Axis of Logic - These are a couple of sad songs by one of our favorite lyricists/vocalists, John Prine. Now please don't be turned away when you see "sad". Sadness is a normal and beautiful human emotion when it's experienced in its purity. Some people mistake sadness for depression. No, depression occurs when we deny our sadness. Giving free flow to our sadness is in the end, liberating. And those of you who are inclined to more fancy music, classical or jazz for example, give John Prine a chance ... you might get to know some wonderful people you've never met before.

We send this first shout-out to all those old vets who went off to Vietnam, many against their will and others who had some romantic ideas about war that they learned from Hollywood. We also send this one out to all you boys who went - or are thinking about going off to Iraq, Afghanistan or perhaps Pakistan now, many with promises of an education ... others as an escape from whatever neighborhood that you call home - and still others who may have ideas of war ... of heroism and glory that you learned from the movies and the news.

John Prine. "Sam Stone" - 1989

We dedicate this second John Prine song to all those of you beautiful people who are up in years and even moreso, to those of you who know such folks or happen to run into "strangers" who have lived out most of their lives.

John Prine. "Hello in There"