I was to jazzed, I had to post this here

[bec_87rb]

The TMBG song, "Bee of the Bird of the Moth" is a fluffy little thing, and I was not really loving it except for the wonderful round the singer does with himself at the end of the song, the last few lines of which are:

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[bryce]

That is wild. Bravo, Bib! I've been very curious about the (original) inspiration for this chimera -- perhaps even moreso after learning that Jonathan Lethem was the "middlemuse," as it were.

Oh, and here's the image you mentioned (to save folks from the arduous task of googling it themselves, hehe):


They look like owl-bats.

Anyway, this song might be my new favorite.

It's a small small island

[bec_87rb]

Thanks for the visual!

We looked up some more Goya before the laptop at home died, and I the only Goya I recognized, besides this print, was a portrait of a little girl. It turns out the latter is hanging in one of the galleries downtown, which is why it was familiar, although I hadn't remembered it as a Goya. This whole thing makes me wonder what other memories are in some blind alley in my head that I can't get to without outside aid.

About Lethem? I have decided there really are only about 150 people in New York, and they all know each other.