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4 Responses to “Philly Shots - The Final Approach”

1. michael Says:
   April 23rd, 2006 at 2:22 am

   For me, finally, not a Super Hero, not an angry man, not a man in denial, we have an honest portrait of a man facing himself.

   Not a Manrilla Mountain, not a monster, any exaggeration, or Thor’s Hammer, a man with no label, a man for all seasons; the man I first met and shared tea and tuna with in the “Ghetto Studio”, and with no battery on his shoulder. We go back to a time when there was no threat in his demeanor. He is a man of peace after all. Thank the inevitability.

   Finally, I see in his eyes, he has completed some sort of circle, not yet entirely mapped, charted and incorporated, and etched into his character. Faith has presented a choice of paths, and he knows what the right next step is, and in what direction to place it. I am glad.

2. Marqas Says:
   April 23rd, 2006 at 10:39 am

   Michael - you really are a poet! Thank you for these kind and insighful words. I hope we can share tea and tuna again in the Ghetto Fabulous Studio.

3. Irisblue Says:
   April 26th, 2006 at 12:48 pm

   Nice tribute!

   I listened to the Charles Lloyd and loved it..
   I grew up listening to jazz but I don’t really know much about it. I only have Coltrane and Miles Davis at home.
   Have you listened to someone named Billy Robinson?

4. Marqas Says:
   April 27th, 2006 at 12:51 pm

   I haven’t listened to Billy Robinson - I will have to look him up. Charles Lloyd is great - highly recommended.

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