A chance phone call took me down to Seon's Beer Garden on Royal Road, where I was to meet a friend to chat about a few things. We had accidentally bumped into Breed's birthday party, with a lot of old-style Calypso (none of the wave-your-hand-in-the-air nonsense) and really ended up having a great time. A lot of positive energy there, with some of the calypsonians lyrically striking out at Crime in the country and reminding us of the political satire inherent in Calypso. Unfortunately, Calypso loses something in commercial packaging - it is something that strikes at the issues in a way that people involved with the issues can understand.

A thought occurred to me as I was listening to one particular calypsonian take on the government from the magic circle of the stage his feet made. That no one seems to think that there should be 1.5 million Prime Ministers in Trinidad and Tobago, not one.