FWD: FWD: FWD: Eric Platt →Jules Jones
Dear Jules,
Please see below. Can you ask your friend Lulu to take it down a notch （not that he’ll be satisfied then, either）？
Thanks, Eric
Bennie Salazar→Alex Applebaum
Hey Alex,
Long time, baby! Listen, there’s a chance Bosco and I may record a few Conduits classics acoustically during a trip he’s making to LA in a few weeks. I have no idea what he sounds like—or, frankly, looks like! Would you be able to drive up there soonish and work with him a little? He’s being cagey about letting me listen, and the reason may be that he sounds like shit. Need to know before I start thinking about musicians etc.
Best, Bennie
Alex→Bennie
Dear Bennie,
What a joy to hear from you!
Bosco… Lord is he still kicking? Seems the Suicide Tour was really a longevity tour! Glad to be involved and timing good… we are just finishing our semesters.
More soon, Alex
Alex Applebaum→Bosco Baines Dear Bosco （if I may）：
I teach Sound Analytics at Queens College and am a longtime collaborator of Bennie Salazar’s, starting with Scotty Hausmann’s Footprint Concert fourteen years ago. Bennie mentioned that you may be re-recording some Conduits classics acoustically and I begged to be involved. I play serviceable piano and guitar and would be honored to work with you in any way that might be helpful.
Your fan, Alex
Bosco→Alex
Good timing. Would love your help. Voice a bit wonky, must confess.
Jules Jones→Ames Hollander VIA MONDRIAN
I’ve resigned myself to bringing our friend to your clinic next week, but how?? She has 8-month-old twins and distrusts babysitters. I am afraid of infants, which are unpredictable and do not like me.
JJ
Ames→Jules VIA MONDRIAN
Is there someone you trust unconditionally who could come along and help with the babies? Ideally a person with children?
Jules→Ames VIA MONDRIAN
Two options: My friend Noreen, a little unstable but a hyper-involved grandma of many. Or my sister Stephanie, rock solid but grandma to just one, far away.
Ames→Jules VIA MONDRIAN
Let’s go with Stephanie.
Alex Applebaum→Bennie Salazar Dear Bennie,
I made time this weekend to visit Bosco before he changed his mind. He lives on a small dairy farm （beautiful yellow cows with long curved horns）。 I didn’t recognize him—he is thin, I kid you not, and extremely fit! Showed me his weightlifting setup in an old barn. He looks more like Bosco of yore than at any time since 2000 （albeit with wrinkles and silver hair）。
Here’s the oddball part: his voice is higher than before. It has a scratchy texture （polyps I’m guessing） that I’ve come to feel adds some depth to the quasi-falsetto of his singing.
Summary: Looks great, moves well, voice a bit high but I think we can work with it. Recording link below.
Alex
Bennie→Alex
Quasi-falsetto? What the hell? Listening now.
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Stephanie Salazar→Bennie Salazar
B,
I’m not sure what it says about my life that the only person who will appreciate the day I’ve just had is the one I divorced almost thirty years ago. Not gonna worry about it, too eager to spill.