Actually, to a certain extent I do agree with the sentiment behind the statement.changingchannels wrote:LIPH wrote:For years he's been saying he's spending our money foolishly. This year, in one of the pre-show interviews he told Savannah "We're not participating in this recession."Well, maybe the fans are. Most of us aren't out of touch millionaires.
i heard him say that it and thought the samething.not a very appropriate comment. regardless of the fact that he's been saying it for years.
Economic stuff happens. We can choose how we deal with it. I took a layoff six or seven years ago, turned it into an opportunity to record my first album and to have fun doing stuff that I'd complained about not having time to do while I had a full-time gig. I could have spent the entire six months hunkered down in my apartment, stocking up on Ramen, and freaking out the entire time about whether I'd end up sleeping under a freeway bridge or something.
I realized that I didn't have to define myself by what I did for a regular paycheck. For me, that was *huge*.
Three years later, I turned the story of my layoff and how I dealt with it into a song, titled "Every Day's a Holiday." Last year, I released that song and a bunch more on an album of the same title. It's getting airplay coast to coast on various Trop Rock and indie stations and programs.
As a result of giving myself permission to do that first album, I've now played on schooners and in casinos. I've played from coast to coast, including for people in my high school class I hadn't seen in over 35 years. I've had relatives whom I lost touch with find me because of my music Website.
Maybe I need to keep a wiser eye on where I spend and invest my money. Maybe I won't be able to move for at least five years because I'm underwater on my house. Maybe I buy the lawn seat rather than the expensive seat when Jimmy comes to town. But no f-ing *way* am I going to live in fear because some economist tells me I've gotta.
If I lose my job, I'll figure that one out too. It didn't work out so badly for me the last time I lost a job in a recession.
Don't live in fear. Find joy in *everything*. *That's* what I think it means when Jimmy says, "We're not participating in this recession" - that no matter what goes wrong, we can find happiness and create a good time with whatever's left.
Starting today.
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