Blues for Chayefsky
12 bar
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Oh lord, for one day, grant me the voice of Howlin’ Wolf and the band of Junior Kimborough.
It would also be remiss of me not to doff my hat to The Fatima Mansions, whose song “Blues for Ceausescu” I’ve blatantly ripped off for the title.
Yep, this reminds of Cathal Coughlan’s legacy more than just in the title! Cutting astute and wonderfully formed as always
You've hit on so many themes with this one from the attention economy to the way we're all meant to be "user friendly." I'm gonna go scream into a pillow now.