That was memorable.

It started out being a pleasant night. My friends playing support, all is right with the world. But Loene sensed there was something odd happening with the headliner. And there was

The band came on and asked everyone to be really quiet, or they wouldn't hear. The lead singer, Jonneine, having come all the way from Silverlake CA, had lost her voice. Really lost it. She could barely whisper. But bravely, she said they would play the whole set. And a beautiful instrumental set it was, with Jonneine doing some mesmerising zen singing up front.

http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/10/10_10/10_10_jonneine/index.htm

As much as I would have loved to hear her voice (which is extraordinarily seductive), the performance piece as it turned out was even more powerful, because we were all filling in the vocal line. And even better, with no microphone in the way, it was a grand way to test the new Voigtlander 75mm/1.8. Stephen Gandy, for a little while, said it was designed to be soft wide open. He has since edited that out of his website. It's sharp enough for me at 1.8

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