Hats Off

Hi all,

Hope you’re all well and are having a fun start to the summer. It’s been an interesting but fun time here. After battling with apathy both musically and politically, I’ve given up on apathy. What’s the point in sitting around moaning that nothing happens, instead I’ve decided to try make things happen.

Glastonbury was a fun and inspiring time where I came to 3 conclusions:

1. Music is brilliant, I love it.
2. Don’t believe the hype. The music industry might be dead, but the music isn’t, there are so many good bands making great music, it’s up to the industry to stop moaning and start supporting them with realistic advice, budgets and targets and not building them for a fall and leaving them without an ability to grow and develop, as musicians and as people.
3. Politics is alive and well in the younger generation and still kicking butt with the more established folks. People are organising, finding fun ways to bring messages to the masses but most importantly keeping hope and faith in the idea that change IS possible.

I’ve written a poem about apathy, its a bit of fun and I’m not even sure its a poem (my knowledge of poetic structure is akin to my knowledge of gardening, cack handed and clumsy.) I hope you like it.

Hats off

I’d take my hat off to you, but I’m scared of what’s underneath
It’s not just my ethics, that got patchy with age,
but my belief in people and their power to change.
I’m tired yet I’m restless.
My lexicon endless.
I’d take my hat off to you, but I’m scared of what I bequeath

Be well and keep the faith.

Samx