Date:         Fri, 6 Aug 2010 21:28:13 -0400
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: Fryedaye Strange Fruit
Comments: To: Max Wellhouse <dimwittedmoose@CFU.NET>
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At 08:47 PM 8/6/2010 Friday, Max Wellhouse wrote:
>Would this have been 80 years ago and not 65?  Even not counting the
>leap years I would think this to be off by some.

Yah, we old fahts believe what we hear, not realizing that the story
was originally done some years ago when James Cameron was still alive
and talking (he died in '06).  I've never been able to add reliably,
and this week seems worse than most.  I realized it wasn't 65, totted
it up on my fingers and came up with 70... :-/

Fascinating story though, if you can listen to it on NPR.  Almost all
of it is told by people who were present at the time, including
Cameron, the survivor.  And if you've never heard Billie Holliday
sing Strange Fruit, it will break your heart.

d