I write from the Library of Congress, where I am spending a rainy afternoon perusing the mammoth Leonard Bernstein collection here. I paged the wrong box of correspondence, so while I wait for the right one I'm idly leafing through random letters. I love working at the LOC--comfortable chairs and free wireless.
One discovery: in 1989, Bobby McFerrin sent Bernstein a James Brown mixtape, with the instructions to "put it on when your hips get stuck." That's a vivid image.
1 year ago
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Wow, that's funny! As it happens, Bobby McFerrin's niece was one of my closest friends during my first year at BGSU. Then a series of bad things happened and she ended up institutionalized. Very sad.
Next time you're gonna be at the LOC shoot me an email. Close to where I work, we could even meet up for a "cross-blog-meeting-of-epicness"... or you know, lunch.
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