The Cutting Room Floor

There was one detail that I omitted from my story on Allen Toussaint in the current issue. In the piece, he talks about how much he works, but the thought that didn’t fit was how that work related to his desire for order – something that came through when he talked about what he lost during Katrina. He spoke of having tapes he was working on all lined up, and when he checked into the Astor Crown Plaza to ride out Katrina he took family videotapes with him so he could edit them while he was waiting. It only occurs to me now that I didn’t ask how that project ended up.