7 $ins?

Some readers of Mike’s book "The Seven Deadly Sins of Capitalism" have pointed out the number of references to music, musicians, songs and texts. Good point! Mike likes economics but loves music even more.

The following are cited in the book (cast of characters in order of appearance):
"I could’ve had religion" (Rory Gallagher)
"Splendid isolation" (Warren Zevon)
"Too much monkey business" (Chuck Berry, superbly covered by the Yardbirds)
"Tombstone Blues" (Bob Dylan)
"Masters of war" (Bob Dylan)
"Talkin’ world war III blues" (Bob Dylan)
"Don’t cry for me AIG Argentina" (Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber)
"Don’t let me down" (Beatles)
"Take the money and run" (Crosby and Nash, or the Steve Miller Band)
"Hard times for honest man" (John Mellencamp)
"Money becomes king" (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers)
"Dedicated follower of fashion" (the Kinks)
U2
The Rolling Stones
"Shake your moneymaker" (Elmore James)
Igor Stravinsky
"Everything is good for you" (Crowded House)
"Blue Suede Shoes" (Carl Perkins)
"It’s money that matters" (Randy Newman. Mind the guitarist and backing vocals)
"Liberty Bell" (John Philip Sousa)
"57 channels (and nothin' on)" (Bruce Springsteen)

Want to put those words and tunes in their context? Read "The Seven Deadly Sins of Capitalism", and listen to them –perhaps not simultaneously for some! It should be music to your ears.

It’s not a coincidence. Mike portrays himself as "a failed musician (even when I hit a drum) but a strong music lover". While various kinds of rock top his playlist ("that would be too long to report"), his life and work soundtrack also includes jazz ("from Dixie to Miles through Duke"), blues (from the roots to the British boom), country, classical music, ritmo flamenco y latino, folk songs, chanson française, and… brass and marching bands (Sousa and Alford among favorites).

Mike in search of a chord near his old rocking buddy Walter


Mike next to his preferred corps of drums