a five piece band pulsed out unhurried jazz by the cabana , which looked to be half a mile away as the place was so huge , and yet a well-trained discus thrower , if he could have cleared the height of all the plush flora , might have lobbed a stone or discus or molotov cocktail from the crowded sightseeing spot of hanging gardens , about another 80 yards higher in altitude on their beloved malabar hill , right onto dickey and charles precisely trimmed buffalo grass .