Anastasia Smith: 24, sisterless and searching.
MARTHA AND RUFUS WAINWRIGHT are quite possibly my favorite brother-sister musical team. I once had the pleasure of seeing them perform together live, and the experience brought me back to the days when T and I would beat on upturned yogurt containers with sticks whilst singing The Little Drummer Boy. But unlike the Wainwrights, yogurt containers and sticks are actually the extent of my and T’s musical talents.
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THIS GUSTAV KLIMT painting has always spoken to me.
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I just finished reading “Slam” by Nick Hornby (author of High Fidelity and How to Be Good) and the main character names his son after Rufus Wainwright because RW was playing during the birth. They called the son “Roof” for short in the book.
I can’t remember ever singing with my sister except for Jewish prayers at Chanukah. I think that’s more of a reflection on me than our singing abilities, since she’s actually pretty good.