The hyperbole is getting deep in DC as the debt ceiling deadline looms next week. Everyone is pretty much on board with the idea that our politicians are playing games. Not many Americans are happy about it either.
In the Music world, another tortured soul joined the ‘twenty-seven club’; so-named because of the statistical anomaly for musicians who die by non-natural causes at that age. Amy Winehouse was found dead in her apartment of an overdose and joins the likes of Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Kurt Cobain, Jim Morrison, Robert Johnson, and others in the club. Her long struggle with addiction is well known and her death does not surprise many but it is always sad to see artistic creativity succumb to substance abuse before they can ever fully reach their potential.
It’s Friday. What’s on your mind?
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