Wednesday, 10th November, 2004
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A Thought for Today
If the sea did not make me, at the very
least it rubbed me, rolled me out of darkness into light. For I have
seen my past and future on the whitecaps dancing out beyond a thousand
shorelines.
This
One Does It For Me!
Ken,
Most McKuen fans have vivid memories of the San Sebastian Strings
albums. The world wishes they'd be issued on CD. They do it for me every
time.
I was listening to Home to the Sea and For Lovers a while ago, and I
started thinking of how well we know the voices and the music on these
LPs. For me they're 30 year friends, some longer. Frequently I want to
call up Rod or Anita or Jesse and just talk about the whole production
of these wonderful treasures, but of course we can't. Unfortunately
Jesse is gone, but the point remains.
I know there's a careful line between admiration and intrusion, but I
find myself thinking about them all going to dinner after the sessions,
and the conversation about their gentle art. How to fix that problem
with So Much For The Pipers...could we get a little more quiet on Around
the Bend Ahead? I wish we could get to know Anita better. Are there
tapes of Jesse trying to get things right?
Perhaps you could talk Rod into occasionally revealing some anecdotes
about these people, and maybe even some pictures of the sessions. They
are our life long friends, after all. Exactly what he was talking about
all these years make us miss them on a very personal basis.
Jack Goodwin
Nice letter, Jack, and I
think a lot of us agree with the sentiments you expressed.
A continuing dream of mine,
and I stress at this stage it's only a dream, is that one day we'll see
all the SSS albums released on CD in one glorious, gigantic boxed set.
What a day that will be if it ever comes to pass!
As for stories about Anita
and Jesse - well, from time to time Rod has written at some length about
both of them. A search through the archives using our Google Search
Engine should bring most of them to light.
Some time ago I wrote Anita
asking her to participate in an interview for the proposed Library on
the Stanyan House site. I haven't heard back from her yet but when I do,
and when the library is open for business, you'll read about it right
here. Meanwhile you can check out her relatively new web site at
www.anitakerr.com
If you have a favorite
McKuen song or poem you'd like featured here, or a question to pose,
drop me a line at kenb@mckuen.com
and I'll make sure your letter is featured right here one Wednesday
soon.
- Ken, Johannesburg,
South Africa, November 10
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