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TMI, maybe

I don't think I should wax personal here, considering this is a corporate blog, dedicated to all things Institubes and all, but I also know that most of the readers of this here blog are Americans and, as it happens, two of the most harrowing events of those last months for me have been American, beamed from across the Atlantic, so to speak. And they've been constantly sloshing around in my head, and most of my brain is poured in this label, for better or for worse, so in a weird roundabout way, they concern our musical endeavors anyway. So I just want to acknowledge them here, for the record. Then we will resume our programming.

1. David Foster Wallace's suicide. He was great, arguably the greatest. A couple of years ago, I translated two of his books into French. The world is much darker and dumber without him. I'm still grieving.

2. The Election. I've never been so obsessed about a political event in my life, and I suspect I'm not the only one. And it has (almost) nothing to do with being Black myself. At this point, you've heard it all, and I certainly don't claim to have any special insight or whatever to impart. I just want to say that we have a horrible president in France and it's nobody's fault but ours. I'm really envious of you being able to cast that vote. We're thinking of you.

-- JR

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