With Lord Ganesh on the dashboard, all obstacles were cleared as we made our way across the Bowery, over the Manhattan Bridge, and up Flatbush. The traffic and the lights and the energy of New York City on a beautiful spring night made its own music and inspired others.
How beautiful the joyous urge to sing with friends in a car — and how strange the compulsion to want to record it and post it on a blog.
Apologies to Rachael Yamagata, who wrote and performed the original.
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(Aparna’s car)