November 9, 1965
Some of my friends from the northeast may recognize this date or, perhaps a few trivia nuts who really should be on Jeopardy instead of reading this post. This was the date of the big blackout in the northeast US and part of Canada. Went to see a really good theatrical production last night about the lives of a few New Yorkers in the year leading up to the blackout. The blackout changed their lives in some quite positive and surprising ways. Fly by Night is partly a musical and partly a dark romantic comedy. Very uniquely done with a narrator who occasionally takes part in the production, an indie band from Austin and some very good actors from New York and Dallas. It is now playing in Dallas and very much worth seeing if you are a theater fan. Read the reviews and go. Theater was packed on a Wednesday night including an unusually large number of younger attendees. Maybe a few days without all of our powered companions would change some of our lives as well.