Being of a "Punk" anti-status-quo persuasion, I thought of asking, "What **GOOD** can come out of this corona pandemic?!?

The first song titled "CORONA" tried to be written from the corona virus's point-of-view! A few older people didn't like it because they couldn't comprehend that it's SATIRE! But, YOU be the judge!

The second song was titled "Let's All Stay Home!" as a POSITIVE response to "lockdown"! I mean, this is an OPPORTUNITY to start writing, drawing, making art, doing projects, et al. Suddenly people have A LOT OF TIME ON THEIR HANDS: what a GIFT; USE IT!! I imagined the song being karaoke-sung by thousands in a huge stadium: "LET'S ALL STAY HOME!"

The first two songs were sung by Marian Wallace (my producer), because I had zero confidence (and experience) in singing.

But, other songs started "showing up" and I became forced to sing them myself so I could record them "on tape" more quickly and move on. Because it's hard to "channel" a NEW song until the last one has been recorded; finished.

The third song, "I LOVE THAT CAT" appeared because it was obvious that the cat-of-the-house, Abby, seemed to LIKE the fact that we were home ALL THE TIME now! So, THAT was a positive outcome of "corona lockdown"!

The fourth song, "SONG FOR COSTCO" was inspired because: my Number One Urge To Leave Home was to visit Costco.

I can take one bus there direct and back, no transfer. If you don't know it, Costco is the cheapest place to have a great meal on the planet, and if you go at the right time you can have an entire meal out of the free samples scattered about (uh, not anymore, post-coronavirus). Also, you can buy a great lightweight down jacket there for something like $25 or $30; unbelievable! Everything there is at wholesale or below.

My song "BOOMER REMOVER" was inspired by reading a newspaper account how in Wuhan, the large city where coronavirus allegedly started, a store videocam caught some troublemaker coming in and trying to touch all the produce and products. You figure out why!

Because I could no longer go for a daily walk, I wrote a fantasy song, "LET'S GO WALKING". It's kind of a salute to a few people I've known through the years who are still likable, or more so!

The song "I'M DREAMING" came out of real dreams—for a better world, you guessed it! And because I love to travel.

Then the songs started getting "heavier": being more and more critical of what was happening worldwide, attempting to glean causes and escape routes from our self-imposed (but essential) quarantine. I was reporting on what I read in newspapers, like: countries are printing money to try to "save" their "economy"!

"STIR CRAZY" was written out of obvious reasons! I'm assuming everybody reading this newsletter has also been in "lockdown" since March 11, like me!

"CORONA 2", "IF GAIA..." and "CORONA-TIME BLUES" are definitely kinda "political"! They have lines like: "New York is a hellhole / not the place to be // It's far worse now than Deutschland, Spain and Italy... They say Brazil is next / South America too / They say that Africa and all the world through / Will get CORONA — omnipresent enemy."

I read in newspapers that there were so many thousands of bodies in New York that funeral homes stopped taking phone calls, and that literally thousands of bodies are being buried in huge holes in some park by bulldozers—but at night, so nobody can see this!

My "Punk" instinct says we're gonna be in lockdown for TWO YEARS! So, start enjoying it! Get real!

"ALL YOU EVER WANTED" and "MEMORIES" are kind of introspective or about past friends and loves, perhaps. Or about the necessity to ask questions now, like, "What are my favorite memories of all time?" and "Who are the best friends I've ever had?" And Most of us have TIME now to answer such questions!