"Sniffed in a day: Onions, whiskey, garbage, fur and camphor balls, fountain pen ink, fresh newspapers. Heard in a day: An elevator's purr, telephone's ring, telephone's buzz, a baby's moans, a shout of delight, a screech from a "flat wheel," hoarse honks, a hoarse voice, a tinkle, a match scratch on sandpaper, a deep resounding boom of dynamiting in the impending subway, iron hooks on the gutter."
-an entry from the personal diary of Ira Gershwin, circa 1918, as quoted in Fascinating Rhythm, The Collaboration of George and Ira Gershwin, by Deena Rosenberg.
There will be more coming on George and Ira Gershwin, since Rob Kapilow's What Makes It Great? is taking on The Songs of George Gershwin on February 2 (that's February 2, 2008).
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