Harlem Air Shaft

As the northern hemisphere turns closer to the sun, windows and patio doors are wide open, and we begin to feel we are sharing each other's lives in unexpected ways.  Which reminds the Pointless Digressions crew of Duke Ellington's "Harlem Air Shaft."

Duke said, "So much goes on in a Harlem air shaft.  You hear fights, smell dinner, hear people making love.  You hear intimate gossip floating down.  You hear the radio.  An air shaft is one great loudspeaker, you hear people praying, fighting and snoring."

And of course Duke would want you to know "We love you madly."