The old hair is thinning. Because of boredom, because over the years, you come to think that you've heard all there is to hear from your idol. Sixteen dollars for the latest from the Lady in Blue. A lot of money. Give it a quick spin, put it away, and sell it to a collector as a rarity in another twenty years, it occurs to me briefly.
Relaxing sounds are just as easily achieved by stirring a pot of food.
And then, she overwhelms me. I don't know any of them, and yet, as I listen, I recognize every single one of them. I've heard all this before. Long, long ago, in a different age, mono recordings, scratched and completely without force back then. Today, it is as if a good old friend had dropped in.