Hearing loss: born with it, the damage is degenerative and progressive. I can still hear, just can't always differentiate words when people are talking and sometimes I don't notice that my cat is yapping at me beside the desk (she yaps, she doesn't meow like normal cats).
Laurie Anderson: For years, back when we had actual answering machines, my message was: "Hi. I'm-not-home-right-now. But if you want-to-leave-a-mes-sage, Just. Start. Talk-ing. At. The. Sound. Of. The. Tone (a-ah-ah-ah-ah-aaaaaa-ah-ah-ah."
I was raised on classical music; we had a bust of Beethoven on the baby grand in the living room, dad was a concert pianist, mom had an excellent ear. I played viola for 4 years and substituted on the sousaphone when they were shorthanded in the marching band. We had box seats at the Met, so technically La Boheme would've probably been my first "concert."
And yes I was at the Spit. And at 33 Landsdowne. I think that was the place that had a roller rink on the second floor?
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