December 25. Gray, cold, gas station with audio commercials in Newburgh. At first I wonder if it’s a car radio turned up at the other pump, but the sound is too loud and hollow for that - it sounds like on a ship. After the first commercial, the Sleigh Ride plays with the familiar voice in which you can hear the beaming smile of the fifties, a smile that J says was only possible with Valium.

André Spiegel @drmirror