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From Altercation:

Van Morrison and Solomon Burke on Friday night; James Cotton and Johnny Winter two blocks away in Central Park for free, last night; Brian Wilson on my block tonight; Buddy Guy and Los Lobos, ditto, Tuesday night; me at PS 321 Wednesday night; Suzy Boguss at The Bottom Line or Elvin Jones at The Blue Note or Southside Johnny on a boat Thursday night — hmm, WWJD? — and Rosanne in Prospect Park on Friday night. He’d go to that, for sure, and not only because it’s free. But I gotta go to the Mets/Yankees game.) And I didn’t even mention the best part of all — the beginning of the JVC Jazz Fest. Admit it. You wished you lived here.

Last night I dreamed that I arrived in New York with a couple of suitcases and immediately moved into an apartment. It was all very stressful, and not voluntary. (I think I had to be there to work on something musical.) But when I was settled in, I thought, "At last, I get to live in New York!"