Astoria Love
My life is small and stupid, but every once in a while I desperately love it.
The Jay Clifford show was amazing- he played all my favorites, ALL of them (except the one's sung by Matthew of course) plus Diving Bell- where can I get a recording of that?? Also, would love to hear your thoughts on what it's about. Would also love to hear the story about Cathedrals, since to my dismay, he didn't tell it at the NYC show.
We made all new Astoria friends at a serendipitously random party on Friday, and Jenny is my new Southern-Sorority-Girl partner in crime. Yesterday I danced down the side of the river, since I went so far to the top of Astoria that no one was around to watch me jog-dance my way around the paths that line the banks. I did not find a 4-leaf clover. I did turn off the mp3 player and watch the boats. The sky clouded over but did not rain, and the usual lounging couples in the park were replaced by elementary age soccer games. Megan is using our Sunday dinners for her documentary photo class. I will undoubtedly be documented forever in history as an overeater who laughs too much. I'm not sure what all this means, except that something about it all makes me feel content with how I spent my weekend, even if I have nothing tangible to show for it.
xoxoxoxoBon
ps- I've been listening to Cold Feet on repeat all weekend. SO GOOD. So good, in fact, I only mind a little that we are questioning the possible foot-fetish intent.
posted by sissie @ 10:48 PM
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He played "Forget My Loss" then, I hope? I was sad that I didn't get to hear it at the show here, but The Diving Bell was worth the price of admission. FYI, the story as I know it is as follows: there was this guy who somehow got paralyzed from the neck down and couldn't speak or anything...Maybe he had a stroke. Anyway, he wanted to write a book, so he did it by blinking. Once for A, twice for B, etc. The book is called The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (a diving bell is something obsolete once used for divers, obviously, which allowed them to breathe underwater). I don't know what it's about or what the song is about specifically, but that's how Jay got the inspiration to write it. As far as I know, there are no recordings of it (although he's hitting the studio in January!), unless you count the ones in weird file format that people have put online. If you think you can figure out how to convert them, go for it, and then send them to me!
Sorry that this is the longest comment ever. My friend recorded him telling the Cathedrals story, so I'll see if I can post those files here: I would never do it justice myself.
he SO played Forget My Loss... and I am completely lame for actually tearing up at a concert!! it was amazing. also, the Cathedrals story was interesting, but hard to hear the specifics cause youtube hates me and is always freezing. wish he had told it at the NYC show.
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