thar shie blohz

where was i...? oh, well, i thiiiink i was fixin t'git t'explainin bout how some tunesters have rustled things up and around about so's i'm seein things adjusted in a fine way.

some such masters be personal favos like nina simone, for e'zample. learnd bout nina in 93 when i took in a fonda bridg flick and got flo'rd by her sound, completely flo-red. [chek out dem tunez - last half of the "point of no return" soundtrack, they'r special among the phat cat'log of this great "arteest"] intense, full bravato overall sound and the lungs and spirit of this woman were unmatched. one of a kind. nina was brilliant and mine as much as yours. her anger got some release from singing and playing and composing these tour de force pieces. she was dauntless, nonstop.

i saw ms. simone in los angls ca back about the end of the 90s. it was exciting to be in the presence of a giant, as i've often had the privilege to do in various settings, and she gave us a concert worth remembering, though i think she may have had signs of fatigue because she did a few oddities like standing up midtune and demanding applause, even ovation, from the audience. it's all good. she didn't make a huge spectacle of it, just kinda hammed it up for a few minutes once or twice. but the fine memory is there of the show on the whole and taking another real life experience of master musicians into my life's story.

now nina is with the others, blowin in the wind, filling the air with their sound, like in my room right here, right now. listen on!