LINES OF THE DAY

". . . But the past does not exist independently from the present. Indeed, the past is only past because there is a present, just as I can point to something over there only because I am here. But nothing is inherently over there or here. In that sense, the past has no content. The past -- or more accurately, pastness -- is a position. Thus, in no way can we identify the past as past." p. 15

". . . But we may want to keep in mind that deeds and words are not as distinguishable as often we presume. History does not belong only to its narrators, professional or amateur. While some of us debate what history is or was, others take it into their own hands." p. 153

Silencing the Past: Power and the Production of History (1995) by Michel-Rolph Trouillot

Saturday, July 12, 2008

Jetblue Smashed Vaquero's Guitar



House of Dance and Feathers.

Jetblue smashed Vaquero's guitar, as he learned when it took it out to play last night. They insisted it couldn't ride in the overhead, and took it away from him. They smashed it. Of all flights, the Jetblue flight to NO, should be particularly careful of instruments, considering how many musicians fly in and out of that airport every single day.

Thank goddessa it wasn't the Ramirez, but the guitar the Colombians gave him in January. Still, it hurts. It hurts a lot.
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Graeme said...

Wow. that sucks. I hope they gave some sort of compensation (allow it is hard to put a price on such gifts)

July 14, 2008 at 3:05 AM

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