Talk about your sour notes.

To our dismay, the symphony in Albuquerque went bankrupt. 

But the musicians scrambled to form a new organization, and we gladly bought new season tickets to support them.

Isn’t it a sad commentary that, in a city this big, this could happen?

We have a fairly sophisticated population.  (I know what you’re thinking.  I was surprised to learn that too, when I moved here.)

But, thanks to companies such as Sandia Labs, Intel, the burgeoning movie business, the military base, the other secret military base, the Spaceport and dozens of small high-tech companies, the state is crawling with PhD’s, scientists, engineers, actors, artists, writers, Majors, Generals, pilots, spies, doctors, lawyers and Indian Chiefs.

Well, they don’t actually crawl, they drive expensive cars.

One might speculate that the Indian Chiefs might prefer driving Mustangs or Broncos.

Dumb joke, sorry.

Still, isn’t it sad that the arts suffer?  Isn’t classical music one of the things civilizations are remembered for?

Certainly not tacos or green chili stew.  Well, maybe the stew.