A VISIT FROM CHRISSIE
by Charlie Finch



A while back I promised Whitney curator Chrissie Iles that she could select a few discs from my record collection as a contribution to her celebrated vinyl archive, so, when I ran into her at a dinner in honor of the painter Ena Swansea, I suggested that Chrissie come right over to my apartment. She happily agreed, so, around midnight, we hopped a cab, and soon Chrissie was propped, belly down, on my East Village floor, sipping chamomile tea and going through my record collection. I told her she could select any five discs for her collection.

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