I have iTunes on shuffle, and I discovered a fabulous segue:

Concierto de Aranjuez (Adagio) -- from the Miles Davis [and Gil Evans, on this disc] Complete Columbia Recordings

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Oh Me Oh My (I'm A Fool For You) -- Aretha Franklin

I'm serious. They just *work.*

Concierto de Aranjuez (Adagio)

From Sketches of Spain, I'm pretty sure. I can see how that would work.

From Sketches of Spain, I'm pretty sure.

Yup. It's so fucking gorgeous.

Yup. It's so fucking gorgeous.

Yeah, that whole record is a classic. I think Betsy would like it. Grace Slick was listening to it when she wrote "White Rabbit" incidentally.

Grace Slick was listening to it when she wrote "White Rabbit" incidentally.

Huh. That makes sense.

Huh. That makes sense.

I love finding out stuff like that. On the literary plane, halfway through writing Wise Blood Flannery O'Connor's friends forced King Lear on her, which she'd never read before. You can really tell.

My Austin film geek friend gives an unwavering thumbs up to the Alamo people:

Although I can certainly understand that your friend would be very concerned about sending rare materials, I believe they would be handled with the utmost professionalism and care. They're experienced at handling and showing archival materials and have a great reputation in the local film community.

There's more I can forward to you, David, if you want.

No, that's good enough for me, Jon. Thank your friend for me.

Having a Sparks tagline must've inspired The Alternative, because they showed the video for "I Predict" tonight. Fun. Funner? What they played later - The Pogues' video for "If I Should Fall From Grace With God." (The song I want played at my funeral. It'll be a fun funeral.)

Now playing: Mrs. Miller singing "A Hard Day's Night."

Her reputation is deserved.