Wow.
The week just flew by.
I was planning to scurry over to the Cineplex at the mall after work today, to see Johnny Depp’s “Ebenezer” but now the showtimes are all different from what they’d originally posted. So I probably won’t get to see it until next week.
Before I forget–
This will be happening on Sunday! It almost sounds like it’s going to be a “live” interview — I thought it was going to be pre-recorded and then would air later in the week. We shall see!
Alex S. Johnson posted this lovely announcement yesterday on Facebook. The interview will be this Sunday, starting at 3PM Eastern Time:
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And speaking of interviews–
I also heard from Zak Winters last night, that the interview he did with me regarding my memories of the late photographer, filmmaker, and likely serial killer, RC Horsch, will probably be uploaded to YouTube sometime next week.
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Thinking of those 2 things happening so close together, made me remember the long ago days when I used to do interviews all the time — for TV, radio, and the Internet.
And then that made me go find one of my favorite interviews I did on YouTube– it was from 2012. My dear friend and long-time colleague, Michael Hemmingson interviewed me mostly about Twilight of the Immortal (!!) and my experiences with writing that novel.
There was so much I’d forgotten about researching the novel. What an incredible experience it was to write that book.
A lot has happened since that interview — including Hemmingson’s murder back in 2014.
The interview is age-restricted but you can watch it from the link below.
The Art of Dreaming – Interview with Marilyn Jaye Lewis – May 30, 2012 (1hr 46 mins):
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Okay!!
I did speak with Sandra yesterday and it is OFFICIAL!!
Sandra’s 75th Birthday Cabaret at The Laurie Beechman Theatre in NYC will happen Weds. January 20th at 7PM!!
The Cabaret will essentially be an intro to our musical play about Sandra’s life, “The Guide to being Fabulous”.
I will be in NYC from Tuesday Jan 19th through Friday Jan 22nd! My birth mom agreed to come back here and take care of the cats again!!
And I will be staying at this legendary Times Square hotel:
The Hotel St. James!! Founded in 1901 !!
It is legendary because — as Wayne politely reminded me on WhatsApp yesterday — it used to be a notorious cruising spot for gay hustlers. It’s only a couple blocks down from where I used to live, on W.45th Street.
And if you didn’t see this amazing film — “Cruising” — it was really popular with the gay crowd when it first came out in 1980 !
This is seriously age-restricted but you can watch the whole movie free on YouTube!! (The Hotel St. James features prominently in the film, but it has since changed owners, been remodeled, etc. But I told Wayne: “I sure hope the walls can talk!!”)
Cruising (1980) Full Movie (1 hr 40 mins):
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Okay!
I did have a nice time at the lunch with my co-workers yesterday. However, I didn’t really have anything to say, since they all have kids and grandkids and mostly talked about their families.
So that was kind of sad for me, since I basically have no one anymore. But it was good to get out and just be with them.
And here’s this!
While we weren’t in Granville yesterday, it is a town where I have spent a TON of time since moving out here to the Hinterlands in 2016!
Beautiful Granville in the fall, yesterday! From their Instagram page!
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And speaking of beautiful, here’s this!
Keith in LA in 1969!!
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And from Phyllis Stein!!
Richard Hell and Johnny Thunders in NYC in 1981! (Photo by Roberta Bayley)
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And here’s something else that’s lovely!
Rowland S. Howard, 1977. (Photo by Peter Milne)
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Here’s Marc Bolan, in 1971!!
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A bunch of beauties together!!
Longtime pals, Stevie Nicks and Tom Petty!!
And Nick Cave and Blixa Bargeld!!
And Nick Cave and Lydia Lunch, in 1982!!
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And, actually, that’s all I have time for today.
I gotta scoot!!
Enjoy your Friday the 13th, wherever you are in the world, gang!
Thanks for visiting.
I love you guys. See ya!!
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Let’s close, hurriedly, with this!!
This popped up on my driving-to-town playlist yesterday.
A real heartbreaker for me, gang, still:
I was waiting in my mom’s car, while she was in the psychiatrist’s office, getting the results from my EEG, after my suicide attempt in the summer of 1975.
The love of my life, Greg, had been dead for just under one year at this point. I listened to this song on the car radio, alone, and my heart just shattered.
Then my mom came back to the car with even more shattering news — I was being committed to a mental hospital. Immediately.
All that stuff just comes roaring back whenever I hear this song (which, thankfully, is not often!). But it’s still a beautiful song.
From the album, Have You Never Been Mellow, Olivia Newton-John’s, “Please Mr. Please.”1975. Enjoy, gang.
“Please Mr. Please”
In the corner of the bar there stands a jukebox
With the best of country music, old and new
You can hear your five selections for a quarter
And somebody else’s songs when yours are through
I got good Kentucky whiskey on the counter
And my friends around to help me ease the pain
‘Til some button-pushing cowboy plays that love song
And here I am just missing you again
Please Mr. please, don’t play B-17
It was our song, it was his song but it’s over
Please Mr. please, if you know what I mean
I don’t ever wanna hear that song again
If I had a dime for every time I held you
Though you’re far away, you’ve been so close to me
I could swear I’d be the richest girl in Nashville
Maybe even in the state of Tennessee
But I guess I’d better get myself together
‘Cause when you left, you didn’t leave too much behind
Just a note that said, “I’m sorry” by your picture
And a song that’s weighing heavy on my mind
Please Mr. please, don’t play B-17
It was our song, it was his song but it’s over
Please Mr. please, if you know what I mean
I don’t ever wanna hear that song again
c – 1975 John Rostill / Bruce Welch
