So, basically, everything is fine here. We had some very high winds last night and the power was out for about four hours, but that happens all the time, even without hurricanes...it is nothing like those photos of NYC, Atlantic City, Ocean City etc. here. We were lucky.
And in fact, extra lucky, because I had been trying to get hold of Mirah for more than a week in order to do a Philadelphia Weekly feature on her, and it finally came through late yesterday afternoon (it's due tomorrow, or at least it was before the world went underwater). Weirdly, I was on the phone with Mirah talking about her upcoming tour when the lights went out here. She was telling me about the older songs that she almost has to do, every time she does a live show, or else her fans get very disappointed. One of them, appropriately enough, was "Cold Cold Water."
I hope you are all well and safe.
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I was going to email you and ask if everything was alright. Good to know that you're well. I'm looking forward to your Mirah feature. She's one of my all-time favorite singers.
Hi, Andrew. Yeah, everything's pretty normal. Just went for a little run and it was sunny out. Not many cars, though, and a couple big trees down.
Mirah's great. I'm not sure it was the world's best interview, though.
I'll make sure to read it once it's out. The comment about the songs she has to play is rather intriguing. I'm very unfamiliar with her fans. As long as trees were the only damage. Maybe one less thing to go down if winter is awful? By the way, I was listening to Black Ships Ate The Sky again and it's still holding up. Hearing Antony on it is still a delight since he's another favorite of mine.
I love that Black Ships Ate the Sky. Shirley Collins is my favorite singer on there.]
I remember when you mentioned her. She and Pantaleimon were such big discoveries for me. Knowing about Collins was a real help when reading that England's Hidden Reverse book.
Cool.
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