tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8195331440073495601.post3054624279591057290..comments2008-10-15T16:19:18.158-07:00Mark McCormicknoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8195331440073495601.post-35313829928794573632008-10-15T16:19:00.000-07:002008-10-15T16:19:00.000-07:00It touched my heart to read this, Mark. To read your reflections on those fun/crazy/endearing times we shared in SF, and to hear you were able to (finally) connect with Radiohead in the same way I have. <I>In Rainbows</I> is a magnificent album, and I can easily say I've listened to it start to finish at least 100 times by now. You might like to know that I have since passed on Rufus Wainwright to several good friends, and have often shared the same story of our road trip and music swap. Isn't it poetic how music can ripple through and amplify relationships, empathy, and that beautiful thing we all share called the human condition? It sure makes me smile. <BR/><BR/>On small correction: I saw Rufus recreating Judy's performance at Carnegie Hall, not Radio City Music Hall. Has the pupil surpassed his teacher in pop culture so far as to correct him on what was "<A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judy_at_Carnegie_Hall" REL="nofollow">the greatest night in show business history</A>"? Teehee.<BR/><BR/>Keep up the writing...Charlienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8195331440073495601.post-70992655689499655492008-10-15T08:26:00.000-07:002008-10-15T08:26:00.000-07:00Great writing.....especially the tenderness of the final paragraph. Human need, desire, fraility, difference, manifested through Radiohead and Joni Mitchell.<BR/>Keep writing!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com