Remembering Through Words and Music

Faithful readers of this blog know what a source of solace music can be -- an especially rewarding source for us is WFUV-FM in New York City, one of the few freeform radio stations surviving today.  An especially inspiring source is Vin Scelsa and Pete Fornatale, both of whom we have been listening to since well before JW was born having discovered them on WNEW-FM in New York in the late 1960's.  Pete died quite unexpectedly several weeks ago.  Vin, of course, dedicated one of his recent shows to Pete, the first 10 minutes of which can be heard here.  It opens with a monologue from the French-German movie, Wings of Desire which is about angels in Berlin.  It includes Peter Falk who plays himself, an actor in Berlin, but one who used to be an invisible angel but gave that up growing tired of all observing and never experiencing.  JW, of course, experienced life to its fullest, but is now among us, invisible.