tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22361479.post3396563787861352148..comments2024-03-16T06:23:29.917-07:00Comments on The Reverberate Hills; or The Apotheosis of the Narwhal: the fat lady adjusts her cup and steps to the platePatrick J. Vazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09279528648512493917noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22361479.post-17064167878151281472007-05-09T16:18:00.000-07:002007-05-09T16:18:00.000-07:00AND The Star-Spangled Banner is a waltz AND the wo...AND The Star-Spangled Banner is a waltz AND the words are a series of questions.<BR/><BR/>So much for machismo.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07000424514491809383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22361479.post-85425254599931903492007-04-21T23:18:00.000-07:002007-04-21T23:18:00.000-07:00Fourth of July is my favorite holiday even though ...Fourth of July is my favorite holiday even though it tends to be shitty in coastal California where I've lived most of my life because of the fog at that time of year.<BR/><BR/>I did get to play at a gay softball tournament at MIT in Cambridge in the early 1980s and after the games go on a cruise on the Charles River for the Fourth, with the Bostom Symphony Pops playing in the river bandshell, and a truly extraordinary fireworks show going off in conjunction with the music. It's one of the fond memories of my life.<BR/><BR/>The only Fourth that comes close in memory was in Chicago in the early 90's, when Georg Solti was conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra on the banks of Lake Michigan and I happend to be on a glamorous yacht and having amusing sex with the owner, and the marijuana brownie as the fireworks went off in conjunction with the CSO was pretty much off the charts. The Chicago party, of course, was on the Third of July because the Fourth is a local, family affair in the Midwest.<BR/><BR/>And I'm getting as meandering as you.Civic Centerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12362422142667230626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22361479.post-14303533652326607952007-04-21T18:31:00.000-07:002007-04-21T18:31:00.000-07:00That sounds like a great anthem performance. I've ...That sounds like a great anthem performance. I've only been to Candlestick once, in the last year before the 49ers hit bottom, to see them play the Green Bay Packers. It poured rain most of the day. I did get to see Brett Favre play. I took public transportation and met a friend who drove and it took each of us an hour to get out of the parking lot.<BR/>I once heard several thousand people go flat on the same high note during the Boston Pops 4th of July on the Esplanade. It actually filled me with love for all of them. But that was before American incompetence became so prevalent and so depressing.Patrick J. Vazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09279528648512493917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22361479.post-33944663930567451992007-04-20T19:22:00.000-07:002007-04-20T19:22:00.000-07:00Wow, that is a great essay, meandering down every ...Wow, that is a great essay, meandering down every path imaginable.<BR/><BR/>My favorite version of "The Star Spangled Banner" before a game was sometime in the early 80's at Candlestick Park, and Marty Balin from the Jefferson Airplane/Starship was the featured vocalist. About halfway through, he forgot the words and just started humming along, and the small, rude crowd (back when the tickets were inexpensive) started laughing AND singing in an attempt to jog his memory. It was great.Civic Centerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12362422142667230626noreply@blogger.com