Why Do the Heavens Not Darken?--Or--And the Band Plays On

In the worst times people need to have some good in their lives. Not just survive, to live on, but to enjoy life a little. When a loved one dies, when disaster destroys one's home, when there is war, when one has lost one's country, life still must be lived and since life must go on can we have the band play one, too? Why not? Heaven, and Hell, are places on Earth.