New York happenings....A wonderful friend and New Yorker suppose to accompany me to Restoration was not feeling well so I had an extra ticket. I approached the box office and in my shy and demure way -- kind of like Claudia Shear "Blown Sideways Through Life" -- I just shouted out would anyone like a free ticket?
Viebeke Hastrup said yes and I was so happy to impress upon her a New York magical moment like this. She impressed me too. She is here from Denmark and this beautiful actress is here hoping to put on a play here in NYC in 2011.
Good luck Vibeke!!!!!! I will be there. I was here tonight as part of a small package of tickets I bought to support The New York Theatre workshop. It was such a pleasure to enjoy this play with someone who really appreciates the theatre, acting and the arts!
The play is about restoring Michelangelo's David and beauty and perfection in contrast to how imperfect humans are and how lonely. There are the Bill Gates of beauty and in contrast the star of Restoration although she is "rich" metaphorically -- her interior life --- she is gifted with a good heart, a brilliant mind and a burning passion for her work. She spends a lot of time with a really handsome security guard played by Jonathan Cake who is almost a living breathing David and the supporting cast was very good with a special nod for the prof. and mentor played by Alan Mandell.
Well done and I have to say it one more time. I LOVE CLAUDIA SHEAR!!! She can play me anytime but she has to act a lot taller!!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DysLL5dC_bM
I have a YouTube documentary series on Love Saves the Day and Karen moving around the corner to St. Marks Place after the store closed. Here she is with Peter having a reunion of sorts...visiting memory lane....
I knew I had filmed something powerful. Giuseppi told me to look up his name on the internet. I found out people thought he was dead and that he was a very loved jazz composer and musician that made me two important records in the 1960's.
Two years later I would meet that little boy who is now my age and help reunite him with his father after all these years.
A jazz writer Tim Madison had contacted me and told me how deeply moving my YouTube was. He told me he watched it over and over. I said I do to. He urged me to continue filming but I said I was very tired and traumatized. I had just had to sell my home of 2o years which is traumatic but it was even more so because I am an outspoken activist. I did not know if I could find the strength but I did.
Peter Gershon, publisher of Signal to Noise, wrote a powerful piece on Giuseppi Logan entitled "Out From the Shadow" and Peter Gershon is one of the only people to fully acknowledge my work and contribution because usually people just help themselves and erase me.
Matt Lavelle, a musician recognized Giuseppi Logan when he came in to a store where Matt was working and ever since he plays music with Giuseppi and gets him and the group he formed gigs. This is huge for Giuseppi because it helps him earn money which he needs and of course it allows him to connect with people who still remember him and love his work.
I had suggested to Giuseppi's son Jaee, also a musical genius he should make a documentary and he took my advice. He filmed the reunion and when we in the park with the camera rolling a guy came up and shook Giuseppi's hand. He said your records got me through college.
Very moving in so many ways and Giuseppi Logan wants to get back in to the studio. He has new compositions including a piece he named after me, "Suzannah".
The accidental gov. needs to have resigned quite a while ago and make spending time with his defense attorneys his number one past time.
New York City is in for very harsh cuts and for a long time their have been voices raised here calling for NYC to secede from the State. Just had to bring a touch of humor to an economic disaster here in New York. The 9 billion dollar deficit was suppose to be balanced by April 1 and their are Albany politicos so embroiled in scandals that defense attorneys are a priority not serving the people of New York.
The people of New York are not near the top of the list when it comes to politicos and their self serving agendas and inflated egos. Tune in more to come on this topic.
By the way, the grilling of Goldman Sachs top dogs did not hurt GS's stock but in fact it went up!
Goldman Sachs top dogs go from being grilled to be thrown in to the fire. I wrote a short story which is now a free podcast in ITunes called "Chopping the Street, one mega million at a time" about a woman that takes over an international biker motorcycle club and turns it into a global financial service firm on wheels. I wrote it in 2003 and I even quote The New York Post than on how much white collar crime costs the tax payers. It takes some brain power to understand what I am saying in this simple short story about white collar crime being above the radar and costs the people a fortune whether it is detected or not, whether it is successfully prosecuted or not. I could not get the story published. Why do you think that is?
