NICE VICE 1439
by Mitch Mimbo
sweetdango@hotmail / starplane.blogspot.com
…listening all night, when not sleeping at intervals, to Michael Walker’s Laurel Canyon book…wondering about the annual group photograph of residents…could be coming up this July Fourth. Here’s the general Wickedpedia for the area: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurel_Canyon,_Los_Angeles,_California. (Can’t find information about the group photo, a long-standing tradition – will leave that for later…)
Well, there’s so much in the Walker book that I like – it’s one of the few books I can listen to over and over – William Gibson’s Neuromancer is another I’ve been that way with…many interesting residents, past and current – the Wickedpedia link above has a list. The now doubly-Amazonian Christina Applegate a resident, and not only that, grew up there, spent her childhood there. Here’s a article about her from People mag from twenty years ago: http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20116121,00.html. Back in her Married…with Children days…like it that she apparently has a Morrison thing – Walker mentions that she contributed an American flag with the Lizard King on it to the Canyon Country Store: http://www.yelp.com/biz/laurel-canyon-country-store-los-angeles. But apparently it blew away in high winds, a flaggy rider on a storm…
As far as my real world is concerned, here and now, really nothing I HAVE to do except get to do more community service at a local AIDS organization - relieve the receptionist for an hour or so for lunch. Finding it very, very, very easy – I would otherwise have had to attend SIXTY A.A. meetings. Been drink-free for six months and likely more, and loving it. I’m no alcoholic, tho’, and a good friend would verify that, but the way I was taking in the Carlo Rossi Sangria and such a while back could lead some to make such an assessment…could see having a bit of medicinal wine again – even raw food guru David Wolfe, who’s so very particular about every bit of anything that one ingests, feels wine’s okay…especially, oh, like biodynamic wine, doubtless: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biodynamic_wine.
…mentioned in the Mike Walker book about Laurel Canyon is a movie called Macumba Love: http://accelerateddecrepitude.blogspot.com/2007/02/macumba-love.html. A 1960 “exploitation classic”, this says. Directed by Douglas Fowley, father of Kim Fowley, a major player of a sort in the Canyon during the time Walker writes of… http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Fowley. Here’s a little synopsis: http://www.fandango.com/macumbalove_v30643/summary. Voodoo in Brazil…Playboy centerfold June Wilkinson in it…”uninspired”, this says. But who needs inspiration? Or wants it? Been getting along just fine without it for years and years…
Another topic for research: Sybil Leek…reminded of her for some reason lately – oh, what she said about the importance of paying attention to one’s things, one’s material items…this in the context of witchcraft, folk religion: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sybil_Leek.
FOR SOME REASON, THE LINKS BELOW DON'T ACTIVATE - COULD GO BACK AND MAKE THAT HAPPEN, BUT I'M MOVING ON - LIKE TO MAKE IT EASY FOR ANYONE READING, BUT IN THIS CASE I'M GONNA SLACK OFF A BIT...
NICE VICE 1437
by Mitch Mimbo - sweetdango@hotmail - starplane.blogspot.com
…Kasabian…name in mind for some reason - current popular band - named after a Manson girl…also, relatable to my current thoughts about Los Angeles - may very well up and go there, after the last nearly twelve years in San Fran…just did a search, and Dogpile, my engine of choice, listed Mars Volta Octahedron as related…friend recently brought them to my attention - know little of them…here's Kasabian's Wickedpedia: www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kasabian. English, from Leicester - pronounced, I think, "Lester"…says Linda Kasabian was a getaway driver for Chuckie and his folks…Wickedpedia says a band member was reading about Chuckie, thought the name was cool, and ran it by the others, and it took about a minute for them to agree on it…with more money or more online time I'd look into this band, I guess…heck, I'm still listening to Anne Murray's "Snowbird"! Anyway, here's the Wickedpedia for this Linda: www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Kasabian. A bit of the Manson thing in Michael Walker's Laurel Canyon history, which I've been listening to repeatedly…stuff also about Wonderland, John Holmes, bludgeoning deaths related to cocaine. Not pretty…and: Twiggy Ramirez - that band with names of supermodels and serial killers conjoined…just returned the Naked Lunch audiobook to a library I pay for - stopped listening at a really extreme gay scene - guess the artistic angle of it could be said in its favor: www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naked_Lunch. As far as Burroughs goes, I like maybe 10% of him, leaving out the heroin, guns, and homosexuality. Strangely enough, there's stuff beyond all that that I can relate to…Barry Miles noted in CD case text for Naked Lunch - scholar of the countercultural who took part in the "Restored Text" of NL in the audiobook…have liked his work over the years: www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Miles. Co-owner of the Indica Gallery - and bookstore - in London in the Sixties, and also involved in the International Times…any students of those times could do worse than starting with what Miles has got to offer…was thinking, since Kasabian took their name from one of Manson's ladies, have any other bands of lesser repute done the same? Could there be a Fromme out there, named after Lynette? And…relatedly to Manson material, look up datura, also known as jimson weed - a plant used to a certain effect by Charles in Charge: www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datura_stramonium - mentioned in the Castaneda material also, used by Don Juan…not something I'd want anything to do with, which goes along with my life idea of maybe finding 10% of anything really useful - such as 10% of Burroughs. As far as folks, I can relate to 10% of any person and find that a basis for a relationship…and…Los Angeles, here's the Wickedpedia: www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles - an overview of the area…and: in personal news, on the way to this library I'm at, passed on the bus a Christian bullhorn preacher at U.N. Plaza. I'm sure he's got some okay things to say. Noticed, tho', the man was overweight, big time. Not a good sign in terms of indicating that he's really "coming from" a healthy place. Needs to be thin, like fasting Biblical heroes, then I'd be more likely to tune him in. Otherwise, he's pretty much a tubby blowhard - see, oh, Rush Limbaugh…at least Rush, from what I gather, has some humor going on, some entertainment value…and this guy had a sign with "Jesus" on it, and then a bit later there's "Oasis" as the name of a coffee shop, then I thought both of those are similar, morphologically, to "Isis". So what does this betoken? Put all those into Dogpile and got this, among others: www.paralumun.com/mythegypt.htm…quite a bit there, in case you're interested in pursuing that line of inquiry, and it'd be nice if you would - get back to me on findings…
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by Poco Viaje
sweetdango@hotmail.com
starplane.blogspot.com
June 28, 8 in the evening, the Red Devil Lounge, benefit for Paul Williams, Crawdaddy! founder, and more - look up all those keywords and names…or, just click on this:
. If that's doable - not turning blue, like they do when they activate - could be the machine I'm on…saw this at the Wolfgang's Vault site - recommend that for those interested in the topics it deals with…Crawdaddy! back issues there online, and much more, about a third or less of primary interest to me and mine…
Out from the Mechanics' Institute Library just now, from 1942, James M. Cain's - I mean, 1941 - novel Mildred Pierce…looked up the guy and liked the title of one he did a year after, called Love's Lovely Counterfeit. Old enough to be my grandfather, born in the early 1890s…so, got the audio, will tune that in - bedtime story - yeah, that's the sort of thing that qualifies as that for the sort I am, or can be…returned a reading of Hank Thoreau's Walden - barely got into that…not quite in the mood for that right now, but it's a true classic…very different from the milieu of Cain and Mildred Pierce…but both all-American, eh?
Mallahan, that's Granddaddy Cain's middle name…reminds me of Callahan, as in Inspector:
. Wickedpedia says John Milius and Terrence Malik had some part in the script, tho' are uncredited…they were pretty new to the film field back then, so that could be a reason…or else they didn't want association with it? Lalo Schifrin music…Mr. Schifrin also did:
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Also at the Mechanics', Danny Pinchbeck's book about Twenty Twelve, Quetzalcoatal…here's something by him:
. Book of interest, but too heavy to carry right now, got Mildred on my mojo backpack…
S.F. Museum of Modern Art - new rooftop garden I've seen advertised, never been…close enough for me to get to…see:
. Not impressed with pictures I've seen in ads - doesn't look very green and inviting, frankly…must've spent a pretty ugly penny on it, after all…
Gretchen Mol - what's she doing now that her TV series id - I mean, is - over? High on my list, if I had one, of female actors I like. See:
. Like it that she's a Scorpio girl…here are some photos of her without much, or any, clothing:
. Doesn't get much better than that…and: name for a character, Nina Van Palliative - the Pallandt one in mind for some reason I can't think of just now - mentioned in something I recently read or listened to…and: triple sixes on a building on Post near Jones…and: Wrong Way, idea for movie about a cult of cannibals in San Francisco - all women - they like eating men…maybe symbolic of eating sperm, or something…
And…heck, how about some more of Fetchin' Gretchen?:
. Reminds me of:
. Not exactly totally positive…
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6/16/2009 9:36 AM
by Poco Viaje
Some music to start: www.youtube.com/watch?v=spNetixfZfI. Nearly nine minutes of AC/DC…this will be okay with the stone cold Bon Scott fans out there, it's still in his era…also see: www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad_Boy_Boogie. Personally, like the Brian era as well in terms of this band's product, tho' some don't…
William Queen, Mongols - article in a book about the biker - motorcycle, that is, not the bicycle kind - culture…had time to fill this morning, went to the second floor of the Borders Union Square, happened to see this one: The Mammoth Book of Bikers, by Arthur Veno and a woman: www.mysimon.com/9015-11122_8-2038949443.html. Same book, Last Gasp link also: www.lastgasp.com/d/31649/. Some may like…
Like how Mr. Veno and the woman - name not coming up immediately on searches - quotes the Futurist Manifesto from a hundred years ago exactly this year, Marinetti: www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Futurist_Manifesto.
Got me thinking of a plot idea: "He's her prospect…"
Also, search on the terms "rollin motorcycle art museum" for an article in this Veno collection - this Rollin's the author of that one mentioned above featuring quotes from the Futurist Manifesto…not immediately coming up in a search, but it could be worth it for some to look this up…
Also, more music, from the Donnas: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDHNCnlocnQ. Five seconds short of four minutes and a half…fairly new work, looks real good…
At Gino & Carlo this morning, had coffee, Coke, put some money in the jukebox. Played live Eagles from the mid-Nineties, the Hell Freezes Over disc - noted that I wanted to mention the influence of Sinatra on Henley's singing - in particular, was thinking about Wasted Time, the theme of that one, and the treatment: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikxcuDRiAn4.
Here's a recent Leah Garchik column - citing it because of the use of the word "serendipity": www.sfgate.com/columnists/garchik/. Related to the demise of Overland, the bookstore over in the Union Street area…here's the Wickedpedia for that one: www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serendipity. (Derived, this says, from the old Arabic and Persian name - why both? Is that possible? - for Sri Lanka…coined in the mid-1800s by Horace Walpole in a letter to a friend, interestingly enough…)
Also, to look in to: "Busy Being Fabulous" by the Eagles, and The Kill Bill Diary, by dearly-departed Davie Carradine…
Also: J.D. Souther at the Great American…Katy Perry around town for H & M…title: Twelve of the Girls - or maybe make that twenty-four, twelve mother/daughter pairings…A Tea Garden at Larkin and Eddy - saw it while passing on a bus the other day, curious about what their wares, their offerings, are…the Five Tibetan Rites - look those up…Laurel Canyon Stories, look that up…verse: "Their demon's captured in the center's hub -/these women learn what's giving him a rub…" Also, YouTube for Kool Moe Dee - "Knowledge is King", for one of his…