today is the day that i rendevous with npr producer/reporter elizabeth blair and author/columbia professor farah griffin in front of lenox lounge at high noon. we are going to st. raymond's cemetery in the bronx, to visit billie holiday's grave and conduct an interview there. it's for npr's morning staple all things considered that will air on july 17 to coincide with the anniversary of her death.
needless to say, i've been looking forward to this for weeks.
i wish we could have a videographer. hopefully there will be a photographer. and yes, i will sing one of her songs while i'm there.
after i process all of it, i should have an interesting tale to show and tell. in the meantime, i leave you with this rare interview of billie holiday -- from sweden of all places, in 1954.
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