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Washington Heights
Joined July 2012
"I force the audience to be attentive, then to hold their breath—then I have great success." RIP Maya Plisetskaya youtube.com/watch?v=FmsokICh…
NYers, mark your calendars: @EnclavianMatter reading at @CakeShopNYC feat. David Samuels and @LizzieWurtzel!
“Go back to sleep. What woke you isn’t here. It was the wind outside, indifferent, clear.” RIP Stanislaw Baranczak
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"You're only given a little spark of madness, and if you lose that, you're nothing." RIP Robin Williams youtube.com/watch?v=l2SliEAG…
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"I can’t imagine conducting Mahler Nine on July Fourth. It’s just grotesque!" RIP Lorin Maazel, 1930-2014.
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Merriam Webster uses the word "homey" in a sentence: merriam-webster.com/dictiona…
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What we're listening to: Karen Dalton's "It Hurts Me Too" youtube.com/watch?v=H0ZlWK-b…
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What we're listening to: Geeshie Wiley, "Last Kind Words" youtube.com/watch?v=oAKfy2W7…