Earl, maybe because disasters and murders are not everyone's cup of tea.

I'l write what I want. I like writing folk songs. I don't give a rat's ass about politics or OJ or injustices in 3rd world nations, and I don't feel I should be pressured to write about them because someone else is lacking them. If you want that kinda stuff, write it your bleedin' self. And I'll keep writing my own songs. And I'll have them played one whatever instruments I want. So NAH! As Rick Nelson said "You can't please everyone, so you gotta please yourself." I write music that please ME, and don't feel I should write music for everyone else, because I think they'll like it. That's commercialism whether you make money off of it or not.