Which video? "If I Had a Rocket Launcher" and "If a Tree Falls in the Forest" are the only two I can recall. I'm not entirely fond of Mr. Cockburn as a singer. I think that the BNL version of "Lovers in a Dangerous Time" is much better.

You know what song I heard for the first time in probably 10 years? The Pursuit of Happiness "I'm an Adult Now", which is just fucking hilarious.

I can't write songs about girls anymore
I have to write songs about women.

You know what song I heard for the first time in probably 10 years? The Pursuit of Happiness "I'm an Adult Now", which is just fucking hilarious

I'd been TRYING to remember that band's name! I saw them live in '89.

They were a lot of fun.

If I do leg three of the Amanda trilogy

IF? I thought this was my reward for being good! Not that I'm doing so well at the good part.

signed,

typing with a baby all cockeyed in my arms

No, there will be a third leg of the trilogy; it's when that's the issue.

Elena, "Launcher" has been my theme song since the Bushies took over. But I adore Cockburn; I think he's an incredible guitarist, I adore his voice, and his lyrics purely slay me. Then again, I'm half rocker/half angry old folkie.

I loves me some BNL too. I'm there whenever they play the Bay Area. One of the best bands in the business.

Okay, feeling relieved. I can do patient. It's on my list of things to do.

I like him more as a lyricist than a singer.

Argh. Having rewrite issues with two sentences.

Tackle #1 first: Theirs was a fragile peace, upset by Fred and never fully reassembled.

upset meaning apple cart way, of course, but...

looking for another way to say it.

"Theirs was a fragile peace. Its balance, unwittingly upset by Fred, had never been righted (reattained)."

Off the top of the head.

I'm working on "Weaver"....

upset by Fred and never fully reassembled.

You want the first bit to match the second. So - upset and righted (as deb suggested) or shattered and reassembled.