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Our talk, sometimes sentimental, about an interval, a period with limits, a moment when something occurs, or a force that acts on individuals or objects.
WHO'S COMING?
Looking forward as we plan, pre-cook, choose wine, buy flowers, and clean up the house, Barb and I anticipate our guests as arriving in this order:
 
1) James Dean, Iconic film actor and bad ass. Exceptional at portraying teenage angst. Subject of documentaries, books, digitally re-mastered DVDs, and a song by the Beach Boys.
2) Chris Peters, Microsoft alum, exemplary of the 10,000 computer millionaires who now use their vast wealth for strong second careers; and
  
3) Danica Patrick, Indianapolis 500 driver, still taking bows for being the first woman to take the lead in that track’s history (she might have won if she hadn’t slowed down to save fuel).

Hasta La Vista
Posted by Barb, 7 Mar 2008 at 22:37
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So, reader, that is a wrap. Grandchildren are going to be visiting us early in April and hence we hope to re-connect with you on the First Friday night in May.

Hang on -- a rumpled James Dean has wheeled around and now is back in our front doorway. “I just wanted to say,” he slaps Rick on the back and then bear-hugs me, “I’m so sorry the good times are over.”
WHO'S COMING?
Looking forward as we plan, pre-cook, choose wine, buy flowers, and clean up the house, Barb and I anticipate our guests as arriving in this order:
 
1) Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, 83, the world’s greatest vocalist of lieder classical European art songs, celebrated for his phrasing as well as for varieties of color and shading. Asked on the phone last week to nominate a co-guest, the baritone mentioned Kenny.
2) Kenny Chesney, 40-year old singer/songwriter of country rock, and today -- after a decade performing in small bars and parking lots –- three times an ‘Entertainer of the Year.’ He started putting on shows about the time Dietrich stopped putting on shows.
  
3) Anna Amalia, patron/great friend of major German musicians, poets, and intellectuals. Composer of singspiel operas with spoken dialogues, and a (very) former Duchess/Regent. Anna accepted our invitation only after she heard 'the baritone of the century' was coming.

Tic Toc
Posted by Rick, 3 May 2008 at 01:56
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Some seven hours after they all arrived, Kenny Chesney, Anna Amalia, and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau are still warming to their themes, still transporting each other across their musical genres. Never knew musicians had such stamina. Neverending.

Barb and I tire. We’re usually in the sack by now. We ought to have taken a nap before the party.

We may be dorks, but ultimately we yawn and only half-cover our mouths with our hands. There!, we’ve sent a signal: our guests could well hit the road. Let's close this deal.

Our signal, transparent in our judgment, goes unnoticed. As a host, have you too ever had that 'Guests, please-go-home' experience?

Stendahl once remarked, exuberantly I bet, that caution is the death of music. Tonight the opposite dynamic's in play: our music folk are refusing interruption, living it up incautiously...and they're incautiously over-staying their welcome. What next?