Presque vu XIII

13th November 2006 with 1 Comment

Ash Tree might be coming to an end:
When John Coltrane stopped doing dope—I think around 1960—his playing started getting far more piercing and soul searching. He wasn’t medicating the pain away, instead he used music to medicate it. Blogging is heroin. A quick fix of writing and response. All the energy I expend here should [...]

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