So Omar Sharif died on Friday. Which brings me to a little anecdote if you’ll indulge me – A while back I was approached by a Soviet emigre to do Russian Chanson music project. It’s a folk form that goes back to the White Russian to Bolshevik transition period, spread primarily by prisoners and ex cons from the burgeoning gulags. The original pieces deal with the fall from lofty position, struggle in the face of change, near certainty of a grievous fate, and an intense longing for a past that seems so far away it may not have existed.
Rockies 3, Braves 2 (by spike)
