Happy birthday to
King Friday XIII
and friend:
“The voodoo priestess looked across the table at her wealthy client, a man on trial for murder: ‘Now, you know how dead time works. Dead time lasts for one hour– from half an hour before midnight to half an hour after midnight. The half-hour before midnight is for doin’ good. The half-hour after midnight is for doin’ evil….'”
King Friday XIII
and friend:
Yesterday, by the way,
was Georgia Day
in Savannah.
“I Put a Spell on You”
— Nina Simone,
title of autobiograpy
“The voodoo priestess looked across the table at her wealthy client, a man on trial for murder: ‘Now, you know how dead time works. Dead time lasts for one hour– from half an hour before midnight to half an hour after midnight. The half-hour before midnight is for doin’ good. The half-hour after midnight is for doin’ evil….'”
— Glenna Whitley, “Voodoo Justice,” The New York Times, March 20, 1994
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