mongoose, i still think it’s a small orchestra –but with great sets of amplifiers that drown out the natural sounds of the sphere. Granted, the orchesytra’s playlist is wondrous multiplex –financial crises, presidential elections, international climate orthodoxies, you and not your gov’t is shorting out healthcare, education, law, cultural dignity, etcetera. The painstakingly-constructed MSM amplifiers have worked very well until just lately –but suddenly songbirds pipe up among the constant crescendo of brass and drum. Dunno maybe rats have gotten into the wiring of the Mighty Wurlitzer.