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Just when I am frustrated with modern life and wishing all things 21st-century would eat it, I sit down to Herbie Hancock live with Joni Mitchell. I almost threw the remote at the television but instead hit the power button and well, now, where would I ever get the turn to see two of my favorite musicians legendary musicians performing together except on HD television? So I leave it on and watch. And as Herbie sighs out a closed-eyed organic flow and Jonie volunteers her raw soul to me and I suddenly forget about MediCare benefits and credit card payments and death and remembering to live and I am in a studio with legends being taught to feel music once again and I remember how to improvise and I realize that music is still everywhere and you mustn't be concerned with the music to perform it and I smile suddenly and know why I was never good at jazz. Herbie doesn't care what I think but picks up some kind of electric piano and whips that into shape and I think that jazz is meant for colors and cigarettes not solemn studios so I move Herbie to a lounge where together we can let our thoughts yell out before they disappear into the darkness but it doesn't matter that they're gone because they have really lived and I'm happy that we were able to have this conversation. And now it doesn't matter that tomorrow is only Tuesday, because maybe tomorrow will bring pop and tribal dancing. And all for the $65/month package deal.
