Nonces
View from in front of the past
BANDLEADER: “On the bongos, from Columbia, Ra-”
AUDIENCE: RAUCUS APPLAUSE
BANDLEADER: “On the banjana, from El Salvador, J-”
AUDIENCE: RAUCUS APPLAUSE. HOOTING AND CHEERING DROWN OUT THE STRINGED INSTRUMENT TWANGS
BANDLEADER: “On piano, in her first night with the band all the way from Alaska, Kate Singlet!”
AUDIENCE: MUFFLED COUGHS AS THE PIANO TINKLES A LITTLE SOLO
BANDLEADER: “The tall fella on bass from Missouri is Paul Jones.”
SOMEWHERE IN THE RAFTERS A MUFFLED CURSE IS HEARD AS A CUP FALLS TO A BALCONY FLOOR AND ROLLS TO A STOP AS THE BASS PLAYER CHOPS IT UP WITH A THUMPING BEAT.
BANDLEADER: “The maestro on violin, from Cuba, Se-”
AUDIENCE: RINGING APPLAUSE. WHOOPS AND CHEERS
scene on the way in…
RADIO CALLER: I HEARD THEY SPIT ON A BURNING FLAG AND RAISED THEIR OWN - ON OUR SOIL. <BLEEP> NO KINGS! - CLICK.
SHOCK JOCK: Thanks for your call as always Jon in Utah. You’ve touched upon something I wanted to get at after the break…
Some fact. This country was literally built by people moving to places they had no right to be in such numbers and making themselves so productive that they could not be removed and accommodations had to be made by authorities. On the basis of that historical process I feel obliged to take a very forgiving stance with respect to immigration, but may be more complicated than that for majority of Americans who have a much more hardline stance. To their points, it made sense that originally targeted criminal elements. The exception carve out for domestic workers is a welcome development that tracks with the historical context of immigration & settlement in the U.S. Inside Trump’s Extraordinary Turnaround on Immigration Raids - The New York Times leave at that.