Good words

Words of Robert Fripp, guitarist/leader of King Crimson, from a roundtable discussion he sat in back in 1982. Someone on the panel mentioned they were a law student and the discussion later touched on corruption in politics and law:

"When legal firms in the process of law have little or no regard for either the provision of justice nor the establishment of truth, ordinary people will seek natural justice in their own way. This is dangerous. Since legal institutions are not concerned with either the provision of justice nor the establishment of truth, let us sound this as a warning.

When political institutions lack credibility and belief, when legal institutions lack credibility and belief, when financial institutions have been distrusted, the last remaining pillar of the culture of a society, in my view, is our artists. Now at the point at which an artist will lie to their public for money, the civilisation has just died. So, ask yourself this question: did John Lennon lie to you for money? Did Jimi Hendrix lie to you for money? Did Dylan lie to you for money? And go down the top twenty albums, and ask: which one of these singers sings to me true, despite any financial or other pressure made upon them? You might be as concerned and worried as I am. Because if you don't provide me with justice, nor tell me the truth, I will seek justice and truth in my own way, and that will necessarily be outside the process of law. And that is dangerous."

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I smile-frowned in a skeptical "Hmmm" at this description of a new soul diva on iTunes. A free download 'Single of The Week' at iTunes. The wording didn't really make me think "Now THIS sounds like something different!"

It's rare to find an unsigned R&B artist with the same skill and quality of today's top-shelf urban acts. The flavored skills from newcomer TaMara on "What We Shared" make her the exception. The R&B chanteuse tells her man how it's gonna be on this funky track with her straight up vocals over some excellent '70s-vintage Wah-Wah scratch guitar and a big bass beat."

But I must say I downloaded it and it is a nice little groove. The pocket and Wah-Wah guitar is more sneak thru the alley up to the bad guys/paying a visit to Huggy Bear than it is highway car chase/hanging on to the car hood to not the bad guys get away.