I enjoy the circular winds, barometric pressure, and general heavy/light gusty weird quality of tropical storm air. Things are moving around, bending, drenched out there in the Gulf - and though nobody in New Orleans wishes a hurricane or tropical storm even on anybody we do know where we live and choose it so we must like it, yes indeed.
I'm reading "Lush Life" on Bob's recommend and I have to say: that Bob's got great taste. It's pretty rare to find a writer who nails dialog so effectively, who can build tension and mystery without kitsch, who can slowly smartly hook me in. It's great reading but not "easy" - like Chekov or the other Russians (was Chekov Russian?!? Why don't I know this?!? I think he was ...) it pays off in dividends. I eat books. This one's slammingly delicious -
While I'm at it I might also add that I'm really digging calypso, yes the new Beck, and revisiting Boogie Down Productions. There's a great new café on Frenchman in what used to be the back half of Café Brasil, YUKI, and they've got fantastic world & big beat/dub dj's at least 3/4 nights a week and that plus the totally refreshing saki cocktails they make, plus the shrimp toasts they've gotten me addicted to, makes for a total pleasure experience. What else? Oh I'm moving again -
change change it's gonna come, it's good, it's the opposite of death