In late 1990, climatologist Iben Browning predicted there was a 50% chance of an earthquake along the New Madrid Fault. Naturally, as a college student in Columbia, Missouri at the time, this was unwelcome news. That week, I recorded the following announcement for my answering machine with Stanley Clarke's instrumental, "Hello Jeff," playing in the background:
"Iben Browning thinks we'll all be toast before the week's out, so we're going to go down to our graves with a rhythm that outquakes 'em all..."
Fortunately, the earthquake didn't happen, but I enjoyed pairing Browning's prediction with a great electric bass number.
