That prediction turned out to be true, and in November, as John Donne's bells tolled, it was possible to remember June 26 as a high water mark.
If we put our imaginations to such good use as artists of our own pasts, might it be possible to remember our future?
It was possible to remember how SoHo was when downtown was still downtown, before the bridge-and-tunnel crowd started snarling the streets and turning the bookstores into shoe stores — and then to think of the bridges closed and the tunnels empty, and, with some surprise, to wish that the sidewalks were clogged with chattering shoppers, and to wish to heaven they had never gone away.
It was possible to remember how SoHo was when downtown was still downtown, before the bridge-and-tunnel crowd started snarling the streets and turning the bookstores into shoe stores and then to think of the bridges closed and the tunnels empty, and, with some surprise, to wish that the sidewalks were clogged with chattering shoppers, and to wish to heaven they had never gone away.
I'm not even going to pretend that it's possible to remember Helms fondly.
1- At night: before bedtime, tell your kids that it's possible to remember dreams (everyone has several dreams every night, though sometimes we don't remember them).
Andee has run residencies, run record stores, and delivered more memorable sets than it is possible to list, or even remember for that matter.
But, remember, it is possible to slide backward a long way, especially if the West does not bother to pay much attention.... What we really need, I think, is a new generation of politicians who are willing to say that Russia, just like everyone else, needs a normal democratic system.
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