Wednesday, January 5, 2011

January 5 - Musical Paradise


Wake up to the semi-splendor of semi-warm, semi-sunny semidesert,


and


proceed


down


I-5


(through the


Santa Clarita Valley


and


over


Newhall


Pass)


and


405 (across


San Fernando,


vaulting


the


Santa


Monicas)


towards


a


quiet


Venice


sidestreet


to


meet


Jim


Fox of Cold Blue Recordings for a follow-up interview in preparation to write New Grove American Dictionary articles on him and the record label.


We decamp to a Rose Avenue Cafe and


then


cut


back home in delightful discourse, with many musical examples in


sheet and


sound.


Back


on


the


road,


there's


time to follow the sunset up the


Coast Road


to


Leo Carillo State Beach,


where the recent rains have wrecked havoc on the route to


Point Mugu.


Auspicious to return anyway for a


rendezvous


with


Debby How at her


splendid setup and thence to a tremendous


Thai place for


cheery chat.


All aliterations aside, there are miles beyond


downtown Los Angeles to


Yucaipa for the safe haven of John Browning and company.