tales

lately: ghostwritten by david mitchell. i believe it was matt, who lives with kat in brooklyn, who mentioned mitchell after kat almost spilled vending machine coffee on his worn ivory leather loafers in the subway. she snuck up on him from behind.

the flute crew at purchase is small, and i hope will become tight. peter lee is a married, grounded soul who commutes from long island, and crystal reminds me a bit of anita in her friendly disposition. i expect they're all strong players, particularly alice. she seems mysterious, as if she has something up her sleeve. jaime is quiet, and adam is very worldly. i'm crossing my fingers for the picc part for messaien's "oiseaux exotiques" - which, tara and i agreed, totally kicks ass - as well as maybe 2nd on debussy's nocturnes.

class-wise, i would love to sit in on an intro creative writing class as well as a hand drumming class...

for the few of you that rose early friday mornings to catch my radio show last fall on wobc (http://www.wobc.org/guide-show.php?edition_id=1795), i had a djembe show one week and featured a track from a live album by adama dramé (above). if i can't get into any classes at djoniba in the city, i might just have to settle for soaking it up at purchase.

so...marc wolf and i are likely doing some cool flute and guitar things, denisov and bozza, perhaps a piece by francaix. we'll see if we've bitten off more than we can chew rep-wise.

i hear the train at all hours, and sleep fitfully, waking usually at dawn...