Greil Marcus has an incredible new book about Van Morrison out now
's called When That Rough God Goes Riding
it ain't really about facts or even "criticism"
more like a shared sense of wonder, the mysticism of music
my friend Willie says Astral Weeks is his desert island disc
I suppose that's true for many people, in fact, most who've ever really
heard it...
first time I did, I was working in a library
it still kills me every time
& its near equal, Veedon Fleece, is another Van Morrison album
I just can't do without
had to wait years for it to become available on CD
I remember the day I got a copy, I'd been up for almost 24 hours
soon as I heard it, I was totally AWAKE!
spent many nights out at sea listening to both of 'em in rapt detail
one day, after hiking through San Francisco, years behind me
finally found Veedon Fleece on vinyl
the maguffin waiting for me to find
my Astral Weeks LP not so lucky in the backseat of a California car in the afternoon
warped, it still plays and I guess if I were stuck on a desert island
I'd hear it anytime I wanted even if I didn't have a thing
'cause I carry that music in me, with me
thank you Greil, and thank you Van Morrison
here's a few of my humble sketches, studies of masterpieces-
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