We just happened, amid all the Substack posts out there, all the noise, the cacophony of the crises at hand, we just happened to have stumbled upon one of America’s great writers. Lucky us.
I thought I would pass over this post, as I have limited reading time and there is much to cover re the authoritarian take-over. Never much cared for jazz either but your brilliant writing is irresistible, and the bigger story, how people fight their way through repression, how Art saves lives, always deserves a moment, always, like a rose, deserves the honor of stopping everything else for a moment of respectful, delightful appreciation.
Impressive knowledge and depth of understanding of a musical era.
We just happened, amid all the Substack posts out there, all the noise, the cacophony of the crises at hand, we just happened to have stumbled upon one of America’s great writers. Lucky us.
Yes.
Mark McInerney is indeed
one of America's great writers.
We have found treasure.
Thank God we know it.
I thought I would pass over this post, as I have limited reading time and there is much to cover re the authoritarian take-over. Never much cared for jazz either but your brilliant writing is irresistible, and the bigger story, how people fight their way through repression, how Art saves lives, always deserves a moment, always, like a rose, deserves the honor of stopping everything else for a moment of respectful, delightful appreciation.
Thank you so much!!!!!
These artists would love
to read you, Mark
They would be so happy
that you hear their spirit
their aspirations
their fire for freedom!
They would rejoice
that you share their music here
with powerful poetic words
lit from the same source