[Kzyxtalk] A Gypsy melody.

[Marco McClean]

Subject: A Gypsy melody.

/“Gazing into the flames as the Red Indian took form, I felt the same 
devil move in me as I had on that day at the river when Dieter had 
emerged naked and streaming from the water. I could practically smell 
the aroma of leather and horse-sweat emanating from bronze skin. My 
breathing grew heavy and harsh as I squeezed my eyes shut and the stars 
of a huge night sky over a vast, desolate and craggy place called New 
Mexico or Arizona rushed and raced, swirled and dipped while I clenched 
my teeth and my heart pumped like a fist. The next day, I crept into 
Dieter’s room when he was out and found the book he had been reading 
from the night before: Winnetou, The Apache Knight. I absorbed the 
strange words. Frau Gunter, when she was not taking us to the cemetery 
or forcing us to make lace, had taught us to read the Bible. Because of 
this, I could read any book I opened. If I didn’t understand a 
particular word, I deduced its meaning by the other words around it.” 
–Eleanor Cooney/

Here's the recording of last night's (Friday 2023-11-17) eight-hour-long 
Memo of the Air: Good Night Radio show on 107.7fm KNYO-LP Fort Bragg 
(CA) and KNYO.org:
https://tinyurl.com/KNYO-MOTA-0567

I'm happy to read your writing on the radio. Just email it to me and 
that's all you have to do.

Besides all that, at https://MemoOfTheAir.wordpress.com you'll find a 
fresh batch of dozens of links to worthwhile items I set aside for you 
while gathering the show together, such as:

Pull My Daisy, a beat film. Gently narrated (and seamlessly dubbed) by 
Jack Kerouac. (26 min.)
https://nagonthelake.blogspot.com/2023/11/pull-my-daisy-1959.html

Motorcycle-cop chase. I’ll tell you right off that by both skill and 
incomprehensible miracle nobody gets hurt here, so you can enjoy it 
without stress. Imagine you’re the young couple on the bike being 
chased. What’s their story, I wonder. Note the demonstration of inertia 
when the chasee’s passenger’s feet and shapely butt fly up off the pegs 
and seat, respectively, on speed-bumps, and automatically reacquire 
their purchase.
https://misscellania.blogspot.com/2023/11/tweet-of-day_0711225337.html

Bobby Fingers creates art, makes musical films about the art, buries the 
art somewhere in the world and gives clues to find it. This is his 
latest film, wherein he builds and launches a rowing-boat in the shape 
of Jeff Bezos' giant face.
https://kottke.org/23/11/bobby-fingers-makes-a-jeff-bezos-rowboat

And cheerful deaf people teach us swears to convey through motions of 
the hands and face.
https://tywkiwdbi.blogspot.com/2023/11/not-safe-for-work.html

Marco McClean, memo at mcn.org
https://MemoOfTheAir.wordpress.com