Packing for a quick trip to the Philippines. I leave in 1⁄2 an hour. The Here Lies Love Imelda musical project has had some setbacks, but it’s still alive, and having never been to the Philippines I’d better take this opportunity to get acquainted with my subject. Through friends of friends I have arranged to meet some journalists and actors over there, some of whom have archival video and stills from the Marcos era. I’ll also make side trips to the north — Ilocos — where Ferdinand was from, and to Leyte, where Imelda was from. There are shrines and things that will illuminate their mythology in those small towns.
Here she is with LBJ:
Norman Cook (or his assistants) continues to add to the recorded songs in Brighton and Peter is assembling video elements in NY so I can be absent for a week or so.
