In which I proceed to talk about various things that are boring to most people but are endlessly fascinating to me.

From a comment on this blog post: “A recent New York Magazine (June 8th) had a different photo concerning this incident. It was probably taken minutes later, but features a close up of Miles’ head with bandages over the wounds.

According to the mag, he was between sets and just “escorted a young white woman to a taxi and paused on the sidewalk to light a cigarette. A cop told him to move along. Davis replied, in his defiant hoarse voice, ‘I work here’ and, pointing to the club’s marquee, ‘That’s my name up there.’ A plainclothes cop, misreading the exchange, rushed over and beat” Miles over the head. He was released on a $10,000 bail. Doctors had to sew five stitches due to the wounds.

This was just a week after he released Kind of Blue.”

Read a little more about the incident here.
One of the best blogs I’ve ever read, by the way. Amazing stuff.