DAYS
Thanksgiving NYC
Nysheva - Starr met me at about 10:30 am. Herald Square. Police barriers everywhere controlling the crowds for the parade.
We stood at 33rd and 7th with signs: Racism - Fear of the Other, Ramarley / Sean / Amadou / Trayvon / Michael / Akai: Our Brothers, and Stand with Us. And two by two people joined us. Soon there were a dozen and then more standing in a row and often people stood behind us.
Captain Beefheart's Ten Commandments for Guitarists
I knew a wonderful musician named Don Van Vliet. He called himself Captain Beefheart. He said he had a beef in his heart. He used to call me late at night and talk for hours. I mostly listened. He'd talk about hats and consequences, playing with words. I'd lie in bed with the phone at my head listening to Don follow himself like a 5 year old.