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Against the Grain music, memory & the ‘merican way Copyright 2003 by Kirpal Gordon for Claire Daly A he Supreme A note of thanks: These essaysare the result of thousands of hours of exchanges- of memories, CDs, theories, books, impressions, chatter. Big pranams on the music essayto Bob-Susan-Carson Arnold of the on-line journal Longhouse,jazz critic Lara Pellegrinelli, Napoleon Maddox, MC & human beat-box for the band Iswhat?!, the late great jazz drummer ?I Ed Smith, the writings of Nick Tosches 6r H. Royal Stokes & the challenging invitation from Dr. Shawn Holiday to write an . “autobiography of sound” for his anthology My Back Pages:American Writers Reflect on Popular Culture. A conspiratorial nod out to Paul Rosheim who noted that the Rikki in the Steely Dan reference is none other than OP’s own Rikki Ducomet (formerly DeGre). For the essayon the old neighborhood, big thanks to Rich Cahayla-Wynne, Erik “Tall Trees” Hartberg, John Li Puma, Ramon Mares, & George O’Doherty. First Edition Obscure Publications Paul Rosheim, Series Editor 307 River Street, Apt. 18 Black River Falls, WI 54615 “Watch Out for Obscure Publications” Obscure Publications 2003 What Does Not Change/Is/The Will to Chains I/ God Is Alive, MagicIs A (Variable)Foot Times are tough, baby B the hustle is really on. Prices are high now, da&’ B all the good jobs are gone. -H.E. Owens, “The Hustle Is On” as sung by Johnny Nicholas B Thz Texas All Stars Music was magic. From the get. From the word go. Earliest memories of being alive remain inextricable from ubiquitous radio waves washing our humble home in eternal summer: Doris Day singing “Que Sera Sera,” circa ‘55, “whatever will be,” the song, “will be,” a schlocky re-take of a hit 20 years before, pulled from the Hitchcock film in which she starred with Jimmy Stewart, The Man Who Knew Too Much, itself a schlocky re-make of the original thriller Hitch directed 20 years before with real deal Peter Lorre.
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