Years later, another friend captured the emotional realm of this music in a lapidary phrase — "as mean as the subway" — which said as much about New York at the time as it did about the music.
Ramy Sabry, a friend captured with Ms. Shahba, said he was held in a gatehouse by the presidential palace with a crowd that grew to nearly 50, according to an interview with Human Rights Watch for a report in progress.
"The American Friend" captures an authentic sense of homelessness at home, as if Wenders, a new international celebrity for "Kings of the Road," wanted to film the feeling of hitting the road under the malevolent guidance of sharks with money, spending too much time in trains and planes and hotels, consorting with shadowy figures who could make or break his fortunes.
(The concert is preserved on the double album "Dark Magus"). Years later, another friend captured the emotional realm of this music in a lapidary phrase—"as mean as the subway"—which said as much about New York at the time as it did about the music.
And maybe, if you were lucky, your friend captured the moment on her awesome disposable camera.
My Uzbek friend captured this one-hander on the first try--with the police standing nearby.
Rich Sloan, a family friend, captured much of the progress of Jones, son of Parnelli Jones, winner of the 1963 Indianapolis 500.
"I wasn't even planning on making a video, but the footage my friend captured was too funny to not post," Martinez told Time.
A mutual friend captured the sickening pit in our cores that day, when she told us, first thing, "What a horrible world to wake up to," as we tried to adjust to the reality of our new War President.
A Facebook friend captured the disgust felt by so many when he raged, "Unfuckingreal, the deterioration of society is unraveling at light speed these days!" It was hard not to sympathize.
