It's still Bob's b'day! Yay! I celebrate with you, lo these many miles away.
I don't know the burning match joke. I now know enough to be leery of it.
Your post reminds me of the year I drove down to Chicago for Bob's b'day. Probably 1984 or 1985. When was "Kiss and the Knife" still brand new? I arrived with a full-on road buzz topping a long work week, walking into the party in full swing. Bob handed me the headphones or put them on my head, then played the song for me. Loved it then, still love it now.
I was still not quite ready to engage in party conversations. I remember pulling Edward Steichen's A Life in Photography from your bookshelf and spending a good half-hour and more totally mesmerized. Years later, I pulled a later edition of the book from a store shelf, fully intending to buy it. But the print and paper quality of that edition was...appallingly bad in comparison with the richness of the tones in the photos as I first saw them.
I eventually joined the party at hand and had a fine time, indeed. Just like so many other visits with the two of you and friends over the years.
Here's to many more birthdays, and many more such visits, too.
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Date: Monday, 10 August 2015 02:20 am (UTC)I don't know the burning match joke. I now know enough to be leery of it.
Your post reminds me of the year I drove down to Chicago for Bob's b'day. Probably 1984 or 1985. When was "Kiss and the Knife" still brand new? I arrived with a full-on road buzz topping a long work week, walking into the party in full swing. Bob handed me the headphones or put them on my head, then played the song for me. Loved it then, still love it now.
I was still not quite ready to engage in party conversations. I remember pulling Edward Steichen's A Life in Photography from your bookshelf and spending a good half-hour and more totally mesmerized. Years later, I pulled a later edition of the book from a store shelf, fully intending to buy it. But the print and paper quality of that edition was...appallingly bad in comparison with the richness of the tones in the photos as I first saw them.
I eventually joined the party at hand and had a fine time, indeed. Just like so many other visits with the two of you and friends over the years.
Here's to many more birthdays, and many more such visits, too.