I Have Been Listening from the Beginning
1. Listening to this song in the summer with the door open to the sidewalk. You don’t turn the lights on cuz it’s too hot. There’s a lot of slow space here. Waiting for a return, with long intervals of silence in between.
2. At the Virginia eastern shore, in the backyard of the small house, pacing in the grace in the evening alone (bugs below, stars above), singing this song slowly.
3. When I saw Jolie Holland in Vienna a couple years ago, I shouted out for “Black Stars” towards the end of her set because I couldn’t help myself. She looked almost embarrassed, like I had asked her to take off her pants in front of the audience.
4. This song makes me want to go play piano, so I’m going to go do that now. I hope it does the same for you.
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