The Best Thing about the Tea Party

Probably by now, you've heard of The Tea Party...a grass roots movement of millions of people, calling for the U.S.A. to get back to the founding fathers' version of the government's role in American's lives. Small government is good. Big government, taking over more and more control of people's lives and adding more and more taxation, is bad.

These days I don't consider myself a Democrat or a Republican...basically an Independent. I like what the Tea Party is doing, and I hope it can avoid becoming a political party. As long it remains a movement, and not a political party, I think it will continue to shake things up in both of our main political parties. And that, I believe, is the BEST THING about the Tea Party...it's shaking things up.

The people of the U.S.A. are rising up and saying to our government: enough is enough. Enough debt, enough taxation, enough government growth and control. So...I say...GO TEA PARTY, GO! I hope it remains strong, and can avoid latching on to any one leader personality. It's making a difference...it has the attention of the White House, and both the Republican and Democratic parties.

Back to basics is usually a good thing...and I believe the Tea Party is helping us take steps to get back to the type of America our constitution and founding fathers intended.

Angels and Airwaves

Gotta thank my daughter, Lindsey, who introduced me to Angels and Airwaves. We went to hear them in concert last night, and I have to say, I was really impressed! These guys have something unique and fresh musically. Can't really think of another band that really sounds like these guys. Angels and Airwaves, or AvA for short, is on a leading edge of a new type of music: Space Rock. Of course, the lead singer of the band, Tom DeLonge (from Blink 182), is a talented singer/songwriter, but what even stood out more to me is that he is a brilliant visionary, with great branding and marketing skills, too. (Or he has some brilliant marketing and branding people around him.)

The live concert was executed masterfully. Another thing I appreciated about it was it's simplicity...they don't over complicate their music, which seems like you could easily do with "space rock." I'm still exploring their lyrics, but it's clear to me so far, that overall they are bringing hope, rather than hate and destruction. It also didn't hurt that the sound and lights were phenomenal.

With so much of the rock music world sounding like itself, it's refreshing and really amazing to have a unique band like AvA in the mix.