It's been so long I hardly knew the placegee it's good to be back home...

this was written December 29, 2006.

good morning. it's my birthday, so, I thought now might be the time to come out of "hiding". of course we still need to make it through the George Washington's Day sale or the "pop the cork" celebration at the dawning of the new year. the 7th Day Adventist magazine mom continues to buy me a subscription for has a story about the end of the world I've been thinking about one of the first songs I wrote for Butchwax or the "short wave band" at the time, called "New Dawn". 1977.

A new dawn is coming break on through.
A new dawn is coming shine on through.
The dawning of a new day,
We’re gonna reach you.
Were gonna teach you
a strange new way.
But first,
Annihilation,
Armageddon,
Total destruction.
A new dawn is coming blink your eye it’s gone.
A new dawn is coming blink your eye it’s here.
The dawning of a new day.
Were gonna teach you
We’re gonna reach you
It’s a strange new day.
But first,
Annihilation,
Armageddon,
Total destruction.

I’m not saying I am or was the first to say the sky is falling but the signs are there for all to see and are being largely ignored. no, no, no this is not an "end of the world as we know it" whine and that’s not even what the above quoted song is about.
What I meant to tell you was how my holiday went and, so, this being the 30th anniversary of the new dawn that’s how we got here. Rumbling fumbling mumbling stumbling… yes I know the lyrics are a bit naïve and simple but it also might be their strength.