I haven't read a Clinton Heylin book in about thirty years, but this one was at the library today and looks pretty interesting.
Any thoughts on it out there?
On Wednesday, December 15, 2021 at 11:05:26 PM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote:
I haven't read a Clinton Heylin book in about thirty years, but this one was at the library today and looks pretty interesting.
Any thoughts on it out there?Anything really NEW in the book....?
On Thursday, December 16, 2021 at 6:49:53 PM UTC-5, Zod wrote:revelations, just the "new angle" that there are two Bobs, the pre and post Bobs. Stephan Pickering would no doubt scoff.
On Wednesday, December 15, 2021 at 11:05:26 PM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote:
I haven't read a Clinton Heylin book in about thirty years, but this one was at the library today and looks pretty interesting.
Just read the David Kirby review in the Washington Post, and it seems that by "double life" this means his pre- and post-motorcycle lives. So far just the pre-motorcycle accident is published (basically, volume 1). The review doesn't mention any newAny thoughts on it out there?Anything really NEW in the book....?
On Thursday, December 16, 2021 at 6:49:53 PM UTC-5, Zod wrote:revelations, just the "new angle" that there are two Bobs, the pre and post Bobs. Stephan Pickering would no doubt scoff.
On Wednesday, December 15, 2021 at 11:05:26 PM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote:
I haven't read a Clinton Heylin book in about thirty years, but this one was at the library today and looks pretty interesting.
Just read the David Kirby review in the Washington Post, and it seems that by "double life" this means his pre- and post-motorcycle lives. So far just the pre-motorcycle accident is published (basically, volume 1). The review doesn't mention any newAny thoughts on it out there?Anything really NEW in the book....?
On Friday, December 17, 2021 at 2:34:40 PM UTC-6, Willie wrote:revelations, just the "new angle" that there are two Bobs, the pre and post Bobs. Stephan Pickering would no doubt scoff.
On Thursday, December 16, 2021 at 6:49:53 PM UTC-5, Zod wrote:
On Wednesday, December 15, 2021 at 11:05:26 PM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote:
I haven't read a Clinton Heylin book in about thirty years, but this one was at the library today and looks pretty interesting.
Just read the David Kirby review in the Washington Post, and it seems that by "double life" this means his pre- and post-motorcycle lives. So far just the pre-motorcycle accident is published (basically, volume 1). The review doesn't mention any newAny thoughts on it out there?Anything really NEW in the book....?
However, the pre and post photos just might support this...
On Thursday, December 16, 2021 at 6:49:53 PM UTC-5, Zod wrote:revelations, just the "new angle" that there are two Bobs, the pre and post Bobs. Stephan Pickering would no doubt scoff.
On Wednesday, December 15, 2021 at 11:05:26 PM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote:
I haven't read a Clinton Heylin book in about thirty years, but this one was at the library today and looks pretty interesting.
Just read the David Kirby review in the Washington Post, and it seems that by "double life" this means his pre- and post-motorcycle lives. So far just the pre-motorcycle accident is published (basically, volume 1). The review doesn't mention any newAny thoughts on it out there?Anything really NEW in the book....?
On Friday, December 17, 2021 at 3:42:30 PM UTC-5, pamel...@gmail.com wrote:new revelations, just the "new angle" that there are two Bobs, the pre and post Bobs. Stephan Pickering would no doubt scoff.
On Friday, December 17, 2021 at 2:34:40 PM UTC-6, Willie wrote:
On Thursday, December 16, 2021 at 6:49:53 PM UTC-5, Zod wrote:
On Wednesday, December 15, 2021 at 11:05:26 PM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote:
I haven't read a Clinton Heylin book in about thirty years, but this one was at the library today and looks pretty interesting.
Just read the David Kirby review in the Washington Post, and it seems that by "double life" this means his pre- and post-motorcycle lives. So far just the pre-motorcycle accident is published (basically, volume 1). The review doesn't mention anyAny thoughts on it out there?Anything really NEW in the book....?
and hand-scrawled manuscript revisions that he weaves into a fresh and engaging narrative. This portion of the Dylan story stretches from young Bobby Zimmerman’s adventures at north country Jewish summer camps and teenage forays into ’50s rock andHowever, the pre and post photos just might support this...I agree. The "Pickering would no doubt scoff" comment is a bit of a joke, as Stephan DESPISED Heylin, and had some derisive labels for him (one was "gossipographer").
A more in-depth review (this https://www.nyjournalofbooks.com/book-review/double-life-bob-dylan) gives some details about what's new in the book:
"But the real excitement and joy of this book emerges from Heylin’s discussion and analysis of copious party tapes, bootlegs, between-takes conversations and outbursts, combative and occasionally revealing interviews, contracts and related documents,
The narrative picks up speed as it moves Dylan through the Minneapolis and Greenwich Village folk scenes to the blistering, drug-fueled 1966 rock tour of Europe that sparked angry clashes with traditionalist fans and took Dylan to the fraying end ofhis personal tether, culminating in the motorcycle accident that ushered in a prolonged retreat from public life."
On Friday, December 17, 2021 at 3:34:40 PM UTC-5, Willie wrote:revelations, just the "new angle" that there are two Bobs, the pre and post Bobs. Stephan Pickering would no doubt scoff.
On Thursday, December 16, 2021 at 6:49:53 PM UTC-5, Zod wrote:
On Wednesday, December 15, 2021 at 11:05:26 PM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote:
I haven't read a Clinton Heylin book in about thirty years, but this one was at the library today and looks pretty interesting.
Just read the David Kirby review in the Washington Post, and it seems that by "double life" this means his pre- and post-motorcycle lives. So far just the pre-motorcycle accident is published (basically, volume 1). The review doesn't mention any newAny thoughts on it out there?Anything really NEW in the book....?
The book is a real page turner, two nights it's kept me up past the dawn.Like Johanna.
🙂
On Friday, December 17, 2021 at 4:19:20 PM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote:new revelations, just the "new angle" that there are two Bobs, the pre and post Bobs. Stephan Pickering would no doubt scoff.
On Friday, December 17, 2021 at 3:34:40 PM UTC-5, Willie wrote:
On Thursday, December 16, 2021 at 6:49:53 PM UTC-5, Zod wrote:
On Wednesday, December 15, 2021 at 11:05:26 PM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote:
I haven't read a Clinton Heylin book in about thirty years, but this one was at the library today and looks pretty interesting.
Just read the David Kirby review in the Washington Post, and it seems that by "double life" this means his pre- and post-motorcycle lives. So far just the pre-motorcycle accident is published (basically, volume 1). The review doesn't mention anyAny thoughts on it out there?Anything really NEW in the book....?
The book is a real page turner, two nights it's kept me up past the dawn.
Like Johanna.
On Friday, December 17, 2021 at 9:18:12 PM UTC-5, Willie wrote:new revelations, just the "new angle" that there are two Bobs, the pre and post Bobs. Stephan Pickering would no doubt scoff.
On Friday, December 17, 2021 at 4:19:20 PM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote:
On Friday, December 17, 2021 at 3:34:40 PM UTC-5, Willie wrote:
On Thursday, December 16, 2021 at 6:49:53 PM UTC-5, Zod wrote:
On Wednesday, December 15, 2021 at 11:05:26 PM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote:
I haven't read a Clinton Heylin book in about thirty years, but this one was at the library today and looks pretty interesting.
Just read the David Kirby review in the Washington Post, and it seems that by "double life" this means his pre- and post-motorcycle lives. So far just the pre-motorcycle accident is published (basically, volume 1). The review doesn't mention anyAny thoughts on it out there?Anything really NEW in the book....?
The book is a real page turner, two nights it's kept me up past the dawn.
Okay, I put it on my Christmas wish list. I haven't read any Heylin books. I'll bet what set Stephan off on him was his book "Trouble in Mind: Bob Dylan's Gospel Years – What Really Happened. Lesser Gods." Or if Stephan already disliked Heylin, I'mLike Johanna.Yes, Heylin has a fairly long section on the night of the blackout in New York City, when Visions of Johanna was possibly written, interesting stuff.
On Friday, December 17, 2021 at 9:18:12 PM UTC-5, Willie wrote:new revelations, just the "new angle" that there are two Bobs, the pre and post Bobs. Stephan Pickering would no doubt scoff.
On Friday, December 17, 2021 at 4:19:20 PM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote:
I haven't read a Clinton Heylin book in about thirty years, but this one was at the library today and looks pretty interesting.
Just read the David Kirby review in the Washington Post, and it seems that by "double life" this means his pre- and post-motorcycle lives. So far just the pre-motorcycle accident is published (basically, volume 1). The review doesn't mention anyAny thoughts on it out there?Anything really NEW in the book....?
The book is a real page turner, two nights it's kept me up past the dawn.
Like Johanna.Yes, Heylin has a fairly long section on the night of the blackout in New York City, when Visions of Johanna was possibly written, interesting stuff.
I haven't read a Clinton Heylin book in about thirty years, but this one was at the library today and looks pretty interesting.
Any thoughts on it out there?
On Wednesday, December 15, 2021 at 10:05:26 PM UTC-6, Will Dockery wrote:
I haven't read a Clinton Heylin book in about thirty years, but this one was at the library today and looks pretty interesting.
Any thoughts on it out there?I see that a copy is waiting for me a the library...
I am tentatively hopeful that it is forthcoming, but do consider Heylin a Dylan apologist...
On Friday, December 17, 2021 at 9:18:12 PM UTC-5, Willie wrote:new revelations, just the "new angle" that there are two Bobs, the pre and post Bobs. Stephan Pickering would no doubt scoff.
On Friday, December 17, 2021 at 4:19:20 PM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote:
On Friday, December 17, 2021 at 3:34:40 PM UTC-5, Willie wrote:
On Thursday, December 16, 2021 at 6:49:53 PM UTC-5, Zod wrote:
On Wednesday, December 15, 2021 at 11:05:26 PM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote:
I haven't read a Clinton Heylin book in about thirty years, but this one was at the library today and looks pretty interesting.
Just read the David Kirby review in the Washington Post, and it seems that by "double life" this means his pre- and post-motorcycle lives. So far just the pre-motorcycle accident is published (basically, volume 1). The review doesn't mention anyAny thoughts on it out there?Anything really NEW in the book....?
The book is a real page turner, two nights it's kept me up past the dawn.
I look forward to perusing that section, and will probably be doing a post on the blackout and VOJ. I happened to be at a French restaurant in Midtown that night...Like Johanna.Yes, Heylin has a fairly long section on the night of the blackout in New York City, when Visions of Johanna was possibly written, interesting stuff.
On Saturday, December 18, 2021 at 1:09:32 AM UTC-6, Will Dockery wrote:any new revelations, just the "new angle" that there are two Bobs, the pre and post Bobs. Stephan Pickering would no doubt scoff.
On Friday, December 17, 2021 at 9:18:12 PM UTC-5, Willie wrote:
I haven't read a Clinton Heylin book in about thirty years, but this one was at the library today and looks pretty interesting.
Just read the David Kirby review in the Washington Post, and it seems that by "double life" this means his pre- and post-motorcycle lives. So far just the pre-motorcycle accident is published (basically, volume 1). The review doesn't mentionAny thoughts on it out there?Anything really NEW in the book....?
The book is a real page turner, two nights it's kept me up past the dawn.
I look forward to perusing that section, and will probably be doing a post on the blackout and VOJ. I happened to be at a French restaurant in Midtown that night...Like Johanna.Yes, Heylin has a fairly long section on the night of the blackout in New York City, when Visions of Johanna was possibly written, interesting stuff.
On Thursday, December 23, 2021 at 10:53:04 AM UTC-5, pamel...@gmail.com wrote:any new revelations, just the "new angle" that there are two Bobs, the pre and post Bobs. Stephan Pickering would no doubt scoff.
On Saturday, December 18, 2021 at 1:09:32 AM UTC-6, Will Dockery wrote:
On Friday, December 17, 2021 at 9:18:12 PM UTC-5, Willie wrote:
I haven't read a Clinton Heylin book in about thirty years, but this one was at the library today and looks pretty interesting.
Just read the David Kirby review in the Washington Post, and it seems that by "double life" this means his pre- and post-motorcycle lives. So far just the pre-motorcycle accident is published (basically, volume 1). The review doesn't mentionAny thoughts on it out there?Anything really NEW in the book....?
The book is a real page turner, two nights it's kept me up past the dawn.
Ta da... https://dylagence.wordpress.com/2021/12/29/freeze-out-a-busy-night-at-the-chelsea-hotel-and-elsewhere-in-new-york-city/Cool... cool...I look forward to perusing that section, and will probably be doing a post on the blackout and VOJ. I happened to be at a French restaurant in Midtown that night...Like Johanna.Yes, Heylin has a fairly long section on the night of the blackout in New York City, when Visions of Johanna was possibly written, interesting stuff.
On Monday, December 27, 2021 at 6:24:27 PM UTC-6, genera...@gmail.com wrote:mention any new revelations, just the "new angle" that there are two Bobs, the pre and post Bobs. Stephan Pickering would no doubt scoff.
On Thursday, December 23, 2021 at 10:53:04 AM UTC-5, pamel...@gmail.com wrote:
On Saturday, December 18, 2021 at 1:09:32 AM UTC-6, Will Dockery wrote:
On Friday, December 17, 2021 at 9:18:12 PM UTC-5, Willie wrote:
I haven't read a Clinton Heylin book in about thirty years, but this one was at the library today and looks pretty interesting.
Just read the David Kirby review in the Washington Post, and it seems that by "double life" this means his pre- and post-motorcycle lives. So far just the pre-motorcycle accident is published (basically, volume 1). The review doesn'tAny thoughts on it out there?Anything really NEW in the book....?
The book is a real page turner, two nights it's kept me up past the dawn.
Very interesting and atmospheric. My recollection of November 9 is, well, nonexistent. I guess I was up at college in Massachusetts. I only vaguely remember the blackout. What did you dance to back at your apartment? The blackout had already occurred,Ta da... https://dylagence.wordpress.com/2021/12/29/freeze-out-a-busy-night-at-the-chelsea-hotel-and-elsewhere-in-new-york-city/Cool... cool...I look forward to perusing that section, and will probably be doing a post on the blackout and VOJ. I happened to be at a French restaurant in Midtown that night...Like Johanna.Yes, Heylin has a fairly long section on the night of the blackout in New York City, when Visions of Johanna was possibly written, interesting stuff.
On Tuesday, December 28, 2021 at 10:28:44 PM UTC-5, pamel...@gmail.com wrote:mention any new revelations, just the "new angle" that there are two Bobs, the pre and post Bobs. Stephan Pickering would no doubt scoff.
On Monday, December 27, 2021 at 6:24:27 PM UTC-6, genera...@gmail.com wrote:
On Thursday, December 23, 2021 at 10:53:04 AM UTC-5, pamel...@gmail.com wrote:
On Saturday, December 18, 2021 at 1:09:32 AM UTC-6, Will Dockery wrote:
On Friday, December 17, 2021 at 9:18:12 PM UTC-5, Willie wrote:
I haven't read a Clinton Heylin book in about thirty years, but this one was at the library today and looks pretty interesting.
Just read the David Kirby review in the Washington Post, and it seems that by "double life" this means his pre- and post-motorcycle lives. So far just the pre-motorcycle accident is published (basically, volume 1). The review doesn'tAny thoughts on it out there?Anything really NEW in the book....?
The book is a real page turner, two nights it's kept me up past the dawn.
right, so you couldn't play a record player, could you? Or was there spotty electricity for a while? I see that Wikipedia says:Very interesting and atmospheric. My recollection of November 9 is, well, nonexistent. I guess I was up at college in Massachusetts. I only vaguely remember the blackout. What did you dance to back at your apartment? The blackout had already occurred,Ta da... https://dylagence.wordpress.com/2021/12/29/freeze-out-a-busy-night-at-the-chelsea-hotel-and-elsewhere-in-new-york-city/Cool... cool...I look forward to perusing that section, and will probably be doing a post on the blackout and VOJ. I happened to be at a French restaurant in Midtown that night...Like Johanna.Yes, Heylin has a fairly long section on the night of the blackout in New York City, when Visions of Johanna was possibly written, interesting stuff.
"An aircheck of New York City radio station WABC from November 9, 1965 reveals disc jockey Dan Ingram doing a segment of his afternoon drive time show, during which he noted that a record he was playing (Jonathan King's 'Everyone's Gone to the Moon')sounded slow, as did the subsequent jingles played during a commercial break. Ingram quipped that the King record 'was in the key of R.' The station's music playback equipment used AC motors whose speed was dependent on the frequency of the powerline,
We had a go around a couple of years ago on the blackout and VoJ, and wondered about the lines*** Probably.
"The country music station plays soft
But there's nothing, really nothing to turn off"
"nothing to turn off" seems a reference to the blackout, but how did the country music station play soft (unless they were playing a transistor radio?)?
My favorite line (among many) in VoJ has always been "Oh, jewels and binoculars hang from the head of the mule." Where did he come up with that?
Must have been fun, Pamela, to be in that scene in '65.I don't think I ever took. it for granted...
On Wednesday, December 29, 2021 at 1:31:10 PM UTC-5, pamel...@gmail.com wrote:mention any new revelations, just the "new angle" that there are two Bobs, the pre and post Bobs. Stephan Pickering would no doubt scoff.
On Wednesday, December 29, 2021 at 10:51:00 AM UTC-6, Willie wrote:
On Tuesday, December 28, 2021 at 10:28:44 PM UTC-5, pamel...@gmail.com wrote:
On Monday, December 27, 2021 at 6:24:27 PM UTC-6, genera...@gmail.com wrote:
On Thursday, December 23, 2021 at 10:53:04 AM UTC-5, pamel...@gmail.com wrote:
On Saturday, December 18, 2021 at 1:09:32 AM UTC-6, Will Dockery wrote:
On Friday, December 17, 2021 at 9:18:12 PM UTC-5, Willie wrote:
I haven't read a Clinton Heylin book in about thirty years, but this one was at the library today and looks pretty interesting.
Just read the David Kirby review in the Washington Post, and it seems that by "double life" this means his pre- and post-motorcycle lives. So far just the pre-motorcycle accident is published (basically, volume 1). The review doesn'tAny thoughts on it out there?Anything really NEW in the book....?
The book is a real page turner, two nights it's kept me up past the dawn.
occurred, right, so you couldn't play a record player, could you? Or was there spotty electricity for a while? I see that Wikipedia says:Very interesting and atmospheric. My recollection of November 9 is, well, nonexistent. I guess I was up at college in Massachusetts. I only vaguely remember the blackout. What did you dance to back at your apartment? The blackout had alreadyTa da... https://dylagence.wordpress.com/2021/12/29/freeze-out-a-busy-night-at-the-chelsea-hotel-and-elsewhere-in-new-york-city/Cool... cool...I look forward to perusing that section, and will probably be doing a post on the blackout and VOJ. I happened to be at a French restaurant in Midtown that night...Like Johanna.Yes, Heylin has a fairly long section on the night of the blackout in New York City, when Visions of Johanna was possibly written, interesting stuff.
) sounded slow, as did the subsequent jingles played during a commercial break. Ingram quipped that the King record 'was in the key of R.' The station's music playback equipment used AC motors whose speed was dependent on the frequency of the powerline,***I've updated the post to clarify my recollections a bit. Yes, I think we had reception on transistor radios of one sort or another during the night...
"An aircheck of New York City radio station WABC from November 9, 1965 reveals disc jockey Dan Ingram doing a segment of his afternoon drive time show, during which he noted that a record he was playing (Jonathan King's 'Everyone's Gone to the Moon'
their jewels and furs without any understanding of the significance of the artwork they are blabbing about... much less that infinity has gone on trial?We had a go around a couple of years ago on the blackout and VoJ, and wondered about the lines
"The country music station plays soft
But there's nothing, really nothing to turn off"
"nothing to turn off" seems a reference to the blackout, but how did the country music station play soft (unless they were playing a transistor radio?)?*** Probably.
My favorite line (among many) in VoJ has always been "Oh, jewels and binoculars hang from the head of the mule." Where did he come up with that?***I know. Isn't that an incredible line? If Bob did go to the Met to see the Mona Lisa (or was at a museum at another time) I would think he was probably high on something and seeing through the phoniness of the old ladies going to the museum in
Just read the update. Wow, "Try to Remember." I'd totally forgotten about that, though it's one of those earworms that visits me periodically. I thought saw "The Fantasticks" in around 1963 in Chicago, but I can't find verification that it was there then.I like your theory about the "jewels and binoculars" line. I wonder if anyone has ever asked him about that line. K? Will? JK?Must have been fun, Pamela, to be in that scene in '65.I don't think I ever took. it for granted...
Update... https://dylagence.wordpress.com/2021/12/29/freeze-out-a-busy-night-at-the-chelsea-hotel-and-elsewhere-in-new-york-city/
I mean, enough time has passed that he could accommodate a question like that. It's not as "artistically intrusive" as, say, who was Louise or the Sad-eyed lady?
On Wednesday, December 29, 2021 at 10:51:00 AM UTC-6, Willie wrote:mention any new revelations, just the "new angle" that there are two Bobs, the pre and post Bobs. Stephan Pickering would no doubt scoff.
On Tuesday, December 28, 2021 at 10:28:44 PM UTC-5, pamel...@gmail.com wrote:
On Monday, December 27, 2021 at 6:24:27 PM UTC-6, genera...@gmail.com wrote:
On Thursday, December 23, 2021 at 10:53:04 AM UTC-5, pamel...@gmail.com wrote:
On Saturday, December 18, 2021 at 1:09:32 AM UTC-6, Will Dockery wrote:
On Friday, December 17, 2021 at 9:18:12 PM UTC-5, Willie wrote:
I haven't read a Clinton Heylin book in about thirty years, but this one was at the library today and looks pretty interesting.
Just read the David Kirby review in the Washington Post, and it seems that by "double life" this means his pre- and post-motorcycle lives. So far just the pre-motorcycle accident is published (basically, volume 1). The review doesn'tAny thoughts on it out there?Anything really NEW in the book....?
The book is a real page turner, two nights it's kept me up past the dawn.
right, so you couldn't play a record player, could you? Or was there spotty electricity for a while? I see that Wikipedia says:Very interesting and atmospheric. My recollection of November 9 is, well, nonexistent. I guess I was up at college in Massachusetts. I only vaguely remember the blackout. What did you dance to back at your apartment? The blackout had already occurred,Ta da... https://dylagence.wordpress.com/2021/12/29/freeze-out-a-busy-night-at-the-chelsea-hotel-and-elsewhere-in-new-york-city/Cool... cool...I look forward to perusing that section, and will probably be doing a post on the blackout and VOJ. I happened to be at a French restaurant in Midtown that night...Like Johanna.Yes, Heylin has a fairly long section on the night of the blackout in New York City, when Visions of Johanna was possibly written, interesting stuff.
***I've updated the post to clarify my recollections a bit. Yes, I think we had reception on transistor radios of one sort or another during the night...sounded slow, as did the subsequent jingles played during a commercial break. Ingram quipped that the King record 'was in the key of R.' The station's music playback equipment used AC motors whose speed was dependent on the frequency of the powerline,
"An aircheck of New York City radio station WABC from November 9, 1965 reveals disc jockey Dan Ingram doing a segment of his afternoon drive time show, during which he noted that a record he was playing (Jonathan King's 'Everyone's Gone to the Moon')
jewels and furs without any understanding of the significance of the artwork they are blabbing about... much less that infinity has gone on trial?We had a go around a couple of years ago on the blackout and VoJ, and wondered about the lines
"The country music station plays soft
But there's nothing, really nothing to turn off"
"nothing to turn off" seems a reference to the blackout, but how did the country music station play soft (unless they were playing a transistor radio?)?*** Probably.
My favorite line (among many) in VoJ has always been "Oh, jewels and binoculars hang from the head of the mule." Where did he come up with that?***I know. Isn't that an incredible line? If Bob did go to the Met to see the Mona Lisa (or was at a museum at another time) I would think he was probably high on something and seeing through the phoniness of the old ladies going to the museum in their
I like your theory about the "jewels and binoculars" line. I wonder if anyone has ever asked him about that line. K? Will? JK?Must have been fun, Pamela, to be in that scene in '65.I don't think I ever took. it for granted...
Update... https://dylagence.wordpress.com/2021/12/29/freeze-out-a-busy-night-at-the-chelsea-hotel-and-elsewhere-in-new-york-city/
We had a go around a couple of years ago on the blackout and VoJ, and wondered about the linesmention any new revelations, just the "new angle" that there are two Bobs, the pre and post Bobs. Stephan Pickering would no doubt scoff.
"The country music station plays soft
But there's nothing, really nothing to turn off"
"nothing to turn off" seems a reference to the blackout, but how did the country music station play soft (unless they were playing a transistor radio?)?
My favorite line (among many) in VoJ has always been "Oh, jewels and binoculars hang from the head of the mule." Where did he come up with that?
On Tuesday, December 28, 2021 at 10:28:44 PM UTC-5, pamel...@gmail.com wrote:
On Monday, December 27, 2021 at 6:24:27 PM UTC-6, genera...@gmail.com wrote:
On Thursday, December 23, 2021 at 10:53:04 AM UTC-5, pamel...@gmail.com wrote:
On Saturday, December 18, 2021 at 1:09:32 AM UTC-6, Will Dockery wrote:
On Friday, December 17, 2021 at 9:18:12 PM UTC-5, Willie wrote:
I haven't read a Clinton Heylin book in about thirty years, but this one was at the library today and looks pretty interesting.
Just read the David Kirby review in the Washington Post, and it seems that by "double life" this means his pre- and post-motorcycle lives. So far just the pre-motorcycle accident is published (basically, volume 1). The review doesn'tAny thoughts on it out there?Anything really NEW in the book....?
The book is a real page turner, two nights it's kept me up past the dawn.
right, so you couldn't play a record player, could you? Or was there spotty electricity for a while? I see that Wikipedia says:Very interesting and atmospheric. My recollection of November 9 is, well, nonexistent. I guess I was up at college in Massachusetts. I only vaguely remember the blackout. What did you dance to back at your apartment? The blackout had already occurred,Ta da... https://dylagence.wordpress.com/2021/12/29/freeze-out-a-busy-night-at-the-chelsea-hotel-and-elsewhere-in-new-york-city/Cool... cool...I look forward to perusing that section, and will probably be doing a post on the blackout and VOJ. I happened to be at a French restaurant in Midtown that night...Like Johanna.Yes, Heylin has a fairly long section on the night of the blackout in New York City, when Visions of Johanna was possibly written, interesting stuff.
"An aircheck of New York City radio station WABC from November 9, 1965 reveals disc jockey Dan Ingram doing a segment of his afternoon drive time show, during which he noted that a record he was playing (Jonathan King's 'Everyone's Gone to the Moon')sounded slow, as did the subsequent jingles played during a commercial break. Ingram quipped that the King record 'was in the key of R.' The station's music playback equipment used AC motors whose speed was dependent on the frequency of the powerline,
Must have been fun, Pamela, to be in that scene in '65.
On Wednesday, December 29, 2021 at 1:31:10 PM UTC-5, pamel...@gmail.com wrote:mention any new revelations, just the "new angle" that there are two Bobs, the pre and post Bobs. Stephan Pickering would no doubt scoff.
On Wednesday, December 29, 2021 at 10:51:00 AM UTC-6, Willie wrote:
On Tuesday, December 28, 2021 at 10:28:44 PM UTC-5, pamel...@gmail.com wrote:
On Monday, December 27, 2021 at 6:24:27 PM UTC-6, genera...@gmail.com wrote:
On Thursday, December 23, 2021 at 10:53:04 AM UTC-5, pamel...@gmail.com wrote:
On Saturday, December 18, 2021 at 1:09:32 AM UTC-6, Will Dockery wrote:
On Friday, December 17, 2021 at 9:18:12 PM UTC-5, Willie wrote:
I haven't read a Clinton Heylin book in about thirty years, but this one was at the library today and looks pretty interesting.
Just read the David Kirby review in the Washington Post, and it seems that by "double life" this means his pre- and post-motorcycle lives. So far just the pre-motorcycle accident is published (basically, volume 1). The review doesn'tAny thoughts on it out there?Anything really NEW in the book....?
The book is a real page turner, two nights it's kept me up past the dawn.
occurred, right, so you couldn't play a record player, could you? Or was there spotty electricity for a while? I see that Wikipedia says:Very interesting and atmospheric. My recollection of November 9 is, well, nonexistent. I guess I was up at college in Massachusetts. I only vaguely remember the blackout. What did you dance to back at your apartment? The blackout had alreadyTa da... https://dylagence.wordpress.com/2021/12/29/freeze-out-a-busy-night-at-the-chelsea-hotel-and-elsewhere-in-new-york-city/Cool... cool...I look forward to perusing that section, and will probably be doing a post on the blackout and VOJ. I happened to be at a French restaurant in Midtown that night...Like Johanna.Yes, Heylin has a fairly long section on the night of the blackout in New York City, when Visions of Johanna was possibly written, interesting stuff.
) sounded slow, as did the subsequent jingles played during a commercial break. Ingram quipped that the King record 'was in the key of R.' The station's music playback equipment used AC motors whose speed was dependent on the frequency of the powerline,***I've updated the post to clarify my recollections a bit. Yes, I think we had reception on transistor radios of one sort or another during the night...
"An aircheck of New York City radio station WABC from November 9, 1965 reveals disc jockey Dan Ingram doing a segment of his afternoon drive time show, during which he noted that a record he was playing (Jonathan King's 'Everyone's Gone to the Moon'
their jewels and furs without any understanding of the significance of the artwork they are blabbing about... much less that infinity has gone on trial?We had a go around a couple of years ago on the blackout and VoJ, and wondered about the lines
"The country music station plays soft
But there's nothing, really nothing to turn off"
"nothing to turn off" seems a reference to the blackout, but how did the country music station play soft (unless they were playing a transistor radio?)?*** Probably.
My favorite line (among many) in VoJ has always been "Oh, jewels and binoculars hang from the head of the mule." Where did he come up with that?***I know. Isn't that an incredible line? If Bob did go to the Met to see the Mona Lisa (or was at a museum at another time) I would think he was probably high on something and seeing through the phoniness of the old ladies going to the museum in
I like your theory about the "jewels and binoculars" line. I wonder if anyone has ever asked him about that line. K? Will? JK?Must have been fun, Pamela, to be in that scene in '65.I don't think I ever took. it for granted...
Update... https://dylagence.wordpress.com/2021/12/29/freeze-out-a-busy-night-at-the-chelsea-hotel-and-elsewhere-in-new-york-city/
I mean, enough time has passed that he could accommodate a question like that. It's not as "artistically intrusive" as, say, who was Louise or the Sad-eyed lady?
On Wednesday, December 29, 2021 at 1:31:10 PM UTC-5, pamel...@gmail.com wrote:mention any new revelations, just the "new angle" that there are two Bobs, the pre and post Bobs. Stephan Pickering would no doubt scoff.
On Wednesday, December 29, 2021 at 10:51:00 AM UTC-6, Willie wrote:
On Tuesday, December 28, 2021 at 10:28:44 PM UTC-5, pamel...@gmail.com wrote:
On Monday, December 27, 2021 at 6:24:27 PM UTC-6, genera...@gmail.com wrote:
On Thursday, December 23, 2021 at 10:53:04 AM UTC-5, pamel...@gmail.com wrote:
On Saturday, December 18, 2021 at 1:09:32 AM UTC-6, Will Dockery wrote:
On Friday, December 17, 2021 at 9:18:12 PM UTC-5, Willie wrote:
I haven't read a Clinton Heylin book in about thirty years, but this one was at the library today and looks pretty interesting.
Just read the David Kirby review in the Washington Post, and it seems that by "double life" this means his pre- and post-motorcycle lives. So far just the pre-motorcycle accident is published (basically, volume 1). The review doesn'tAny thoughts on it out there?Anything really NEW in the book....?
The book is a real page turner, two nights it's kept me up past the dawn.
occurred, right, so you couldn't play a record player, could you? Or was there spotty electricity for a while? I see that Wikipedia says:Very interesting and atmospheric. My recollection of November 9 is, well, nonexistent. I guess I was up at college in Massachusetts. I only vaguely remember the blackout. What did you dance to back at your apartment? The blackout had alreadyTa da... https://dylagence.wordpress.com/2021/12/29/freeze-out-a-busy-night-at-the-chelsea-hotel-and-elsewhere-in-new-york-city/Cool... cool...I look forward to perusing that section, and will probably be doing a post on the blackout and VOJ. I happened to be at a French restaurant in Midtown that night...Like Johanna.Yes, Heylin has a fairly long section on the night of the blackout in New York City, when Visions of Johanna was possibly written, interesting stuff.
) sounded slow, as did the subsequent jingles played during a commercial break. Ingram quipped that the King record 'was in the key of R.' The station's music playback equipment used AC motors whose speed was dependent on the frequency of the powerline,***I've updated the post to clarify my recollections a bit. Yes, I think we had reception on transistor radios of one sort or another during the night...
"An aircheck of New York City radio station WABC from November 9, 1965 reveals disc jockey Dan Ingram doing a segment of his afternoon drive time show, during which he noted that a record he was playing (Jonathan King's 'Everyone's Gone to the Moon'
their jewels and furs without any understanding of the significance of the artwork they are blabbing about... much less that infinity has gone on trial?We had a go around a couple of years ago on the blackout and VoJ, and wondered about the lines
"The country music station plays soft
But there's nothing, really nothing to turn off"
"nothing to turn off" seems a reference to the blackout, but how did the country music station play soft (unless they were playing a transistor radio?)?*** Probably.
My favorite line (among many) in VoJ has always been "Oh, jewels and binoculars hang from the head of the mule." Where did he come up with that?***I know. Isn't that an incredible line? If Bob did go to the Met to see the Mona Lisa (or was at a museum at another time) I would think he was probably high on something and seeing through the phoniness of the old ladies going to the museum in
Wouldn't it be awesome to hear Bob's recollections on this...we can hope...I like your theory about the "jewels and binoculars" line. I wonder if anyone has ever asked him about that line. K? Will? JK?Must have been fun, Pamela, to be in that scene in '65.I don't think I ever took. it for granted...
Update... https://dylagence.wordpress.com/2021/12/29/freeze-out-a-busy-night-at-the-chelsea-hotel-and-elsewhere-in-new-york-city/
I mean, enough time has passed that he could accommodate a question like that. It's not as "artistically intrusive" as, say, who was Louise or the Sad-eyed lady?
On Thursday, December 23, 2021 at 10:53:04 AM UTC-5, pamel...@gmail.com wrote:any new revelations, just the "new angle" that there are two Bobs, the pre and post Bobs. Stephan Pickering would no doubt scoff.
On Saturday, December 18, 2021 at 1:09:32 AM UTC-6, Will Dockery wrote:
On Friday, December 17, 2021 at 9:18:12 PM UTC-5, Willie wrote:
I haven't read a Clinton Heylin book in about thirty years, but this one was at the library today and looks pretty interesting.
Just read the David Kirby review in the Washington Post, and it seems that by "double life" this means his pre- and post-motorcycle lives. So far just the pre-motorcycle accident is published (basically, volume 1). The review doesn't mentionAny thoughts on it out there?Anything really NEW in the book....?
The book is a real page turner, two nights it's kept me up past the dawn.
Well look what I just found...John and Yoko met on November 9 the following year...Cool... cool...I look forward to perusing that section, and will probably be doing a post on the blackout and VOJ. I happened to be at a French restaurant in Midtown that night...Like Johanna.Yes, Heylin has a fairly long section on the night of the blackout in New York City, when Visions of Johanna was possibly written, interesting stuff.
On Wednesday, December 29, 2021 at 1:37:05 PM UTC-6, Willie wrote:t mention any new revelations, just the "new angle" that there are two Bobs, the pre and post Bobs. Stephan Pickering would no doubt scoff.
On Wednesday, December 29, 2021 at 1:31:10 PM UTC-5, pamel...@gmail.com wrote:
I haven't read a Clinton Heylin book in about thirty years, but this one was at the library today and looks pretty interesting.
Just read the David Kirby review in the Washington Post, and it seems that by "double life" this means his pre- and post-motorcycle lives. So far just the pre-motorcycle accident is published (basically, volume 1). The review doesn'Any thoughts on it out there?Anything really NEW in the book....?
The book is a real page turner, two nights it's kept me up past the dawn.
occurred, right, so you couldn't play a record player, could you? Or was there spotty electricity for a while? I see that Wikipedia says:Very interesting and atmospheric. My recollection of November 9 is, well, nonexistent. I guess I was up at college in Massachusetts. I only vaguely remember the blackout. What did you dance to back at your apartment? The blackout had alreadyTa da... https://dylagence.wordpress.com/2021/12/29/freeze-out-a-busy-night-at-the-chelsea-hotel-and-elsewhere-in-new-york-city/Cool... cool...I look forward to perusing that section, and will probably be doing a post on the blackout and VOJ. I happened to be at a French restaurant in Midtown that night...Like Johanna.Yes, Heylin has a fairly long section on the night of the blackout in New York City, when Visions of Johanna was possibly written, interesting stuff.
Moon') sounded slow, as did the subsequent jingles played during a commercial break. Ingram quipped that the King record 'was in the key of R.' The station's music playback equipment used AC motors whose speed was dependent on the frequency of the***I've updated the post to clarify my recollections a bit. Yes, I think we had reception on transistor radios of one sort or another during the night...
"An aircheck of New York City radio station WABC from November 9, 1965 reveals disc jockey Dan Ingram doing a segment of his afternoon drive time show, during which he noted that a record he was playing (Jonathan King's 'Everyone's Gone to the
their jewels and furs without any understanding of the significance of the artwork they are blabbing about... much less that infinity has gone on trial?We had a go around a couple of years ago on the blackout and VoJ, and wondered about the lines
"The country music station plays soft
But there's nothing, really nothing to turn off"
"nothing to turn off" seems a reference to the blackout, but how did the country music station play soft (unless they were playing a transistor radio?)?*** Probably.
My favorite line (among many) in VoJ has always been "Oh, jewels and binoculars hang from the head of the mule." Where did he come up with that?***I know. Isn't that an incredible line? If Bob did go to the Met to see the Mona Lisa (or was at a museum at another time) I would think he was probably high on something and seeing through the phoniness of the old ladies going to the museum in
Wouldn't it be awesome to hear Bob's recollections on this...we can hope...I like your theory about the "jewels and binoculars" line. I wonder if anyone has ever asked him about that line. K? Will? JK?Must have been fun, Pamela, to be in that scene in '65.I don't think I ever took. it for granted...
Update... https://dylagence.wordpress.com/2021/12/29/freeze-out-a-busy-night-at-the-chelsea-hotel-and-elsewhere-in-new-york-city/
I mean, enough time has passed that he could accommodate a question like that. It's not as "artistically intrusive" as, say, who was Louise or the Sad-eyed lady?
mention any new revelations, just the "new angle" that there are two Bobs, the pre and post Bobs. Stephan Pickering would no doubt scoff.I haven't read a Clinton Heylin book in about thirty years, but this one was at the library today and looks pretty interesting.
Just read the David Kirby review in the Washington Post, and it seems that by "double life" this means his pre- and post-motorcycle lives. So far just the pre-motorcycle accident is published (basically, volume 1). The review doesn'tAny thoughts on it out there?Anything really NEW in the book....?
The book is a real page turner, two nights it's kept me up past the dawn.
right, so you couldn't play a record player, could you? Or was there spotty electricity for a while? I see that Wikipedia says:Very interesting and atmospheric. My recollection of November 9 is, well, nonexistent. I guess I was up at college in Massachusetts. I only vaguely remember the blackout. What did you dance to back at your apartment? The blackout had already occurred,Ta da... https://dylagence.wordpress.com/2021/12/29/freeze-out-a-busy-night-at-the-chelsea-hotel-and-elsewhere-in-new-york-city/Cool... cool...I look forward to perusing that section, and will probably be doing a post on the blackout and VOJ. I happened to be at a French restaurant in Midtown that night...Like Johanna.Yes, Heylin has a fairly long section on the night of the blackout in New York City, when Visions of Johanna was possibly written, interesting stuff.
"An aircheck of New York City radio station WABC from November 9, 1965 reveals disc jockey Dan Ingram doing a segment of his afternoon drive time show, during which he noted that a record he was playing (Jonathan King's 'Everyone's Gone to the Moon')sounded slow, as did the subsequent jingles played during a commercial break. Ingram quipped that the King record 'was in the key of R.' The station's music playback equipment used AC motors whose speed was dependent on the frequency of the powerline,
We had a go around a couple of years ago on the blackout and VoJ, and wondered about the linesHiya Willie. I remember that night well. I was about 13 when the lights went out in southern Connecticut. The only light on the roads were headlights. It took forever for my mother to pick us up where we were and get us home in an endless procession of
"The country music station plays soft
But there's nothing, really nothing to turn off"
"nothing to turn off" seems a reference to the blackout, but how did the country music station play soft (unless they were playing a transistor radio?)?
My favorite line (among many) in VoJ has always been "Oh, jewels and binoculars hang from the head of the mule." Where did he come up with that?
Must have been fun, Pamela, to be in that scene in '65.
mention any new revelations, just the "new angle" that there are two Bobs, the pre and post Bobs. Stephan Pickering would no doubt scoff.I haven't read a Clinton Heylin book in about thirty years, but this one was at the library today and looks pretty interesting.
Just read the David Kirby review in the Washington Post, and it seems that by "double life" this means his pre- and post-motorcycle lives. So far just the pre-motorcycle accident is published (basically, volume 1). The review doesn'tAny thoughts on it out there?Anything really NEW in the book....?
The book is a real page turner, two nights it's kept me up past the dawn.
right, so you couldn't play a record player, could you? Or was there spotty electricity for a while? I see that Wikipedia says:Very interesting and atmospheric. My recollection of November 9 is, well, nonexistent. I guess I was up at college in Massachusetts. I only vaguely remember the blackout. What did you dance to back at your apartment? The blackout had already occurred,Ta da... https://dylagence.wordpress.com/2021/12/29/freeze-out-a-busy-night-at-the-chelsea-hotel-and-elsewhere-in-new-york-city/Cool... cool...I look forward to perusing that section, and will probably be doing a post on the blackout and VOJ. I happened to be at a French restaurant in Midtown that night...Like Johanna.Yes, Heylin has a fairly long section on the night of the blackout in New York City, when Visions of Johanna was possibly written, interesting stuff.
sounded slow, as did the subsequent jingles played during a commercial break. Ingram quipped that the King record 'was in the key of R.' The station's music playback equipment used AC motors whose speed was dependent on the frequency of the powerline,"An aircheck of New York City radio station WABC from November 9, 1965 reveals disc jockey Dan Ingram doing a segment of his afternoon drive time show, during which he noted that a record he was playing (Jonathan King's 'Everyone's Gone to the Moon')
cars lighting up the night. Interesting life lesson: Though the power was out, the phones worked; the phone company supplies its own power for landlines. Hence, it is wise to always have a corded landline!We had a go around a couple of years ago on the blackout and VoJ, and wondered about the lines
"The country music station plays soft
But there's nothing, really nothing to turn off"
"nothing to turn off" seems a reference to the blackout, but how did the country music station play soft (unless they were playing a transistor radio?)?
My favorite line (among many) in VoJ has always been "Oh, jewels and binoculars hang from the head of the mule." Where did he come up with that?
Must have been fun, Pamela, to be in that scene in '65.Hiya Willie. I remember that night well. I was about 13 when the lights went out in southern Connecticut. The only light on the roads were headlights. It took forever for my mother to pick us up where we were and get us home in an endless procession of
On Monday, December 27, 2021 at 6:24:27 PM UTC-6, genera...@gmail.com wrote:mention any new revelations, just the "new angle" that there are two Bobs, the pre and post Bobs. Stephan Pickering would no doubt scoff.
On Thursday, December 23, 2021 at 10:53:04 AM UTC-5, pamel...@gmail.com wrote:
On Saturday, December 18, 2021 at 1:09:32 AM UTC-6, Will Dockery wrote:
On Friday, December 17, 2021 at 9:18:12 PM UTC-5, Willie wrote:
I haven't read a Clinton Heylin book in about thirty years, but this one was at the library today and looks pretty interesting.
Just read the David Kirby review in the Washington Post, and it seems that by "double life" this means his pre- and post-motorcycle lives. So far just the pre-motorcycle accident is published (basically, volume 1). The review doesn'tAny thoughts on it out there?Anything really NEW in the book....?
The book is a real page turner, two nights it's kept me up past the dawn.
Well look what I just found...John and Yoko met on November 9 the following year...Cool... cool...I look forward to perusing that section, and will probably be doing a post on the blackout and VOJ. I happened to be at a French restaurant in Midtown that night...Like Johanna.Yes, Heylin has a fairly long section on the night of the blackout in New York City, when Visions of Johanna was possibly written, interesting stuff.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/on-this-day-in-1966-john-meets-yoko
On Thursday, December 30, 2021 at 10:26:19 AM UTC-6, Pamela Brown wrote:mention any new revelations, just the "new angle" that there are two Bobs, the pre and post Bobs. Stephan Pickering would no doubt scoff.
On Monday, December 27, 2021 at 6:24:27 PM UTC-6, genera...@gmail.com wrote:
On Thursday, December 23, 2021 at 10:53:04 AM UTC-5, pamel...@gmail.com wrote:
On Saturday, December 18, 2021 at 1:09:32 AM UTC-6, Will Dockery wrote:
On Friday, December 17, 2021 at 9:18:12 PM UTC-5, Willie wrote:
I haven't read a Clinton Heylin book in about thirty years, but this one was at the library today and looks pretty interesting.
Just read the David Kirby review in the Washington Post, and it seems that by "double life" this means his pre- and post-motorcycle lives. So far just the pre-motorcycle accident is published (basically, volume 1). The review doesn'tAny thoughts on it out there?Anything really NEW in the book....?
The book is a real page turner, two nights it's kept me up past the dawn.
the Brown's family apartment, around the corner from the Guggenheim Museum, just off Central Park...But we also wanted to pay our respects, so we went to the Campbell Funeral Home on Madison Ave...she was going to be cremated, and my first view of herAnother couple of odd co-incidences...while my husband-to-be and I were engaged, Donner's mother, Beatsy Brown, attended an opera at the Met and then unexpectedly died in her sleep. Donner and I flew to NYC for her memorial service, which was to be inWell look what I just found...John and Yoko met on November 9 the following year...Cool... cool...I look forward to perusing that section, and will probably be doing a post on the blackout and VOJ. I happened to be at a French restaurant in Midtown that night...Like Johanna.Yes, Heylin has a fairly long section on the night of the blackout in New York City, when Visions of Johanna was possibly written, interesting stuff.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/on-this-day-in-1966-john-meets-yoko
After John Lennon's death, he was taken to Campbell Funeral Home and probably cremated there.Those coincidences are eerie. (You have a lot of such.) I hadn't known that John was cremated, but why not. I wonder if George was, too. Ah, I see he was cremated in L.A., but this piece says his ashes were to be scattered into the Ganges: http://edition.
Donner's Mother died on November 9, 1997, the same night as that NYC blackout, and the same day that John and Yoko met...
On Wednesday, January 5, 2022 at 7:08:11 PM UTC-5, Just Walkin' wrote:mention any new revelations, just the "new angle" that there are two Bobs, the pre and post Bobs. Stephan Pickering would no doubt scoff.
I haven't read a Clinton Heylin book in about thirty years, but this one was at the library today and looks pretty interesting.
Just read the David Kirby review in the Washington Post, and it seems that by "double life" this means his pre- and post-motorcycle lives. So far just the pre-motorcycle accident is published (basically, volume 1). The review doesn'tAny thoughts on it out there?Anything really NEW in the book....?
The book is a real page turner, two nights it's kept me up past the dawn.
occurred, right, so you couldn't play a record player, could you? Or was there spotty electricity for a while? I see that Wikipedia says:Very interesting and atmospheric. My recollection of November 9 is, well, nonexistent. I guess I was up at college in Massachusetts. I only vaguely remember the blackout. What did you dance to back at your apartment? The blackout had alreadyTa da... https://dylagence.wordpress.com/2021/12/29/freeze-out-a-busy-night-at-the-chelsea-hotel-and-elsewhere-in-new-york-city/Cool... cool...I look forward to perusing that section, and will probably be doing a post on the blackout and VOJ. I happened to be at a French restaurant in Midtown that night...Like Johanna.Yes, Heylin has a fairly long section on the night of the blackout in New York City, when Visions of Johanna was possibly written, interesting stuff.
) sounded slow, as did the subsequent jingles played during a commercial break. Ingram quipped that the King record 'was in the key of R.' The station's music playback equipment used AC motors whose speed was dependent on the frequency of the powerline,"An aircheck of New York City radio station WABC from November 9, 1965 reveals disc jockey Dan Ingram doing a segment of his afternoon drive time show, during which he noted that a record he was playing (Jonathan King's 'Everyone's Gone to the Moon'
of cars lighting up the night. Interesting life lesson: Though the power was out, the phones worked; the phone company supplies its own power for landlines. Hence, it is wise to always have a corded landline!We had a go around a couple of years ago on the blackout and VoJ, and wondered about the lines
"The country music station plays soft
But there's nothing, really nothing to turn off"
"nothing to turn off" seems a reference to the blackout, but how did the country music station play soft (unless they were playing a transistor radio?)?
My favorite line (among many) in VoJ has always been "Oh, jewels and binoculars hang from the head of the mule." Where did he come up with that?
Must have been fun, Pamela, to be in that scene in '65.Hiya Willie. I remember that night well. I was about 13 when the lights went out in southern Connecticut. The only light on the roads were headlights. It took forever for my mother to pick us up where we were and get us home in an endless procession
Did not know that about landlines having their own power supply. I'm pretty sure, though, when we have a power outage, our "landline" goes down, as the phones are cordless and their base depends on the electrical outlet. Maybe I'll go back to a cordedlandline.
I thought by now, Will, we'd be discussing the Heylin book, but I also got Keith Richards' "Life" as a present, and I dipped into it first and am hooked (and it's massive). Haven't even cracked the Heylin yet.
On Wednesday, December 15, 2021 at 11:05:26 PM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote:
I haven't read a Clinton Heylin book in about thirty years, but this one was at the library today and looks pretty interesting.
Any thoughts on it out there?
Anything really NEW in the book....?
of cars lighting up the night. Interesting life lesson: Though the power was out, the phones worked; the phone company supplies its own power for landlines. Hence, it is wise to always have a corded landline!Must have been fun, Pamela, to be in that scene in '65.Hiya Willie. I remember that night well. I was about 13 when the lights went out in southern Connecticut. The only light on the roads were headlights. It took forever for my mother to pick us up where we were and get us home in an endless procession
Did not know that about landlines having their own power supply. I'm pretty sure, though, when we have a power outage, our "landline" goes down, as the phones are cordless and their base depends on the electrical outlet. Maybe I'll go back to a cordedlandline.
Good idea, Willie! My kids make fun of me all the time for still having a corded landline, in addition to a cell phone, but when we had a power failure a while back, I was the only around with phone serve. None of their cell towers of landline cordlessbase stations had power even if their handsets did!
On Sunday, January 9, 2022 at 4:25:52 PM UTC-6, Just Walkin' wrote:cordless base stations had power even if their handsets did!
Good idea, Willie! My kids make fun of me all the time for still having a corded landline, in addition to a cell phone, but when we had a power failure a while back, I was the only around with phone serve. None of their cell towers of landline
*phone serviceI remember our old Fairfield phone number CLearwater 9-3902...
On Friday, January 7, 2022 at 11:23:49 PM UTC-5, pamel...@gmail.com wrote:mention any new revelations, just the "new angle" that there are two Bobs, the pre and post Bobs. Stephan Pickering would no doubt scoff.
On Thursday, December 30, 2021 at 10:26:19 AM UTC-6, Pamela Brown wrote:
On Monday, December 27, 2021 at 6:24:27 PM UTC-6, genera...@gmail.com wrote:
On Thursday, December 23, 2021 at 10:53:04 AM UTC-5, pamel...@gmail.com wrote:
On Saturday, December 18, 2021 at 1:09:32 AM UTC-6, Will Dockery wrote:
On Friday, December 17, 2021 at 9:18:12 PM UTC-5, Willie wrote:
I haven't read a Clinton Heylin book in about thirty years, but this one was at the library today and looks pretty interesting.
Just read the David Kirby review in the Washington Post, and it seems that by "double life" this means his pre- and post-motorcycle lives. So far just the pre-motorcycle accident is published (basically, volume 1). The review doesn'tAny thoughts on it out there?Anything really NEW in the book....?
The book is a real page turner, two nights it's kept me up past the dawn.
in the Brown's family apartment, around the corner from the Guggenheim Museum, just off Central Park...But we also wanted to pay our respects, so we went to the Campbell Funeral Home on Madison Ave...she was going to be cremated, and my first view of herAnother couple of odd co-incidences...while my husband-to-be and I were engaged, Donner's mother, Beatsy Brown, attended an opera at the Met and then unexpectedly died in her sleep. Donner and I flew to NYC for her memorial service, which was to beWell look what I just found...John and Yoko met on November 9 the following year...Cool... cool...I look forward to perusing that section, and will probably be doing a post on the blackout and VOJ. I happened to be at a French restaurant in Midtown that night...Like Johanna.Yes, Heylin has a fairly long section on the night of the blackout in New York City, when Visions of Johanna was possibly written, interesting stuff.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/on-this-day-in-1966-john-meets-yoko
edition.cnn.com/2001/SHOWBIZ/Music/12/03/harrison.india/index.htmlAfter John Lennon's death, he was taken to Campbell Funeral Home and probably cremated there.Those coincidences are eerie. (You have a lot of such.) I hadn't known that John was cremated, but why not. I wonder if George was, too. Ah, I see he was cremated in L.A., but this piece says his ashes were to be scattered into the Ganges: http://
Donner's Mother died on November 9, 1997, the same night as that NYC blackout, and the same day that John and Yoko met...
Not sure they scattered all of his ashes there, as I've also seen reports that his burial place is the Hollywood Forever Cemetery (where he was cremated).
Zod wrote:
On Wednesday, December 15, 2021 at 11:05:26 PM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote:
I haven't read a Clinton Heylin book in about thirty years, but this one was at the library today and looks pretty interesting.
Any thoughts on it out there?
Anything really NEW in the book....?To me, yes.
Heylin describes the miles of footage shot on the 1966 World tour... fascinating material, again nothing really earth shaking, but good new Dylan trivia.
The attempted drug bust in Australia, Spring 1966. Never heard of any of that until now.
Seems to be an expanded version of his 1980s biography "Behind the Shades". A lot of new material though.
I've read Scaduto, Spitz, Shelton, Williams and earlier Heylin, and there are new details here. Not all particularly earth shaking, but new and interesting details nevertheless.
On Sunday, January 9, 2022 at 4:28:52 PM UTC-6, Just Walkin' wrote:cordless base stations had power even if their handsets did!
On Sunday, January 9, 2022 at 4:25:52 PM UTC-6, Just Walkin' wrote:
Good idea, Willie! My kids make fun of me all the time for still having a corded landline, in addition to a cell phone, but when we had a power failure a while back, I was the only around with phone serve. None of their cell towers of landline
Ours was EDison 5-3884. It was our old Bridgeport exchange but we kept it when we moved to Fairfield.*phone serviceI remember our old Fairfield phone number CLearwater 9-3902...
On Monday, January 10, 2022 at 7:17:11 AM UTC-6cordless base stations had power even if their handsets did!
On Sunday, January 9, 2022 at 4:28:52 PM UTC-6, Just Walkin' wrote:
On Sunday, January 9, 2022 at 4:25:52 PM UTC-6, Just Walkin' wrote:
Good idea, Willie! My kids make fun of me all the time for still having a corded landline, in addition to a cell phone, but when we had a power failure a while back, I was the only around with phone serve. None of their cell towers of landline
That is so cool that after all this time we are comparing ancient Fairfield/Bridgeport phone numbers! I vaguely recall the EDison prefix too...Ours was EDison 5-3884. It was our old Bridgeport exchange but we kept it when we moved to Fairfield.*phone serviceI remember our old Fairfield phone number CLearwater 9-3902...
On Thursday, January 13, 2022 at 5:26:00 PM UTC-6, Just Walkin' wrote:cordless base stations had power even if their handsets did!
On Monday, January 10, 2022 at 7:17:11 AM UTC-6
On Sunday, January 9, 2022 at 4:28:52 PM UTC-6, Just Walkin' wrote:
On Sunday, January 9, 2022 at 4:25:52 PM UTC-6, Just Walkin' wrote:
Good idea, Willie! My kids make fun of me all the time for still having a corded landline, in addition to a cell phone, but when we had a power failure a while back, I was the only around with phone serve. None of their cell towers of landline
That is so cool that after all this time we are comparing ancient Fairfield/Bridgeport phone numbers! I vaguely recall the EDison prefix too...Ours was EDison 5-3884. It was our old Bridgeport exchange but we kept it when we moved to Fairfield.*phone serviceI remember our old Fairfield phone number CLearwater 9-3902...
On Saturday, January 15, 2022 at 2:21:34 PM UTC-5, pamel...@gmail.com wrote:landline cordless base stations had power even if their handsets did!
On Thursday, January 13, 2022 at 5:26:00 PM UTC-6, Just Walkin' wrote:
On Monday, January 10, 2022 at 7:17:11 AM UTC-6
On Sunday, January 9, 2022 at 4:28:52 PM UTC-6, Just Walkin' wrote:
On Sunday, January 9, 2022 at 4:25:52 PM UTC-6, Just Walkin' wrote:
Good idea, Willie! My kids make fun of me all the time for still having a corded landline, in addition to a cell phone, but when we had a power failure a while back, I was the only around with phone serve. None of their cell towers of
Not that I know of.Synchronicity... do you have any Buffalo NY connections...?That is so cool that after all this time we are comparing ancient Fairfield/Bridgeport phone numbers! I vaguely recall the EDison prefix too...Ours was EDison 5-3884. It was our old Bridgeport exchange but we kept it when we moved to Fairfield.*phone serviceI remember our old Fairfield phone number CLearwater 9-3902...
On Saturday, January 15, 2022 at 2:21:34 PM UTC-5,landline cordless base stations had power even if their handsets did!
On Thursday, January 13, 2022 at 5:26:00 PM UTC-6, Just Walkin' wrote:
On Monday, January 10, 2022 at 7:17:11 AM UTC-6
On Sunday, January 9, 2022 at 4:28:52 PM UTC-6, Just Walkin' wrote:
On Sunday, January 9, 2022 at 4:25:52 PM UTC-6, Just Walkin' wrote:
Good idea, Willie! My kids make fun of me all the time for still having a corded landline, in addition to a cell phone, but when we had a power failure a while back, I was the only around with phone serve. None of their cell towers of
No, but Gimbel's had a Murray Hill exchange they used to advertise on TV in the NYC metro. "Call Murray Hill 7-7500, that's Murray Hill 7-7500, In the suburbs call collect!"Synchronicity... do you have any Buffalo NY connections...?That is so cool that after all this time we are comparing ancient Fairfield/Bridgeport phone numbers! I vaguely recall the EDison prefix too...Ours was EDison 5-3884. It was our old Bridgeport exchange but we kept it when we moved to Fairfield.*phone serviceI remember our old Fairfield phone number CLearwater 9-3902...
On Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 4:21:30 PM UTC-6, Zod wrote:landline cordless base stations had power even if their handsets did!
On Saturday, January 15, 2022 at 2:21:34 PM UTC-5,
On Thursday, January 13, 2022 at 5:26:00 PM UTC-6, Just Walkin' wrote:
On Monday, January 10, 2022 at 7:17:11 AM UTC-6
On Sunday, January 9, 2022 at 4:28:52 PM UTC-6, Just Walkin' wrote:
On Sunday, January 9, 2022 at 4:25:52 PM UTC-6, Just Walkin' wrote:
Good idea, Willie! My kids make fun of me all the time for still having a corded landline, in addition to a cell phone, but when we had a power failure a while back, I was the only around with phone serve. None of their cell towers of
I remember that!No, but Gimbel's had a Murray Hill exchange they used to advertise on TV in the NYC metro. "Call Murray Hill 7-7500, that's Murray Hill 7-7500, In the suburbs call collect!"Synchronicity... do you have any Buffalo NY connections...?That is so cool that after all this time we are comparing ancient Fairfield/Bridgeport phone numbers! I vaguely recall the EDison prefix too...Ours was EDison 5-3884. It was our old Bridgeport exchange but we kept it when we moved to Fairfield.*phone serviceI remember our old Fairfield phone number CLearwater 9-3902...
On Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 4:21:30 PM UTC-6, Zod wrote:landline cordless base stations had power even if their handsets did!
On Saturday, January 15, 2022 at 2:21:34 PM UTC-5, pamel...@gmail.com wrote:
On Thursday, January 13, 2022 at 5:26:00 PM UTC-6, Just Walkin' wrote:
Good idea, Willie! My kids make fun of me all the time for still having a corded landline, in addition to a cell phone, but when we had a power failure a while back, I was the only around with phone serve. None of their cell towers of
Not that I know of.Synchronicity... do you have any Buffalo NY connections...?That is so cool that after all this time we are comparing ancient Fairfield/Bridgeport phone numbers! I vaguely recall the EDison prefix too...Ours was EDison 5-3884. It was our old Bridgeport exchange but we kept it when we moved to Fairfield.*phone serviceI remember our old Fairfield phone number CLearwater 9-3902...
On Monday, January 17, 2022 at 2:25:22 PM UTC-5, pamel...@gmail.com wrote:landline cordless base stations had power even if their handsets did!
On Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 4:21:30 PM UTC-6, Zod wrote:
On Saturday, January 15, 2022 at 2:21:34 PM UTC-5, pamel...@gmail.com wrote:
On Thursday, January 13, 2022 at 5:26:00 PM UTC-6, Just Walkin' wrote:
Good idea, Willie! My kids make fun of me all the time for still having a corded landline, in addition to a cell phone, but when we had a power failure a while back, I was the only around with phone serve. None of their cell towers of
Two in Erie...Ok just curious....Not that I know of.Synchronicity... do you have any Buffalo NY connections...?That is so cool that after all this time we are comparing ancient Fairfield/Bridgeport phone numbers! I vaguely recall the EDison prefix too...Ours was EDison 5-3884. It was our old Bridgeport exchange but we kept it when we moved to Fairfield.*phone serviceI remember our old Fairfield phone number CLearwater 9-3902...
On Wednesday, February 16, 2022 at 5:48:38 PM UTC-6, Zod wrote:landline cordless base stations had power even if their handsets did!
On Monday, January 17, 2022 at 2:25:22 PM UTC-5, pamel...@gmail.com wrote:
Good idea, Willie! My kids make fun of me all the time for still having a corded landline, in addition to a cell phone, but when we had a power failure a while back, I was the only around with phone serve. None of their cell towers of
Two in Erie...Ok just curious....Not that I know of.Synchronicity... do you have any Buffalo NY connections...?That is so cool that after all this time we are comparing ancient Fairfield/Bridgeport phone numbers! I vaguely recall the EDison prefix too...Ours was EDison 5-3884. It was our old Bridgeport exchange but we kept it when we moved to Fairfield.*phone serviceI remember our old Fairfield phone number CLearwater 9-3902...
On Thursday, February 17, 2022 at 7:20:55 AM UTC-5, pamel...@gmail.com wrote:landline cordless base stations had power even if their handsets did!
On Wednesday, February 16, 2022 at 5:48:38 PM UTC-6, Zod wrote:
On Monday, January 17, 2022 at 2:25:22 PM UTC-5, pamel...@gmail.com wrote:
Good idea, Willie! My kids make fun of me all the time for still having a corded landline, in addition to a cell phone, but when we had a power failure a while back, I was the only around with phone serve. None of their cell towers of
In town...On the lake..?Two in Erie...Ok just curious....Not that I know of.Synchronicity... do you have any Buffalo NY connections...?That is so cool that after all this time we are comparing ancient Fairfield/Bridgeport phone numbers! I vaguely recall the EDison prefix too...Ours was EDison 5-3884. It was our old Bridgeport exchange but we kept it when we moved to Fairfield.*phone serviceI remember our old Fairfield phone number CLearwater 9-3902...
On Tuesday, February 22, 2022 at 6:20:52 PM UTC-6, genera...@gmail.com wrote:of landline cordless base stations had power even if their handsets did!
On Thursday, February 17, 2022 at 7:20:55 AM UTC-5, pamel...@gmail.com wrote:
On Wednesday, February 16, 2022 at 5:48:38 PM UTC-6, Zod wrote:
On Monday, January 17, 2022 at 2:25:22 PM UTC-5, pamel...@gmail.com wrote:
Good idea, Willie! My kids make fun of me all the time for still having a corded landline, in addition to a cell phone, but when we had a power failure a while back, I was the only around with phone serve. None of their cell towers
In town...On the lake..?Two in Erie...Ok just curious....Not that I know of.Synchronicity... do you have any Buffalo NY connections...?That is so cool that after all this time we are comparing ancient Fairfield/Bridgeport phone numbers! I vaguely recall the EDison prefix too...Ours was EDison 5-3884. It was our old Bridgeport exchange but we kept it when we moved to Fairfield.*phone serviceI remember our old Fairfield phone number CLearwater 9-3902...
On Friday, December 17, 2021 at 2:34:40 PM UTC-6, Willie wrote:revelations, just the "new angle" that there are two Bobs, the pre and post Bobs. Stephan Pickering would no doubt scoff.
On Thursday, December 16, 2021 at 6:49:53 PM UTC-5, Zod wrote:
On Wednesday, December 15, 2021 at 11:05:26 PM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote:
I haven't read a Clinton Heylin book in about thirty years, but this one was at the library today and looks pretty interesting.
Just read the David Kirby review in the Washington Post, and it seems that by "double life" this means his pre- and post-motorcycle lives. So far just the pre-motorcycle accident is published (basically, volume 1). The review doesn't mention any newAny thoughts on it out there?Anything really NEW in the book....?
However, the pre and post photos just might support this...
On Thursday, December 16, 2021 at 6:49:53 PM UTC-5, Zod wrote:revelations, just the "new angle" that there are two Bobs, the pre and post Bobs. Stephan Pickering would no doubt scoff.
On Wednesday, December 15, 2021 at 11:05:26 PM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote:
I haven't read a Clinton Heylin book in about thirty years, but this one was at the library today and looks pretty interesting.
Just read the David Kirby review in the Washington Post, and it seems that by "double life" this means his pre- and post-motorcycle lives. So far just the pre-motorcycle accident is published (basically, volume 1). The review doesn't mention any newAny thoughts on it out there?Anything really NEW in the book....?
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