I met Duke Ellington in a dream the other night (seven plus years ago) in a remarkably small theater after his ensemble had concluded their 1927 composition Black & Tan Fantasy.
I tried to bum a cigarette from the great jazzman, but he refused. I thanked him for doing that. “It will make a better story,” I said. Then I woke up with a smile.
When I told my fiddle teacher about it, he wasn’t surprised. “You’ve been playing his music,” he said. Spooky instrument, the fiddle.
I stopped playing my acoustic 4/4 about two years ago due to condo living. Simply too loud for the neighbors. The Yamaha YSV200 Silent isn’t really silent but makes a lot less sound than an acoustic, even with a steel or rubber mute, according to the reviews I’ve read. Conversational voice level, according to one reviewer. Played with headphones or earbuds for an acoustic sound. If I’m ever going to get back to the fiddle, it may be just what I need. Stay tuned, so to speak.
UPDATE: I bought one. Now to see if it’s satisfying.
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February 12, 2022 in Plus-sized models, Rule 5
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It’s mostly an unconscious fear of imbalance, I think, of falling down, that makes us old fogies shuffle. Annoying as all get out. Be 78 in March.
Tonight, but predicted to be a light one. Hovering just below 32. We’ll take it. Not that we have much choice.
Goofing off this morning, instead of obsessing about my eye, I started searching for OCS classmate Tucker Smallwood’s various movies & TV shows, by typing “Tucker Smallwood” in the search box (raised by clicking on the magnifying glass at the bottom of the screen) on Apple TV and Prime Video.
Quite a few, actually, going back to possibly the most famous movie, for its box office success,1997’s “Contact.” Only found one on Netflix, 2017’s “Girlfriend’s Day,” an oddly-named thriller that isn’t very thrilling, but still pretty good. But Netflix is failing anyway.
My old classmate is a journeyman actor who has made a living at it for more than fifty years: in small parts often playing authority figures, which figures, his being a Follow Me type of guy. After all, in the cast credits for most of the flicks, he’s the only one with a Combat Infantryman’s Badge.
UPDATE: He hated my assessment. No attempted good deed ever goes unpunished.
THE TEXAS SCRIBBLER 