Today is going to be all about taking care of loose ends, gang, before I get really busy — and then also washing my hair!! (Tomorrow I’m supposed to be going to lunch with the gentleman across the street!)
Because, also, tomorrow — the official deadline for contributing stories to the M. Christian tribute anthology arrives. So, beginning tomorrow, I will have my editor’s cap on a lot. Here’s hoping it won’t mess up my hair!!
So with all that hard work in mind, let’s tackle some of these loose ends together!!
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In the “Guess What Day It Is” Department:
Here’s this!!
Happy heavenly birthday Marc Bolan!! Born September 30, 1947 (and gone by September 16, 1977):
And here’s this, appropriately enough! “20th Century Boy,” performed on England’s Top of the Pops, 1973:
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And in the “I had a feeling this was gonna be a good one”‘ Department:
Rave reviews are in for the one-man show, “How Shakespeare Saved My Life,” at the Public Theatre in NYC!
“ONE OF THE TOP ONE-MAN SHOWS I’VE SEEN THIS YEAR”— DAVID WALTERS, THE FRONT ROW CENTER
“A deeply moving testament to transformation, forgiveness, and the power of finding one’s voice” –Deirdre Donovan, Off Off Online
“Brilliant showcase of his dramatic range.”—Kenji Fujishima, TheaterMania
“Ming-Trent’s talent shines through as he portrays a wide range of characters.”—Thom Geier, Culture Sauce
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In the “I actually didn’t know that” Department:
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In the “I’m not really clear if he’s gonna be onstage or in the audience” Department:
From Bad Seed Jim Sclavunos:
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And this next one falls into 2 separate departments–
The “Updates on my dog’s relieving himself in the live studio” Department
And the “I’m not really clear if it was Warren who swallowed the button after playing his viola or the dog did” Department:
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From the “Cool things my heroes said when I was a wee bonnie lass” Department:
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From the “Cool things my heroes are currently doing” Department:
Ronnie Wood has 2 new portraits of Jimi Hendrix, along with some other Jimi Hendrix prints, on display right now at the Handel-Hendrix House in London!
“Lambda Literary nurtures and advocates for LGBTQ writers, elevating the impact of their words to create community, preserve our legacies, and affirm the value of our stories and our lives.”
And this next thing was so cool — it appeared in my Instagram feed yesterday. Not an account I had heard of before, but apparently she was having breakfast with my publisher!!
And in case you live anywhere near Newark, Ohio, please don’t forget to join me on Saturday afternoon! Books will be on sale at the event.
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And I guess that is it!
Oh — I am having a great time looking at the private app James Tabor setup for our conference memories — looking at everyone’s photos and reading everyone’s comments really makes me wish I was still in that wonderful hotel with everyone in Charlotte!!
Okay!
Have a wonder-filled Wednesday, wherever you are in the world, gang!
Thanks for visiting.
I love you guys. See ya!
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Let’s close with this.
I am still reading Conversations with Tom Petty (2005) and Tom was talking about what a thrill it was to hear Johnny Cash’s version of Tom’s classic, “Southern Accents”.
So, of course I had to drop everything and listen to it! (I also played it many times on my trip to town yesterday.)
So here it is for you!
Johnny Cash, “Southern Accents,” from his album American II: Unchained, 1996. Enjoy, gang.
“Southern Accents”
There’s a southern accent, where I come from The young ‘uns call it country The Yankees call it dumb
I got my own way of talkin’ But everything is done, with a southern accent Where I come from
Now that drunk tank in Atlanta’s Just a motel room to me Think I might go work Orlando If them orange groves don’t freeze
I got my own way of workin’ But everything is run, with a southern accent Where I come from
For just a minute there I was dreaming For just a minute it was all so real For just a minute she was standing there, with me
There’s a dream I keep having Where my mama comes to me Then kneels down over by the window And says a prayer for me
I got my own way of prayin’ But every one’s begun With a southern accent Where I come from
I got my own way of livin’ But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from
Although I really did miss being in Charlotte last night, gang.
Still, it was so fun to get out of bed here at 6AM today and say a happy hello to all my many cats!
Even though they got along great with my mom, it was so clear to me that they were excited that things were back to normal this morning. They were all frisky as heck!
Oh, here’s something kind of exciting — I don’t know yet if it will really happen, but I hope it does!
One of my girlfriends who works at my favorite health & wellness store in town (I used to work there during the lockdowns), put in her 2 weeks notice while I was away, and I’m looking into taking over her hours!
It would be so cool to be back there, especially since I’m still friends with everyone who works there. Plus, the store is privately owned and only open a limited number of hours/days a week.
I had to leave there once the lockdowns were over, because I couldn’t afford to work retail back then. But now that I have Social Security and the money I inherited from my dad, I can afford it.
So we shall see!! It would certainly take care of this problem I’ve been having of feeling unbelievably isolated out here in the middle of nowhere since I retired…
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Okay!
This week, I have:
The deadline for receiving contributions to the memorial tribute anthology honoring M. Christian. (Meaning, I then have to start editing it.)
My lunch date with the gentleman across the road.
And on Saturday, is my book-signing at the bookstore in the Historic Arcade in Newark!
So it should be a fun week with a nice, even sort of pace.
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Other than that —
I have a TON of “here’s this’s'” that I accumulated while in Charlotte, NC!!
So let’s get started!!
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Most importantly, it seems that this past weekend was International “Bad Seeds Take Their Dogs Out” Weekend!!
On Saturday!
George Vjestica apparently has a tiny little dog named Gucci!!
And on Sunday!
Warren Ellis took his pups out to the woods!!
And here’s this, while we’re at it! Does it get better?? Lou Reed & the Velvet Underground! The sublime “Sunday Morning”, 1966!
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It’s time for Erica Verrillo’s fantastic (FREE) publishing calls-for-submissions and writing contest updates for October!!
Visit HERE! And then click on the various links for current updates.
(You will notice that my old E.12th Street apartment is NOT part of the tour, but if you take the tour, please feel free to DEMAND that they stop at 511 E.12th Street anyway!! And honor all the LGBTQ cool shit that happened in my apartment!! Drugs! Booze! Sex! MUSIC!! Cigarettes!! Writing, writing, writing!! Thanking you in advance!!)
“Discover LGBTQ history hidden in plain sight on this 90-minute expert-led walking tour of New York’s East Village. Celebrate LGBTQ History Month and explore places and people that made this neighborhood a center of LGBTQ art, activism, nightlife, and counterculture.
“Visit the former residences of poet Allen Ginsberg and lesbian activists Ellen Broidy, co-planner of the first NYC Pride March (1970), and Ernestine Eckstein, who was active in the LGBTQ rights movement in the pre-Stonewall years. See if you can hear the echos of dance music as we stand outside the site of The Loft, where David Mancuso hosted egalitarian underground house parties that influenced the city’s club scene. Share memories as we arrive at the former locations of nightclubs The Saint, with its legendary interior dome, and Pyramid Cocktail Lounge, where LGBTQ performers included Andy Warhol, John Waters, performance artist Ethyl Eichelberger, and more.”
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YES!! For some inexplicable reason, this is NOT on the tour!!
Punk bassist/guitarist Blaire N. Bitch, smoking in my bedroom at 4AM!!
Me with my band!
My best friend on Earth — the notoriously gay and now dearly departed from AIDS Paul Martin, in my bathtub!!
And here’s the front of 511 E.12th Street as it looks today. My apartment was the 3rd one up , on the left, with the little AC in the window (back then the fuses in the building were so old, you could not have such a thing as a working AC!! It would blow all the lights out in the building!) (I know this, because we tried it once!!)
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All righty!
Phyllis Stein gave us a scare over the weekend, saying she was basically done posting all her great Punk music photos to Instagram. (But last night, she posted again!!)
But here’s some great photos from when she was departing us–
David Jo and Richard Hell! At Max’s Kansas City, 1976!! (Photo by Bob Gruen)
David Jo with Cyrinda Fox (married for only one year, then they famously split up). At CBGBs, 1976, photo by Roberta Bayley.
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And here’s this!
Also from Phyllis Stein as she was pretending to depart us…
Johnny Thunders in NYC in 1973!!
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And a couple of Keith!!
Smoking backstage at Madison Square Garden in NYC in 1969!!!
Keith comments on Bob Dylan!! (I think he’s saying what we’re all thinking!!)
And how about this??
I might have posted it here before, but I just love it!!
(I would not have survived 1975 without these 2 guys!!)
Ronnie Wood and Keith Richards:
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A little bit more info about the upcoming Johnny Depp movie ,”Day Drinker”–
Looks like fun for the whole family!!
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AND!!
A bunch more great photos of Nick Cave!!
From Facebook! Oh No!!
Priceless!
Nick onstage twenty years ago in Paris!! Smoking!! Singing!! Facial hair!!
And a couple more from long ago…
I believe this was 1990, photo by Peter Walsh (?)
And this was possibly LA in 1990, photo by Jonathan Kirn (?)
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And whew!
That’s it!
Gotta finish the laundry here and then head to town because I am ABSOLUTELY out of cat food here!!!
Have a terrific Tuesday, wherever you are in the world, gang!
Thanks for visiting!
I love you guys. See ya!
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Let’s close with this!!
From yesterday!
Elvis Costello Unboxes ‘My Aim Is True’ 49th Anniversary Edition!
James Tabor brought in a bunch of books from his own home library today because he’s trying to downsize his collection of books.
They were for sale, but he had great prices.
Thursday evening, I got an alert from Amazon — a reminder to buy one of the books on my wishlist, but it was $45 and I didn’t want to buy such an expensive book before going out of town for the weekend.
Guess what??
James Tabor was selling his own copy of the same book for $15!! Mint condition!! So I bought it!☺️
This book is incredible. This edition is 22 years old, but it is a reprint from 1924!!
It’s amazing. It is also really heavy!🤣 600 pages. Can’t wait to carry it around the various airports tomorrow!😺📚✈️
Okay. Spoke to my mom when I got back to my room after dinner and she and the cats got along splendidly!!
I can’t wait to see everyone tomorrow— the cats and my mom. I missed all of them.💖
All righty. Goodnight everyone!! My Uber arrives early tomorrow morning. Gonna try to calm down now and rest.
DNA samples from one of the Talpiot tombs!! The samples were taken from the tomb in 2006, but the tomb is from 1st century Jerusalem (Talpiot neighborhood).
