Last night Travalon and I had a very late evening because we
went to see the reggae band Steel Pulse at the Barrymore. My Pandora station
plays a lot of Steel Pulse, so I knew most of the songs they did. I really
enjoyed the show: lively music that is mostly minor key? Check. Lots of
dreadlocks? Check. Brightly colored attire? Check! A marijuana flag? But of
course! And even a slight scent of wacky weed coming from somewhere in the
audience. We mostly sat but got up to dance toward the end, and during the encore
when they sang the lyrics to “Rollerskates”: “Life without music, I can’t go,
no!” I was totally feeling it. Who can live a life without music?
Just when I was thinking that reggae must indeed be my
favorite type of music, today at lunch there was another free Bach concert,
with a viola sonata and another for two flutes. Ah, Baroque music! And then
there’s salsa. I can’t choose! Luckily I don’t have to. It is so amazing to
live in a time and place where musicians perform all these types of music – and
more! I have even heard Mongolian throat singers here in town. Not that this
would rate as my favorite type of music, but it does have an eerie beauty. Life
without music? I can’t go, no – and here in Madison, I don’t have to!
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