NEW ORLEANS, 5 March, 2002 ‚ "The last two years of your life have certainly been an adventure," my friend Darryl said near the end of our conversation. He meant it ironically, much like an ancient Chinese wishing you a life in "interesting" times.
Two thoughts popped into my mind, one after the other, not simultaneously. The first was that the adventure continues. The second was the memory of my horoscope that day. "You are behind enemy lines. Keep your plans secret and look for a way out."
It sure felt that way on Monday, as everything around me seemed to conspire toward my frustration. I was out of the loop again because Cox Cable was having yet another outage in my area of town. I did receive e-mail for about ten minutes, then, when I dropped the connection so that my new roomie, Carlos, could try to get his connection up with a reboot, I was out of the loop again. Some of the messages I received asked for immediate answers. Or nearly so. All I could do was hope that the senders could wait another 24-48 hours. (Not a lot of time in the analog world, but when you're used to near-immediate responses from "Mr. Always-On," you tend to assume the worst when he's silent for more than ten hours. In other words, I've trained people to be impatient with me.)...MORE
POWERSSOUND:
Arbors Feats Music Lovers
BOB POWERS
MARIETTA, OHIO - My admiration for the folks who operate Arbors Records down in Florida runs so high that it would be tough to measure. Specializing in recording veteran musicians who usually reached their apex of admiration during the time when swing music was the cat's pajamas.
Three new releases from Arbors give a good example of what the excitement means. This kind of music isn't heard on radio anymore, except for the occasional station that uses the "Music of Your Life" format and plays the original hit songs from the '30s and '40s.
As these new CDs demonstrate, music shouldn't stand still. All three albums contain excellent work by some of the masters of the genre. Anyone who lived through those happy days may tend to choose to brighten memories of those times and listening to these new recordings should keep a smile playing on countenances every time we slip the CD onto our electronic gadgetry.
First up is a double album from the late Jerry Jerome. "Something Borrowed, Something Blue" provides a listening history of Jerome's musical heyday, when he played tenor sax for bands led by Benny Goodman, Red Norvo, Benny Goodman and Artie Shaw...More
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IRISH EYES:
The Churchyard Gate
MATTIE LENNON
DUBLIN, IRELAND - Eighty-seven-WW five- one eight.
The front numberplate appeared around Dillon's corner.
Shafts of weak Autumn sunlight filtered through Birches and the exterior of Cleary's hearse became ... quite a kaleidoscope.
Gestures were made towards hats and caps as hands darted vaguely towards foreheads, shoulders and breasts in unison and with varying degrees of sleight-of-hand.
No interruption was evident in the conversation, by Templebennett Cemetery gate, at the approach of the cortege. The crowd, waiting in groups outnumbered those following the hearse. Such is the custom around Glengowna that it is not perceived, (as in other places) a display of half-hearted homage and does not in any way diminish the respect for the deceased, or the next of kin, to meet the funeral at the graveyard rather than accompanying it from the Church.
The assembly represented sections of the community as diverse as their transport, which only included one bicycle. Both sides of the road were taken up with vehicles ranging from an old Ford van, straw peeping under its rear door, and a canine as a captive occupant, to a left-hand-drive, Yellow Convertible saloon bearing Californian licence plates ...More
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