Last night I dreamed about an American dodging the draft in World War II who went underground and wanted to send his sister a letter but was being careful not to give the government a lead to track him down.
This afternoon I went to the Lillian Smith library to borrow Steinbeck's TRAVELS WITH CHARLEY for Saturday's ROLT Meetup. Afterward I waited for a streetcar during a big downpour, and just before it arrived a car came along and gave us all a big splash! Then I went to the Beguiling in Mirvish Village and splurged on some new comic strip reprints (PEANUTS, LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE, ON STAGE, POPEYE), and a reprint of Carl Barks' Donald Duck comics!
In the evening I saw STANDING IN THE SHADOWS OF MOTOWN, for the second or third time, at the Yonge & Dundas Event Screen. (The April schedule is finally online.) There were only half a dozen people there.
It's a wonderful documentary about the Funk Brothers, the instrumentalists behind a plethora of Motown hits in the 1960s. Long neglected, the survivors finally get belated recognition here, performing in concert with some famous singers. (You haven't lived till you've seen Bootsy Collins' wardrobe!) Great story, wonderful music: "What's Goin' On" and "What Becomes of the Broken Hearted" are my favorites. Next week they're showing THE BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB, another musical documentary I want to see again.
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