Ode To The Great One

12/31/2011

Ode To The Great One

A pertinent and moving quote from Patti Smith's Just Kids, which I received from my girlfriend for Christmas:

"On New Year's Day, I lit a candle for Roberto Clemente, my brother's favorite ballplayer. He had perished while on a humanitarian mission to aid Nicaragua in the aftermath of a terrible earthquake. I chided myself for inactivity and self-indulgence, and resolved to rededicate myself to my work."

RIP to The Great One, who left this mortal coil 39 years ago today. As the old year ends and the new one dawns, it's time for all of us to rededicate ourselves to doing whatever it is that we do best. A happy and healthy 2012 to you all...

Posted at 01:09 PM in Music, Personalities | Permalink

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Posted by: בילוי לילדים | 03/22/2012 at 11:28 AM

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Dan Epstein

Dan Epstein is the author of Big Hair and Plastic Grass: A Funky Ride Through Baseball and America in the Swinging '70s and Stars and Strikes: Baseball and America in the Bicentennial Summer of '76, both published by Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press. He writes about baseball, music and other cultural obsessions for a variety of outlets and publications. He lives in Southern California, and is available for speaking engagements.

Big Hair and Plastic Grass

12/31/2011