Happy to come across some new: Happy to come across some new lyrics from you. Really like this one about obsession and it's dangers to the one being obsessed over.
Have you recorded any new material recently?
Hmmm. If we had a functional: Hmmm. If we had a functional democracy, these kind of "fights" to determine the speaker of the House would be the minimum standard, rather than a once in a 100 year event that half the population mocks, because it's not their party of choice. Lockstep agreement should trouble us, not the reverse. At least as far as I can see.
But don't color me too impressed by just a couple of firecrackers going off on the 4th of July.
5 lines: that could fight an incredible battle to be the most memorable, and yet none standing in the way of each other when working with in the poem - working together.
The bulk of humans are: The bulk of humans are selfish. Some take it out on the young before their born. Others take it out on them once they can hold a rifle. And some people take both shots.