My DJ shift tomorrow:
3 - 6pm PST, Sunday, December 21
KALX Berkeley 90.7fm
It's difficult for me to explain why I love Phil Kline's Unsilent Night so much. I tried to do so on tape for someone tonight and I think I failed miserably. It is the darkest night of the year tonight, but there I was in the Mission, one of my favorite places in the entire world, joining my boombox with at least a hundred others, all of us playing Kline's fantastic piece, divided up into parts but coming together in a sublime whole. It was my fourth year, Sasha's first, and we spent some time at the front of the crowd before taking a timeout on the steps of Mission Dolores to just listen as the rest of the group flowed past us on their way back to the top of Dolores Park. I think a lot of people were already out of town for the holidays as a lot of houses remained dark as we walked by, but I saw one fellow come to his window and slide it open to hear better. I live for moments like that one, that even while having an intensely personal experience of beauty I can also share it with other people, friends and strangers alike. And the light only grows brighter from here.