Music'al Notes

Music'al NotesIssue 85

Crazy Horse

“C’est mon mari!” yelled Arianne as we rushed into the…

Music'al NotesIssue 94

Dating

Leslie. “I’m breaking up with you. I have never been…

Music'al NotesIssue 93

Muggings

It was the jostling that alerted me. I looked down…

Music'al NotesIssue 92

My First Visit to China

[This article was first edited by Art Dudley and published…

Music'al NotesIssue 91

Budapest

I was sitting on a bidet in Budapest, thinking of…

Music'al NotesIssue 89

Party

“This is S.I. Newhouse’s personal secretary, I would like to…

Music'al NotesIssue 90

The Jewish Cemetery

The Jewish cemetery in Shettleston, Glasgow is a miserable place.…

Music'al NotesIssue 88

Napa

“Hi Dad. How would you like to be my sous…

Music'al NotesIssue 87

Moscow

“Please list every single foreign trip you have taken.” This…

Music'al NotesIssue 86

Esther

She looked so summery, that I had to talk to…

Music'al NotesIssue 95

Cuba

The colorful buildings in the narrow streets of Old Havana…

Music'al NotesIssue 84

Cultural Differences

France. When my kids were small, we rented a house…

Music'al NotesIssue 83

Taxi

The four of us shuffled into the doctor’s office. An…

Music'al NotesIssue 82

New York Stories

Party. New York in the late seventies was run-down, crime-ridden,…

Music'al NotesIssue 81

Laura

Years ago my daughter, wife, and I took a trip…

Music'al NotesIssue 79

Hong Kong

On my many visits to China, I always make a…

Music'al NotesIssue 78

Motherwell

In the mid-sixties, I managed a furniture store in Motherwell,…

Music'al NotesIssue 77

An Interesting Day

“You should visit the Yakeshi Factory in Foshan,” my friend…

Music'al NotesIssue 73

Heart

I am awake. Not a slow-opening-of-my-eyes awake. More a slap-in-the-face…

Music'al NotesIssue 76

Citizenship

“Oh, you speak English? Thank God. You’re the first one…

Music'al NotesIssue 113

Smuggling

I come from a family of smugglers. “Have you anything…

Music'al NotesIssue 167

Memoirs

Writing memoirs is a strange process. I have written 60-plus…

Music'al NotesIssue 134

Hey Jude

Music can bring you back to a certain time and…

Music'al NotesIssue 129

School Days

Fat Malcolm. Malcolm was fat. This was a rarity in…

Music'al NotesIssue 124

Arran, a Whisky Tale

The ad ran something like this. “Invest in a new…

Music'al NotesIssue 123

Whisky

The man with the whisky bottle kept filling my glass.…

Music'al NotesIssue 122

Dude Ranch

“Great recovery Roy,” yelled the wrangler as I tightly pulled…

Music'al NotesIssue 121

Copenhagen

Hi Dad, we just managed to get a booking for…

Music'al NotesIssue 119

Israel

Our friend Allan was the Sherriff of Galilee. At least…

Music'al NotesIssue 116

Four Weddings and a Funeral

The bride and groom walked down the aisle to the…

Music'al NotesIssue 75

Berlin Stories

KaDeWe “How can you stand to be here after all…

Music'al NotesIssue 110

Binghamton

My first impression of America was Binghamton, New York. With…

Music'al NotesIssue 105

Key West

“Go immediately to the emergency room. I can’t help you…

Music'al NotesIssue 104

Cop Tales

First Phone Call: “Let me speak to Mary.” “I’m sorry,…

Music'al NotesIssue 102

Zaida

The headline in the local Jewish newspaper read, “Orthodox Man…

Music'al NotesIssue 100

Erna

As some readers may have noticed, the tales I write…

Music'al NotesIssue 99

Artek

I looked down at the bowl of pasta covered with…

Music'al NotesIssue 98

Puerto Rico

“Why are we here?” I asked my host Harry. “Wait,…

Music'al NotesIssue 96

Top Chef

“Dad, can you lend me $2000? I’m good for it.”…

Music'al NotesIssue 47

Gatecrashing

“Would you like to see the car?” Leland and I…

Music'al NotesIssue 56

Mykonos

“Aren’t you Morag and Elspeth from Arbroath?” The flight to…

Music'al NotesIssue 55

Macy’s

“What did you say to Mr. Segal?” My boss grabbed…

Music'al NotesIssue 54

Dickens

“You’re going to see that wee, fat conceited bastard?” said…

Music'al NotesIssue 53

Fort Peck

“You won’t find a hotel room anywhere for the next…

Music'al NotesIssue 52

Rikers

“Roy, would you do me a favor? Can you visit…

Music'al NotesIssue 51

The Deal (or: How Adolf Hitler Bought Me a Jaguar)

Reading the deed in the Grundbuch (land registry) in East…

Music'al NotesIssue 50

Jazz

“God bless you honey, God bless you”, said Alberta Hunter…

Music'al NotesIssue 49

Eating

“If you touch me again,” I yelled, “I will kill…

Music'al NotesIssue 48

Oppportunities

“It was the Armani coat that sealed the deal,” said…

Music'al NotesIssue 57

The Engagement

“Goodbye” I said with a smile as I stepped over…

Music'al NotesIssue 46

Art 2

As he lay down in bed, my father noticed a…

Music'al NotesIssue 45

Summer Holiday

“We’ve come to report a car accident”said Ivor. The policeman…

Music'al NotesIssue 44

Wilmore!

“Where is Roy Hall? Roy Hall? Stand up.” My heart…

Music'al NotesIssue 43

Cairo

“Is Israel a good country?” asked the captain. I was…

Music'al NotesIssue 42

Justice

“I don’t know why I am telling you this. “…

Music'al NotesIssue 41

Art

“Hello, this is Robert Rauschenberg’s personal secretary. Mr. Rauschenberg wants…

Music'al NotesIssue 40

Sadie

“Hello Sadie, when are you leaving?” said my father, the…

Music'al NotesIssue 39

Dog Day

“Give this to the taxi driver when you leave the…

Music'al NotesIssue 38

A Factory Visit

The first two shots of slivovitz—plum brandy— went down easily,…

Music'al NotesIssue 65

Sinai

The muezzin woke us up with the Adhan (The Muslim call…

Music'al NotesIssue 74

Trade Shows

Politics. “Roy, I need you to be on your best…

Music'al NotesIssue 73

Food, Wine, and Advice

One. When I moved to Manhattan in the mid-seventies things…

Music'al NotesIssue 72

Discipline

As a kid growing up in Glasgow, Scotland in the…

Music'al NotesIssue 71

Masumi

“Would you like to have dinner with me tonight?” “Yes,”…

Music'al NotesIssue 69

Education

“It’s your move Roy. The bet is two shillings and…

Music'al NotesIssue 70

Suicide

As I age, I become aware of my mortality. My…

Music'al NotesIssue 68

Cairns

As a child growing up in Glasgow, Scotland, I was,…

Music'al NotesIssue 67

Love Stories

Would you like to go somewhere beautiful?” I asked. “More…

Music'al NotesIssue 66

Surprise

I had been friendly with Roslyn for quite a few…

Music'al NotesIssue 37

The Wong Way

“Dear Roy, Thank you for email. Our guy would like…

Music'al NotesIssue 64

Concerts

Unsurprisingly, music has played a central role in my life.…

Music'al NotesIssue 63

Hotel Tales

St James Club. I had come to LA on a…

Music'al NotesIssue 62

Escape

“Line up against that wall” said the Captain to my…

Music'al NotesIssue 61

Belmont Park

She was a head taller than everyone else, and moved…

Music'al NotesIssue 120

The Munich HIGH END Show

The Munich HIGH END show or springtime for (you know…

Music'al NotesIssue 60

Cancer

“What’s that black circle?” I asked the technician while looking…

Music'al NotesIssue 59

Jerusalem

The pilgrim, after saying some prayers, prostrated himself on the…

Music'al NotesIssue 58

Vikingbåde

“I wish this boat would stop rocking so much,” I…

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