Journalistically, we might offer this as the last interview; but in a way it is also the first interview, because Jones - a pioneering documentary maker in the 1960s - had been virtually forgotten and had not made a film for 25 years.
With his running mate taking a few days off to prepare for the Presidential debates, the Republican Vice-Presidential candidate is playing the time-honored role of attack dog, in this case seeking to tie Obama to Jimmy Carter, a President whose achievements have been virtually forgotten, and whose very name is used as a synonym for economic failure.
As for the past, the scandal that set the whole business in motion — the flight of gorgeous Helen with Paris, a handsome young prince of Troy, from the palace of Helen's husband, Menelaus — has virtually been forgotten.
But unlike King's "I Have a Dream" speech or his "Letter From Birmingham Jail," which we remember for their visionary rhetoric, this extraordinary document has been virtually forgotten.
Poor Annie, whose Anniemal album of 2004 promised so much, has been virtually forgotten.
She was also a Nobel laureate, but because of her later output of "trashy" popular novels, has been "virtually forgotten.
"A Cry in the Dark" works wonders on so many levels -- as a mature exploration of how religion helps keep some families together, as a prescient reminder of how innocent victims can be destroyed by media bias, public prejudice and judicial carelessness, as a demonstration of the inconceivable power of nature -- that it's shameful such a modern classic has been virtually forgotten.
As a musician working on the fringes, it's pretty humbling to look back on recordings of the calibre shown on this two LP compilation and realize that so much amazing work has been virtually forgotten.
It's easy to forget that children have virtually no experience to draw on.
