tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36596203.post93531864392723142..comments2024-03-28T14:09:53.330-07:00Comments on The Song In My Head Today: Holly A Hugheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17828633442418722187noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36596203.post-33947084375660011732010-11-28T06:02:33.443-08:002010-11-28T06:02:33.443-08:00One of the minor characters, perhaps worthy of Dic...One of the minor characters, perhaps worthy of Dickens, in the HBO series, "Bored To Death," has to be the lush (played by Kristen Wiig) bar babe shacked up with Zach Galifianakis's (easy for you to spell) character. The fact that this dame is attracted at all to Zach (The Unsavory One) strongly supports the "no accounting for taste" thesis.<br /><br />...and now Brooklyn is the tony place to live. <br /><br />My mother would tell stories about when she lived in Red Hook (Van Brunt St) she and her nine Irish siblings would share three beds in a cold water flat and listen to the rats scurry above them in the ceiling.<br /><br />And years later in the early 60's we'd take a bus from Saugerties every Easter to visit my grandmother in her Park Slope brownstone. It was a n i c e house, but a house to live in, not an investement, not something to <br />be coveted by those who could not afford to live there. Now Brooklyn is like Manhattan East.<br /><br />...such a life. And as I think back to how much my positive boyhood memories of the place have changed, I can only quote late twentieth century American philosopher Lou Reed when he wrote, "Those were different times, the poets studied rules of verse, and all the ladies rolled their eyes."<br /><br />RichAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36596203.post-58538424138233969982010-11-27T11:12:26.988-08:002010-11-27T11:12:26.988-08:00OMG, Holly, I am so out of the blogging scene. But...OMG, Holly, I am so out of the blogging scene. But I wanted to tell you I took my daughters (17 and 19 yrs old) to see Ray Davies at the legendary Olympia concert hall on October 31st. It was unforgettable, moving, excellent...one of the high points of my life, really, seeing Ray with my girls who loved the concert as much as I did.<br /><br />We were so lucky because he later cancelled his East Coast US dates, as you probably know.<br /><br />Take care!Betty Carlsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17155852272383173880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36596203.post-7713894836883630632010-11-24T21:14:34.102-08:002010-11-24T21:14:34.102-08:00Hmmmm....Netflixing it NOW!Hmmmm....Netflixing it NOW!Holly A Hugheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17828633442418722187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36596203.post-46167786663306543872010-11-24T17:14:54.900-08:002010-11-24T17:14:54.900-08:00What Uncle E said.... times two. Magnolia is a be...What Uncle E said.... times two. Magnolia is a beautiful sprawling epic. I dislike Mr. Cruise but in this instance his performance is riveting. And the Aimee Mann soundtrack is so much more than just the wonderful <i>Save Me</i>. Do not watch the video for <i>Wise Up</i> - an even better song, but see the movie instead and how it pulls all of the threads together before the awesome final act.Mister Pleasanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15525855662696903836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36596203.post-22579791290535285242010-11-24T14:25:00.229-08:002010-11-24T14:25:00.229-08:00Aimee Mann's Save Me is a haunting song, and y...Aimee Mann's Save Me is a haunting song, and you REALLY should see the movie. Cruise is an idiot, but is fantastic in this particular role. Happy Thanksgiving, Holly!<br /><br />EUncle Ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04570327775449916376noreply@blogger.com