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Future Perfect—5. Compared to What
by Blue Note Portal
Year 2092 The live planetary broadcast opened to the warm applause of a studio audience. The studio was built in a wide crescent around the stage, its transparent rear wall looking out over the blue curve of Earth. Behind the host's chair, a living projection shifted gently through images from the CCE: the Ganges at dusk, ...
Future Perfect—4. The Invisible Man
by Blue Note Portal
Liverpool 1970 Rod Temperton stood just inside the doorway of the rehearsal room watching Future Perfect. He fought the urge to simply slip away unnoticed. He had won a raffle he hadn't even remembered entering--a ticket to the WOOD film premier with a backstage pass to meet Future Perfect. It had been hand-delivered to him along ...
Future Perfect—3. Miles from the Center
by Blue Note Portal
The Altec Lansing speakers in the brownstone on West 77th Street went silent, but the hum in Miles Davis's skull refused to fade. He didn't call Teo Macero back right away. He paced. His hip fired sharp, white-hot needles down into his leg with every turn, a constant agony that a tumbler of cognac ...
Future Perfect—2. Dust My Broom
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Year 1969 Elvis was watching the Beatles' Apollo film with Future Perfect for the third night in a row. It was an after hours private showing at a local theater for the King and his court jesters, more of a necessity than a perk--the bubble that is fame. His entourage's cheap wisecracks drew a harsh rebuke ...
Future Perfect—Afro Chill
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The summer of 1969 was the kind of summer that made you question every decision that had led you to that particular sidewalk at that particular hour. Cannonball Adderley stepped out of a yellow cab at 207 East 30th Street and immediately felt his shirt collar dampen. He carried his Selmer Mark VI alto case by ...
The Beatles—Future Perfect, Part 14
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Chapters 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14Year 1969--Captured Magic Xap and Julian were relieved by the arrival of Ray, who had used his connections to ensure that local deputies kept a close eye ...
The Beatles—Future Perfect, Part 13
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Chapters 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 Year 1969--Two Riders Ray had been driving cabs since he came back from Korea, and in that time he'd developed a sense that never wasted words ...
The Beatles—Future Perfect, Part 12
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Chapters 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 Year 1969--Reno Zack and Kyle quickly realized their upcoming WOOD set would never quite sit right without the proper tools. Zack needed a lap steel, and ...
The Beatles—Future Perfect, Part 11
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Chapters 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14Year 1969--The Morning After Morning over Lake Tahoe arrived as if nothing had happened. The lake was still that impossible cobalt blue, the pines still motionless in ...
The Beatles—Future Perfect, Part 10
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Chapters 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 Wood The morning sun came up over the eastern rim of the Carson Range, turning the high Sierra air from cold slate to pale, brilliant gold. ...
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