TheCapitalClinic

For all you lovers of music and seekers of "truth-values" across the socio-political spectrum, as well as you bemused by-standers just watching the unfolding show at Fuzz Country.

While the issues addressed by Fuzz participants that are reflected in the Fuzz profiles and blogs [such as Tom Morello, T-Cub, Silverback, MichelleM, La Jill, and many others] are exceedingly complex and sometimes [not surprisingly] in conflict, I find that diversity, passion, and the possibility of reconciliation through everything that music touches are what make Fuzz Country so compelling a place for artists and fans to be.

More specifically, the Nightwatchman's "One Man Revolution", T-Cub/Campbell Natele's "Social Decay", and Sarah Bettens' "Soldier Song", all of which pieces have been posted at Fuzz in the early days of their creation [check 'em out], represent different perspectives about the existing social/political order keenly felt by the artists and their ardent fans.

As a direct participant embroiled in a previous conflict giving rise to similar discord and passion at one level and the possiblilty of reconcilation of shared views through music at another level, among the three important pieces mentioned above [the first being powerfully exhortative, the second darkly ironic, and the third universally plaintive], I find myself opting for SB's "Soldier Song" as holding out the most promise for resolution of such deeply-felt matters of conscience in our conflicted times.

I, for one, liked and was called to account by all three artists and their music - particularly these songs that each posted. You should give the aforementioned pieces another hearing and tell us what YOU think. The exercise is not necessarily intended to be an either/or choice, but more broadly to flesh out your views about Fuzz Country.