This ain't it

W/C 3rd February 2025Whatever we thought was going to happen when the world became more connected, this absolutely ain't it.I have spent the last few weeks speculating on the 'end-game' for the sector I work in. Not quite existential, but certainly diminished to a point that would have been unthinkable when I first wandered into a guitar shop back in the mid-eighties.Of course it is part of a bigger pattern, where the problem isn't the information we have at our fingertips, but the difficulty we now have in being able to navigate it.In the past effective oppression has come in many forms - physical, structural, spiritual - all of which kept people in their place. Our paths today are influenced by the sheer quantity of information we are bombarded with, and our inability to make any kind of sense of it. So after starting out with the best of intentions of becoming better informed, we put our heads in our hands in despair at the doom-spiral we are locked in, and just give-up. Because the path of least resistance may not be enlightening, but it certainly is easier.Stay safe.This Ain't It - Jason Isbell and the 400 UnitJournalism is collapsing in the middle of the information war - Ian DuntLALAHO PianoTherapy For Me (or TFM as I now refer to it) is a bit of an audio curiosity. It started out as a mechanism for me to clear my head, with the hope that by saying stuff out loud it would act as a little bit of self-help. It's remains loose in style, fluid in terms of content and raw - it's a one take, press record and see what happens, affair.If you want to keep in touch with TFM and the other stuff I do then please follow me on Facebook, Insta, Twitter or Patreon. Thanks for getting this far.