worst possibility is that Trump and Putin see each other as equals, and Putin’s rule is the closest analogue to what Trump wants.
He might get it. <shrug>
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