we are only a few days away from the Canadian elections it seems that the Conservatives are going to end up with a majority, the Liberals (who currently hold power under Paul Martin) are trailing in the polls, while the NDP are a distant 3rd
one of the attractions in coming out here was the fact that Canada seems to have a healthy disregard politically for the Americans & refused unlike our beloved Mr. Blair to lie down & roll over for Bush & his cronies
well if the Conservatives get in that'll be history, how long before Canadian troops are marching shoulder-to-shoulder with the Brits & the US into Iran, (or wherever Bush's blood lust & need to keep America on a war footing), takes him next
it's a shame, but it seems highly likely that by the end of next week - we'll be back in an American puppet shape, where oil & the big corporations call the shots
to cheer myself up, I'm putting two tunes on the radio player - by a pair of Genes (ho! ho!) - Gene Clark & Gene Parsons, were of course members of The Byrds in the sixties & early seventies. After the Byrds split in '73 both Gene's recorded solo work, Parson's just the one album Kindling in '73, while Clark released quite a few albums of varying quality including the wonderful No Other in '74
both were wonderful artists, whose work was arguably hidden by higher profile ex-Byrds like David Crosby, Gram Parsons & Roger McGuinn - I don't think Kindling is easily available on CD now, but Clarks work certainly is. Both these artists & also another ex-Byrd in Clarence White - who in my book, is easily one of the greatest guitarists to ever grace this world - produced a raft of sublime works - go check them out!
Gene Clark - She Don't Care About Time
Gene Parsons - Willing
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