[NewMusic] big love

[Damon Smith]

Wow, I missed the original. Happy birthday and I'm glad you are still  
with us!

On Feb 22, 2009, at 9:13 PM, Tom Dill wrote:

> Holy hell Phillip!!!
>
> You are a walking miracle man. I doubt there are many who could take
> such crappy raw life-material and shape it into a positive,
> transformative experience.
>
> All love back and be well, td
>
>
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> On Feb 22, 2009, at 9:00 PM, newmusic-request at music.mills.edu wrote:
>
>> Message: 5
>> Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2009 13:24:53 -0800 (PST)
>> From: Phillip Greenlief <pgsaxo at pacbell.net>
>> Subject: [NewMusic] big love
>> To: Bay Area New Music Discussion Group <newmusic at music.mills.edu>
>> Message-ID: <774929.83103.qm at web81408.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
>>
>> dear friends on the ba new mus list,
>>
>> i was in a really bad car accident yesterday on the bay bridge - it
>> was a five car pile-up, and i was car #3 in the midst of the auto-
>> sandwich. i wasn't at fault...a woman slammed into me from behind,
>> forcing me to plough into the car in front of me, and that car hit
>> the car in front of it...blah blah blah...
>>
>> i turned 50 this week, as some of you may know, it it's been an
>> interesting week! at the end of the day yesterday (i marched on to
>> my clubfoot rehearsal after the wreck - the car i was borrowing was
>> totaled...the rehearsal actually helped me to feel better) i lie in
>> bed and kept asking myself why did this happen???
>>
>> the resolution i came to was that perhaps this happened to remind me
>> of how lucky i am to be alive. i've been pretty cavalier about death
>> over the past few years...a lot of heavy shit has gone down in my
>> life, and there have been many times when i just wanted to chuck in
>> the towel. i see myself as a modern day warrior, and include you all
>> in that position. we struggle and fight to make our voices heard,
>> and to create art in an environment that isn't always friendly to
>> us. the warrior code my ancestors lived by was: "today is a good day
>> to die"....well, i done used up one of my lives yesterday.
>>
>> anyway, (i'm getting to my point, i promise!), i just wanted to
>> write to the list and say how happy i am to be a part of this
>> community. i feel incredibly blessed to know ALL of you, to see and
>> hear you all in the process of your musical evolution, and to be a
>> part of it some small way.
>>
>> i want to thank all of you that have shared your time with me on
>> stage, off stage, in the studio, in the mixing booth, mastering
>> booth, in rehearsal, at lanesplitters late night chewing on pizza,
>> in cars or vans on tour, late night sitting up watching films and
>> philosophizing, hanging out and listening to music together,
>> toasting a blunt, and in general, just being a part of this amazing
>> music scene here in the bay area. i keep reminding myself that i am
>> LUCKY to have so much music in my life and to have so many willing
>> comrades that seem to be happy to give time to musical projects i
>> dream up, or that ask me to participate in projects you dream up.
>> you all make my life (and the world we live in) a beautiful thing,
>> and i will be thankful for that for the rest of my days.
>>
>> big love to all of you today and always,
>> phillip greenlief
>>
>
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Damon Smith

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