Klarinet Archive - Posting 000024.txt from 2005/05

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Musical vacuum (OT)
Date: Mon, 02 May 2005 08:32:50 -0400

At 12:32 AM 5/2/2005 -0400, OhSuzan419 wrote:
>But presuming your premise is correct for the current war, another
>explanation might be that, because we now have the "all volunteer" army
>and no draft,
>the broad cultural consciousness of the cost of going to war hasn't risen
>to a
>high enough level to provoke the creation of songs about it.

Good point! Because war does not touch everyone in the same way it used
to, with the draft, it is much easier to ignore it.

Bill Hausmann

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is TOO LOUD!

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