A last song to finish off the “Bigotry: The Musical” collection. A sophisticated tune for an unsophisticated life.
“Cornithaca County” Book Preview – Bigotry: The Musical – “Nice Perk If You Can Get It”
Month: June 2020
“Cornithaca County” Book Preview – Bigotry: The Musical – “We hate, hate, hate, hate . . .”
This number from “Bigotry: The Musical” will slot in somewhere before the “My Doctrine Tells Me So” song.
“Cornithaca County” Book Preview – Bigotry: The Musical – “My Doctrine Tells Me So”
Another song from “Bigotry: The Musical” — from a section where Doctrine is gaining a stranglehold on all aspects of life. That is I think it will be placed there; but I haven’t written the story yet. [I’m always ready to create in advance of categorizing.]
“Cornithaca County” Book Preview – Bigotry: The Musical – “The Great Pretender”
It’s an age of “pretending” as a tool for users. Political doctrine is now working for the immediate profit of some; while pretending to work for the long-term good of all.
Pretending it’s for “us.”
Those to whom the death of a hundred-thousand elderly was no more than a reduction of an excess population [and a troublesome obstruction]; have now found a use for them as an issue to bash others. Hard-wired for hate: but pretending they care.
It’s a user’s world.
“Cornithaca County” Book Preview – Bigotry: The Musical – “Can You Keep a Secret?”
Bigotry: The Musical – “Can You Keep a Secret?” This piece is scheduled for the end of Act 1. You can tell from the tone of the lyrics that dark days lie ahead.
Cornithaca’s elite have run a “hate and fear” smear campaign for many elections; burying their own misconduct with the help of powerful corporate influence and a 4-year College Town memory.
“Cornithaca County” Book Preview – “Cornithaca Billboards 5”
“Be the change that you wish to see in the world” is the kind of selfless exhortation that Cornithaca’s elite see as dissolution. They lead by edict; not by example. “Make the changes that you wish to see in the world” is what people at their “level” do.
Their concept of “We” is a hierarchical one; with themselves at the top. They don’t assume the burdens of others; they distribute them “equitably” among the under classes. Theirs is the burden of rulership — ours is to carry their sedan chairs.
It’s not surprising that Cornithaca is effectively a dictatorship, and well on the road to actuality: with a doctrine like theirs; anything is possible.
“Cornithaca County” Book Preview – “The New Food Pyramid”
Today’s Food Pyramid is celebrated as a monument to modern science; and a symbol of the enduring worth of its Pharos of Agriculture.
Turn the monument over and you’ll see the rural communities that have suffered under the hubris and greed of Big Ag and their scurrilous scriveners.
“Cornithaca County” Book Preview – “A rich factory farmer named Fred”
Another Family Farm Fun reprint revised with a color heading and a more offensive fly. I have a bug zapper indoors, and have noticed that doom comes in many forms: some flies fall buzzing on their back to get up and get zapped again, some get caught in the grid and start smoking, and some actually explode in fly parts. [If flies land on every surface in your house; how can exploding them be any greater a health issue.] I thought of doing a chart on this subject.
“Cornithaca County” Book Preview – Bigotry: The Musical – “Victims’ Hymn”
This song is planned to be the last musical piece in the 3rd Act. There are many grades of shadow in this musical. In the stage lights; everything casts a shadow — but it’s the actions, not the shapes, which will define them.
“Cornithaca County” Book Preview – “Factory Farm Bookshelf: New and Popular”
A two-page spread; this reprint has some of my favorite unrealized ideas. The “Ag Almanac” is my second choice; while “Don’t Step on My Blue Baby’s Shoes” holds on to the top of the charts. It would make a good t-shirt for the Factory Farm Music Festival. Or on a mug.