Thursday, January 13, 2005

Sips and Serendipity

So there I was in Borders, picking up the latest issue of ArtForum magazine...I went to get a cup of coffee, and while I was waiting in line I noticed a woman looking around holding two CD's in her hand - two copies of Laura Nyro's Spread Your Wings and Fly: Live at the Fillmore East 1971! I smiled and leaned over and casually said "That's a great CD. "

And her whole face lit up.

She said "You know who Laura Nyro is? My brother and I adore her, and there are two previously unreleased songs on this disc!"
We gushed about Laura for a few moments, then shook hands and parted, both us wearing enormous smiles.

I wish I would have gotten her name.

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