[NewMusic] big love

[b]

hope you feel better soon pg!

On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 11:32 PM, Phillip Greenlief <pgsaxo at pacbell.net> wrote:
> thanks for the words, tom. you're a dear friend, my man.
>
> i'm feeling pretty good considering the impact i took in that crash. the car was totaled, like...wham. done. i have a bit of soreness here and there, but hot epsom salt baths and arnica are doing the trick so far.
>
> ok, let's make some more music soon!
> pg
>
>
>
> --- On Sun, 2/22/09, Tom Dill <djll at sonic.net> wrote:
>
>> From: Tom Dill <djll at sonic.net>
>> Subject: Re: [NewMusic] big love
>> To: newmusic at music.mills.edu
>> Date: Sunday, February 22, 2009, 9:13 PM
>> 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
>>
>>
>>
>> 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
>> >
>>
>>
>> Tom Djll
>> 227 Otis St.
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>> djll at sonic.net
>> tom at mythmaker.com
>> www.mythmaker.com
>>
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>>
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>>
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>>
>>
>>
>>
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