Red Glare Setting

The Village Idiots has a letter to the New York Times about a California Town council's resolution to lower the key of the National Anthem from Bb to G Major, to make it easier to sing.

To the Editor:

I think it is completely appropriate to lower the key of the national anthem. We've lowered every other standard in America; why not this one?

JONATHAN EDER

Portland, Ore., June 5, 2004