Tuesday

A Random Passage

"This has always been a dancing country, and never more so than in the Depression, when people trucked their blues away in marathons, or in seedy dance halls."

That's Wilfrid Sheed, in his book The House that George Built. I bought the book on the recommendation of a friend. Wilfrid cranks out splendid prose, though I'm led to believe he doesn't quite crank out the high level of Catholicism his parents did. I'm enjoying the book so far, though I'm strictly reading it during light moments. It has made pretty good reading between plays at my boys' football games.

Another interesting passage from the book:

"[N]ot even Elvis Presley rolling his hips had as many parents and preachers up and howling and sending for the exorcism unit as ragtime did."