02008-05-22 | Performance, Photos, Touring
Mural on the wall of a small neighborhood bar.
Here is a side view of the Blue Note’s stage. Larger than the New York club.
The second performance at 11PM was, shall we say “not crowded”? I set myself a new challenge: can I play for an hour (duration of a set at the Blue Note Milan) without stopping? So I played an hour-long medley of my music. My back hurt a little afterward, because I did not stop to stretch, but I liked how the music developed. I hope that it felt like a movie, when experienced with the slideshow.
02008-05-20 | Philosophy
The emergence and blossoming of understanding, love and intelligence has nothing to do with any tradition, no matter how ancient or impressive – it has nothing to do with time. It happens completely on its own when a human being questions, wonders, listens and looks without getting stuck in fear, pleasure and pain. When self-concern is quiet, in abeyance, heaven and earth are open.
– Toni Packer
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02008-05-20 | Music
Pavarotti
“He was determined to sing at the old opera house in Manaus, where he was convinced Caruso had once sung,” he said.
“We went up there by boat, located a piano but found the theatre out of use. Nevertheless, we went in and he sang two arias from Tosca, E lucevan le stelle and Recondita armonia to an audience of about five.”
