Wednesday, March 31, 2004
Come Fly With Me
I don't know why that song is stuck in my head, perhaps as I heard Holly Cole sing it yesterday. But the notion of spontaneous travel, as it might be properly called, is both romantic and enticing. There was a time when circumstances in my life permitted a quick weekend away, and there was always a thought as to how fortunate we were to be able to do that. Kids, jobs, etc. etc. kind of slow down the spontanaiety in life and make it different. I struggle with that sometimes, but am careful not to make it my focus. Those responsibilities are huge and need to come first.
My son, the music maven, was humming the chorus from the 1812 Overture this morning, you know, the part where the cannons go off. And the first thing I thought of was that sixties breakfast cereal that used the same music phrase with the words "This is the cereal that's shot from guns." Yes, it was Quaker Puffed Rice. And a Google search pulled up more people with that same memory. I guess you can go home again.
Music today is the aforementioned Holly Cole, "Romantically Helpless." Something about her delivery and style pull me into a romantic fog. And also, an album from 1984, Michael Hedges' "Aerial Bounderies." His guitar work, showcased in much solo work for Windham Hill and other collaborative work was definitive and innovative. Sadly, as I learned this morning, he passed away in 1997.
Two other passings of note as you may have heard this week. First, Jan Berry, of "Jan and Dean" died one week shy of his 63rd birthday. The man who survived a terrible crash and was left with brain injuries told his tale to Larry King last April. Think "Dead Man's Curve." And Alistair Cooke, known to more contemporary generations for hosting "Masterpiece Theatre," but to the British, it was a radio program, "Letter from America"," which ran from 1946 to this past March 2. For a program slated to run for 13 weeks originally, "Letter From America" ran for 58 years. He was 95.
À La Prochaine!
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My son, the music maven, was humming the chorus from the 1812 Overture this morning, you know, the part where the cannons go off. And the first thing I thought of was that sixties breakfast cereal that used the same music phrase with the words "This is the cereal that's shot from guns." Yes, it was Quaker Puffed Rice. And a Google search pulled up more people with that same memory. I guess you can go home again.
Music today is the aforementioned Holly Cole, "Romantically Helpless." Something about her delivery and style pull me into a romantic fog. And also, an album from 1984, Michael Hedges' "Aerial Bounderies." His guitar work, showcased in much solo work for Windham Hill and other collaborative work was definitive and innovative. Sadly, as I learned this morning, he passed away in 1997.
Two other passings of note as you may have heard this week. First, Jan Berry, of "Jan and Dean" died one week shy of his 63rd birthday. The man who survived a terrible crash and was left with brain injuries told his tale to Larry King last April. Think "Dead Man's Curve." And Alistair Cooke, known to more contemporary generations for hosting "Masterpiece Theatre," but to the British, it was a radio program, "Letter from America"," which ran from 1946 to this past March 2. For a program slated to run for 13 weeks originally, "Letter From America" ran for 58 years. He was 95.
À La Prochaine!
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