Word: sidewalkers
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...Sidewalk Cafe was painted in 1888 at Aries, in the south of France, before Van Gogh had succumbed to the mental horrors which caused him to threaten his friend, Painter Paul Gauguin, with a knife (later that evening Van Gogh cut off his own ear to give to a prostitute). Still untouched by disease, the painting presents a cozy, lovely corner of a friendly night, not the troubled night of his later work; it is proof of Van Gogh's contention that "the night is more alive and more richly colored than...
...lights which once burned whale oil now use electricity but the modern bulbs, without globes, are fixed into the old lamps. There are not many lights, and at night the center green becomes a mass of black surrounded by a glinting curlicue iron fence and the red brick sidewalk that is found throughout the Hill...
...Side one afternoon last week, Louis Sarno, a sinewy construction foreman, saw a big-city tragedy in the making. Directly across traffic-jammed South Street an apartment window stood open. As Sarno watched, a two-year-old boy climbed on the sill, teetered in fright four floors above the sidewalk. Sarno yelled at two gardeners working across the street. They did not hear him. The 41-year-old foreman wasted no more time...
...Like sidewalk superintendents, jazz fans like to watch and listen to a clicking combo even if they know little about what is actually going on. The least among the initiates can watch a hot lick go sailing from one performer to another like a hot rivet, and appreciate the way it gets deftly caught and driven home before it combo. When such a flurry of faster and faster tosses is completed without disaster, the jazz fan has a tendency to laugh his appreciation out loud...
...wants to, she prefers the subtler, post-Dixieland style which aims to "feel" the beat instead of landing on it with both feet. Two years ago she formed her own trio, has been touring and .recording (for Savoy) ever since. Pianist McPartland loves it as much as her doting sidewalk superintendents. Her contented sum-up: "It's just not work...