July 7th, 2009 5:27pm
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HIGHLIFE -“F KENYA RIP” For the next two weeks I'm spending much of my time in a fishing boat. The boat is suspended on wooden beams, floating in a forest at the foot of the Rocky Mountains. I am trying to decide the Official Song for my time here. Many songs are in the running. I may fail in this quest. But I am trying. Last night I listened to fado; this morning I listen to HIGHLIFE's "F KENYA RIP" (every hat-tip to Dan and Chris). Sleepy Doug Shaw ramblingly joys as sun filters through the pine needles. Is he singing that the dams are low? If so, it is good that I am on a boat. These hot afrobeat riffs are not right for this mountainous, temperate zone; they are too summered, glittering and seashell. But I don't care, here in the Henriquez. I don't care that it's not-right, that HIGHLIFE have never serenaded an elk. Here in my craft I will open the windows and let the cool air in - let “F KENYA RIP” go dancing out to the crags and glacial lakes, to the perked ears of antlered beasts. [MySpace]
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