Just ignore the hideous hairstyle and concentrate on the music. Close your eyes if you must.
The song is "Blow, Gabriel, Blow," sung by Patti LuPone at the White House (Bush I era). My favorite lines: "Now I'm all ready to fly! Yes, to fly higher and higher. 'Cause I've gone through brimstone, and been through the fire."
OCCUPATION: Sociologist by calling, writer by trade
LANGUAGES: English, Spanish, Japanese, and Korean (a little)
HOBBIES: book collecting, reading, writing
QUOTE: When the Last Trumpet sounds and we are couched in our porphyry tombs, I shall turn and whisper to you, "Robbie, dear Robbie, let us pretend we do not hear it." - Oscar Wilde