Like Flowers on Graves
Sunday at the Empty Bottle, the amazing Angela Vela put together an afternoon show comprised of musicians, stand ups and storytellers all paying tribute to the unfortunately diffusive list of extraordinary talents who cashed out in 2016.
Luckily for Dana and I, she invited us to join. Dana decided her tribute would be to Harper Lee, who moments before her homage discovered had died on Dana's birthday. I chose to eulogize the Fifth Beatle, George Martin.
When Ali, Casey, and I were in college down in central Illinois, we lived in this great place just a block off campus. It was situated at the top of a hill overlooking the town smack dab in the middle of Greek Row, snuggled between the Beta and SAE houses—a modest, three-bedroom house with a front porch and back patio, and yard that made it ideal for barbecues and other themed or not themed parties.