There are few things that a real New Yorker loves more than giving directions to somebody who is lost. In this case, I didn’t even wait for them to ask me for help, which was probably my first mistake, but I could tell that these ladies were lost. We were at Times Square on the [...]
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I made it a point to look out the window, as I usually do when the trains go overground. I looked out at Chinatown and the nameless project buildings on the border between Chinatown and the top edge of the Financial District, creeping out toward the East River. I used to have a storage box in a Manhattan Mini Storage on Catherine Slip, just blocks from those project buildings.
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I walked back to the house, somehow confident that the deluge would not catch up with me on the way home. I was right; it didn’t. In fact, it still hasn’t. The temperature has gotten a little cooler and a little more breezy, but it’s still pleasant enough outside to stroll through. In fact, I kind of want to do that now. To go for a stroll.
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Though I was geographically ahead of him, we both reached for the door at the same time, and I realized he wanted to open it for me. I retracted my hand and allowed him to do this. He opened every door for me all the way to the store, and then all the way back to the stage.
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The chipper quality of my voice in this message belied my intent for the call. A nearby Polish woman smiled at me while taking a drag on her cigarette. I smiled back at her, and descended into the subway for the last time in life…
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[...] I turn up your stereo as
the near-silence grows eerie.
Wes Montgomery is playing the guitar.
I am tired. Your voice is like jazz. [...]
Earlier today, after the concert, and during the concert… i don’t know how i want to say this. The show was in a small church with classic acoustics. The sound was powerful. The sound was a tsunamic force. My God! Twenty five musicians in a tiny reverberating hall! Trumpets, trombones, saxophones, strings, drums, guitars…
...read more hereMaybe, I thought to myself, maybe I have that famous wanderers’ disease, and I’m simply never happy with the destination… any destination.
On further consideration, that’s bullshit, because I’m happy right now.
...read more hereI can remember now the days when I would have done anything and spoken to anyone to be a part of a group like that. Those days were not too long ago. Just a few years ago, when I was young and fiery and artistic and intelligent and I made things happen. I also ruined a lot of things… I guess that’s how I got to where I am.
...read more hereI leaned to the young lady sitting next to me. “Did I just see that? Did that just happen?”
… Nobody made a loud comment or protested or even tried to save him.
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