tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post8866685442761758732..comments2023-12-05T03:34:14.680-05:00Comments on <b>Issa's Untidy Hut</b>: Issa's Sunday Service, #5Issa's Untidy Huthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07352841590717991698noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post-21967473026680391552009-05-24T15:47:09.414-04:002009-05-24T15:47:09.414-04:00Always a pleasure, off to avoid big thunderstorm ....Always a pleasure, off to avoid big thunderstorm ... working on two mss I'll have to tell you about sometime ... <br /><br />Fading as Marianne Faithful sings Patti Smith's "Ghost Dance" ...<br /><br />host of your host ... now what was the name of that beer again?Issa's Untidy Huthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07352841590717991698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post-28390728943717145692009-05-24T15:43:49.579-04:002009-05-24T15:43:49.579-04:00well maybe Ron Silliman..
the only old fart savvy...well maybe Ron Silliman..<br /><br />the only old fart savvy re: blogging/remembering...<br /><br />but he's "on the other side" of the continental divide <br /><br />so is Curtis Faville<br /><br /><br />everybody else seems to be born after 1975 and still embedded in the safety of "university/school" and the "politically-correct"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post-47628803064729583762009-05-24T15:34:16.026-04:002009-05-24T15:34:16.026-04:00Norman Greenbaum's "Spirit in the Sky" and Bob Dyl...Norman Greenbaum's "Spirit in the Sky" and Bob Dylan's Mr. Tambourine Man .... hmn, I don't think there are anymore 60's farts hangin' round here ...<br /><br />Let's go check Fortune magazine ...Issa's Untidy Huthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07352841590717991698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post-8214135966501044812009-05-24T15:30:25.080-04:002009-05-24T15:30:25.080-04:00wait there's phuching more!
Hunter Thompson:
htt...wait there's phuching more!<br /><br />Hunter Thompson:<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunter_S._Thompson#The_Gonzo_Papers<br /><br />just look at what song they played at his funeral!<br /><br />and he was 67 when he killed himself!<br /><br />he is yet around in DOONESBURY ...Ed Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11285310130024785775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post-17919805575928025502009-05-24T15:24:28.530-04:002009-05-24T15:24:28.530-04:00Desolation Angels + Canary Row
equals
Des...Desolation Angels + Canary Row<br /> equals<br /><br /> Desolation Row<br /><br /><br />now<br /><br />all "we" need is a little<br /><br /> Hunter Thompson <br /><br /><br /><br />Gonzo Fear and Loathing Hell's Angels humor!<br /><br />and maybe a cpl of other 1960's<br /> left-overs to participate...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post-13159990769705312152009-05-24T15:19:19.720-04:002009-05-24T15:19:19.720-04:00oh yes Edwardian glory ... here's a knock off of t...oh yes Edwardian glory ... here's a knock off of the Nehru collared suit:<br /><br />http://www.bigmen.co.uk/acatalog/1ADiCaprioBeatleJacketthumb.jpg<br /><br />... and Mr. Zimmerman brings us full circle, to Desolation Row ... I knew we were going somewhere, <br /><br />and here it is ...Issa's Untidy Huthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07352841590717991698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post-32715702623648992122009-05-24T14:37:36.290-04:002009-05-24T14:37:36.290-04:00DAMN!!! here is the suit. except mine was brown w...DAMN!!! here is the suit. except mine was brown wool tweed... <br /><br />http://www.vam.ac.uk/images/image/25390-popup.html<br /><br />came with a vest..<br /><br />(now to find black Beatle Boots)<br /><br />http://www.atomretro.com/product_info.cfm?product_id=1802<br /><br /><br />only wore the boots that one time to the ballet<br /><br />wore the suit only one other time in NYC<br /><br />1973 to go to an art opening with Fay in The Village<br /><br /><br /> and, you wanna hear another link to this stream!<br /><br />walking down the street around 2 nd Street and Second Ave some friends caught up to us<br /><br /><br />Sienna and Tony and David <br />(as Sienna introduced him: "this is David Zimmerman, Bob's little brother."<br /><br />EdAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post-63404936463515394452009-05-24T14:10:18.605-04:002009-05-24T14:10:18.605-04:00well I am still delving AND HERE IS WO I SAW doo t...well I am still delving AND HERE IS WO I SAW doo that Two Pigeons thin in 1970<br /><br />http://www.ballet.co.uk/old/legend_js_david_wall.htm<br /><br />NO WONDER THE QUEEN MOTHER WAS THERE!!!Ed Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11285310130024785775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post-63627320372589491092009-05-24T14:05:02.800-04:002009-05-24T14:05:02.800-04:0064 I had one of those collarless suits, bought at ...64 I had one of those collarless suits, bought at Robert Hall's, which my old man correctly predicted would be out of fashion yesterday ... <br /><br />Hurting feet at the the ballet ... ouch...Issa's Untidy Huthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07352841590717991698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post-11174852486697816032009-05-24T14:01:48.378-04:002009-05-24T14:01:48.378-04:00through the magic of the inter-net which friggin ...through the magic of the inter-net which friggin catches everything here is the performance that I saw:<br /><br />ST Royal Ballet; Tribute to Sir Frederick Ashton; excerpt only;<br />D Persephone: Svetlana Beriosova; Mercury: Alexander Grant; Demeter: Gerd Larsen; Demaphoön; Derek Rencher; Royal Opera House, London, 24 July 1970<br /><br /> and I had just the day before gone to Carnaby Street and bought WOOL suit, shirt, tie AND<br /><br />a pair of black Beatle Boots<br /><br /> boy was I hot!<br /><br />and the shoes hurt my feet!Ed Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11285310130024785775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post-34919139625788459232009-05-24T13:47:39.458-04:002009-05-24T13:47:39.458-04:00Ah, the Queen Mum was definitely not in NYC that n...Ah, the Queen Mum was definitely not in NYC that night - Nijinsky, I think he comes into Proust from the wings and no opera that ... ballet, indeed ... for those as <A HREF="http://www.answers.com/topic/les-deux-pigeons" REL="nofollow">ignorant as <br />I</A> some very minimal detail ...<br /><br />Based on a Fontaine fable, eh?Issa's Untidy Huthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07352841590717991698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post-88809194748923711622009-05-24T13:38:57.068-04:002009-05-24T13:38:57.068-04:00actually The Two Pigeons was a ballet
and the la...actually The Two Pigeons was a ballet<br /><br />and the last time that it had been performed (it s only performance) was in 1902 Najinsky was the STAR) they had his original outfit on a manikin in a glass case<br />in the lobby<br /><br />also in attendance was The Queen Mum <br /><br /><br />the theatre was at the opposite end Of Drury Lane from The Royal Inns of Court Boys Club<br /><br />seems to me there was also some big happening at that Zep concert in London...<br /><br /> I think that they were shut down there too and banned for life from England!<br /><br />another event that I didn't go to was in a group house then everybody went but me and Dorrie... that thing in New York...on that farm and in the mud..<br /><br />Wiltstock.... no...Woodstock<br /><br />a few weeks later Dorrie ran off with the lead singer of The Natty Bumpo...<br /> Cam Bruce<br /><br />boy...wuz I lucky I didn't knoch-her-up<br /><br />I think that this was 1966 7 or 8Ed Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11285310130024785775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post-9930890620866263112009-05-24T13:22:28.125-04:002009-05-24T13:22:28.125-04:00Ed, great story - reminds me of the time I was abd...Ed, great story - reminds me of the time I was abducted from work in early '69 to Central Park to see Led Zeppelin, with B. B. King opening, in Central Park at the Schaffer Music Center ... scalped tickets for $10 (originally 5 for the cheap seats) survived a near riot caused by nyc's finest (oh the story I could tell) to see one of the most amazing performances (and that's before zep hit the stage) and than zep that played past curfew, they turned off the power and they still came back and did an acapella encore of Bye Bye Johnny (sequel to Johnny Be Good) with Bonham sitting on the stage beating the ground. <br /><br />Yikes.<br /><br />I skipped the opera that night ... though saw quite a few pigeons.Issa's Untidy Huthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07352841590717991698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post-63882734455405730772009-05-24T13:15:10.081-04:002009-05-24T13:15:10.081-04:00Charles, glad you like that one ...Charles, glad you like that one ...Issa's Untidy Huthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07352841590717991698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post-87156207795657823342009-05-24T12:47:29.819-04:002009-05-24T12:47:29.819-04:00Bob Dylan (Zimmerman) today 68? geeze
f i n a l...Bob Dylan (Zimmerman) today 68? geeze <br />f i n a l ly <br />someone younger than me<br /><br /><br />...by about 4 weeks!<br /><br />and 1970 as I recall when in London Bill "Canada" got two tickets to go hear/see Led Zeppelin at The Prince Albert Royal Hall <br /><br />I said : "Take (what's her name). I'm going to see Les Deux Pigeons at the Royal Opera House"<br /><br />silly me, eh/Ed Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11285310130024785775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post-11052025872382620722009-05-24T12:14:55.870-04:002009-05-24T12:14:55.870-04:00I do like this song.I do like this song.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post-11208976824871968132009-05-24T09:43:59.562-04:002009-05-24T09:43:59.562-04:00Hey, Jim, thanks ...
Ed, well this is interesting...Hey, Jim, thanks ...<br /><br />Ed, well this is interesting. Thanks for the link ... new mystic, indeed...Issa's Untidy Huthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07352841590717991698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post-1103761047133363312009-05-24T09:24:41.679-04:002009-05-24T09:24:41.679-04:00well..
first three books of NEIGHBOR
at bottom...well..<br /><br />first three books of NEIGHBOR <br /><br />at bottom of this page<br /><br />http://www.newmystics.com/lit/EdBaker.html<br /><br />as pdf if this counts as it being "published"<br /><br />after a 21 year high-at-us from any writing this "run" was <br /><br />first thing done...1998<br /><br /><br />print out if you'd like...<br /><br />and, Joey Madia gonna post a book (of Neighbor) each month.. there are 6<br /><br />I just re:read these three...<br /><br />my initial reaction?<br /><br />"shit. I did THAT? That's pretty good."<br /><br />about dawn this morning<br />50-60 Harley's roared by...ROLLING THUNDER bikers on the way to their anual parade..<br /><br />I got tears in my eyesEd Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11285310130024785775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post-37470676871338153972009-05-24T09:19:06.299-04:002009-05-24T09:19:06.299-04:00Mr. Baker:
Thanks for prompting the Desolation Ro...Mr. Baker:<br /><br />Thanks for prompting the Desolation Row post. Chris Smither does a very nice cover version of this song in which he transposes some couplets to good effect.<br /><br />Don:<br /><br />Readers > commenters.Jim H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08221390745888733656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post-63540777300618214152009-05-24T09:16:00.875-04:002009-05-24T09:16:00.875-04:00Thanks, Ed. Not sure about the POD thing ... wond...Thanks, Ed. Not sure about the POD thing ... wonder if any readers' have had this experience (wonder if there are any readers)?<br /><br />Is there another book coming beyond "Goodnight"?Issa's Untidy Huthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07352841590717991698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post-92011576564909218722009-05-24T08:49:35.320-04:002009-05-24T08:49:35.320-04:00Lyn ' a h oo t!
so os Issa.
now to track down wh...Lyn ' a h oo t!<br /><br />so os Issa.<br /><br />now to track down who now owns ALL future publication rights<br /><br />to my newest book<br /><br />and thus the $2.3 million (future) royalties?<br /><br />I sure hope that it is the publisher<br />and not the POD "thing"<br /><br /><br />by the way<br /><br />how does POD work?<br /><br />seems like lots of hidden costs..Ed Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11285310130024785775noreply@blogger.com