YOUR OROGENOUS ZONES DEPT./
CANYON REJUVENATION DIV./
TIN PAN ALLEY BEAT

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In February — April 2019, I stumbled (literally, look at the place) into Limerock Canyon in the very act of its being rejuvenated (a word and concept I did not then comprehend, beyond face cream ads). I took some movies I thought were pretty, but random. Now I’m beginning to glean how its formations relate directly to to those at Lopez and the adjacent canyons. But it’s still just really pretty. Here is Limerock Canyon at her most ravishing:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1b3m98j-nfvl1Jj8kgFBMK4zmWMPRheFC/view?usp=sharing

Novellete in Fourths (1919) is one of Gershwin’s earliest compositions, composed when he was but a Pan Alley song plugger. “How the then little-known composer convinced the Welte company to issue a [player-piano] roll of this unpublished original is a mystery.” — Artis Wodehouse. (It’s not a mystery if you hear it! Zheesh!) These are young Gershwin’s fingers, playing young Gershwin’s melody, preserved on a paper piano roll. Geology isn’t the only wonder.