Friday, June 4, 2004

That Jazzy Album

We were on our way home. Our bellies were full of enchiladas and quesadillas and flaquitos. Smiles were on our faces. The sun was going down. The heat was dissipating.

Dad. Can you play that jazzy album when we get home? Ben asked, and he sang a few bars.

He sang a few bars, and the album he wanted was clear. He sang a few bars, and I picked right up where he left off.

Is it a CD or an album? he asked.

I was still singing.

An album, I said.

An album indeed. One that I've kept for 31 years. One that has been silent while the Dual 506 was packed away and the albums gradually moved to a distant corner of the garage.

But the Dual has resumed its place in the living room again, connected to an Onkyo and two Advent-1s. And the albums are out, too.

Yes. I will play that album when we get home. Yes, I will.

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Maynard Ferguson, MF Horn 3

A gift in 1973 from a great senior high school trumpet player to a mediocre freshman. And a gift to him 31 years later when his trombone-playing son asks to hear it a second time.


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Know Thy Enemy

In an article in Capitol Hill Blue, in which he quotes an unnamed GOP political consultant, Doug Thompson talks about the current mood in the White House.

[Thompson/Captiol Hill Blue/Erratic Behavior]: In this administration, you don't have to wear a turban or speak Farsi to be an enemy of the United States. All you have to do is disagree with the President.
Linked by [Drum/Political Animal/Just Like Nixon].

Update:See the end of the Drum article above for reasons why you might want to treat this quote as suspect.


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