Nov 20, 2008
A train is roaring past our hotel room through the desert of Tucson. What a sound. This town is alive!
Here is an article about the singing black hole. The one I have been talking about on stage. The one that is in Bb. (I Love You and Buddha Too is in Bb. So is Sorry Signs On Cash Machines.) The article is incredibly scientific and hard for me to focus on but, for those of you that love science, here it is!!!
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/universe/black_hole_sound.html
I just love the part about the Bb. Why B flat? Why do songs in B flat often open your heart? Hmmmm.....
Some people were asking about the verse I have been adding to “Buddha”. Here it is:
When Prophets say they’ve heard the one and only Word and every Word is different God becomes an argument and we are left to choose a side or to refuse the whole thing in its humanness or learn from each with tolerance.
All right, all right, all right I love you and Buddha too all right.
Someone gave me a copy of the book Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts and I am loving it. Just finished The Brief Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz. Adam lent it to me. It won the Pulitzer last year. I really enjoyed it. Diaz’s voice is really refreshing and bright and the book begged to be read quickly.
I have been having a great time on the West coast. Such kind people coming out to the shows. Thank you so much everyone! Now we are heading north and east. Three shows to go.
(This picture of me was taken by my friend Danny Modor last March in Patagonia, Chile.)
Love,
Mason
Tucson, Arizona
10/18/08
Check out this recent review from Glide Magazine’s ‘Hidden Track’....
