overheard on streetcar
Posted on May 21, 2008 - Filed Under Places, america, dislocated vignettes, life, people, portland | Leave a Comment
“Foolishness is coming and paid for,” said the crazy little black lady on the streetcar.
I’d watched her get on at NW 23rd and Marshall after she’d tossed the remainder of a lit cigarette on the ground in front of a woman who didn’t look happy to have a lit cigarette tossed onto the ground in [...]
pišem za to mogu pisati.
Posted on May 15, 2008 - Filed Under food and drink, life | Leave a Comment
I had a shot of good Russian vodka with an olive tonight.
Read More..>>panis angelicus
Posted on May 12, 2008 - Filed Under music, people | Leave a Comment
As I watch classic 1983 footage of Leontyne Price singing “Panis Angelicus” with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, I cannot help but marvel at the woman’s face and torso. Her broad face, wide mouth, flaring nostrils and wine-barrel bosom appear to have been designed specifically for projecting large volumes of precise musical sound. What a dramatic [...]
Read More..>>Safet Isović - Aj, kakve Ajka crne oči ima
Posted on May 9, 2008 - Filed Under croatia, music | Leave a Comment
Safet Isović was a living legend of romantic Bosnian song until his demise in 2007, and I found that AFION’s “Slavuj” is derived from a national song that he recorded long ago. I haven’t yet found the original “Slavuj Ptica Mala,” but here’s a film of Isović singing, “Aj, kakve Ajka crne oči ima” (”Oh, [...]
Read More..>>first and foremost, we are lovers
Posted on May 7, 2008 - Filed Under life | Leave a Comment
The human species has not ceased to startle and amaze me.
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