On Oct 27, 2005, at 15:08, Ken Wolman wrote:
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> Thank you, Douglas.
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> TOTAL RECALL: THE POLISH RAILWAYS
What a juxtaposition.
Are either of you familiar with composer Steve Reich's "Different
Trains"? A friend tipped me off to a concert performance of it and I
had no idea about the theme, just thought it was an odd title for a
string quartet. It begins as a highly minimalist and somewhat eccentric
musical history of the American railroad but gradually and inevitably
segues into the Polish railways of Ken's poem. Needless to say I left
the auditorium in a very different state than when I came in.
--Knut
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