tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post5745124007593380904..comments2024-03-28T14:53:38.827-04:00Comments on BLCKDGRD: Just a Couple of Drifters on This Planet of Some Odd Billions CustomersUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-35826351267068984322017-12-11T09:36:20.403-05:002017-12-11T09:36:20.403-05:001)re the title of tate's book - see
https://en...1)re the title of tate's book - see<br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_jive_talk<br /><br />2)re play with words (and gass's book <i>on being blue</i> would seem to be an epitome of same) i was struck by the name of this company in this morning's financial times - <br /><br /><i><b>Eataly</b>, the Italian food emporium, plans to list shares on the Milan stock exchange as early as next year as it ramps up its US expansion. A mix of high-end supermarket, restaurant and food theme park where customers can see mozzarella being made...Eataly has plans to open sites in Las Vegas, Stockholm, Paris, Toronto, Verona and, in 2020, London. It last month opened a 100,000 sq m food "theme park" outside Bologna.</i><br /><br />there's one in boston:<br /><br />https://www.eataly.com/us_en/stores/boston/boston-restaurants/<br /><br />3)i never heard lennon's 'bring on the lucie' until it was brought to my attention here<br /><br />another lennon song i really like but don't have a copy - but have heard on the radio recently - is 'happy xmas (war is over)'<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yN4Uu0OlmTg<br /><br /><br />and while i'm mentioning christmas songs - annie lennox's unplugged version of 'in the bleak midwinter' - just 2 verses, but it's enough<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-7bHxQU8uc<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><b></b>mistah charley, ph.d.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06303695341246058680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-42597939701218248232017-12-11T09:02:28.479-05:002017-12-11T09:02:28.479-05:00Annoying as Messiaen is, he's not even cutting...Annoying as Messiaen is, he's not even cutting-edge any more, so I'm informed by a musician who knows about these things. Whoever <i>is</i> cutting-edge these days must be really seriously irritating.traducteurnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-88368568876863843692017-12-10T20:47:59.771-05:002017-12-10T20:47:59.771-05:00Haven't been a wide reader of Gass, but I'...Haven't been a wide reader of Gass, but I'm pissed that he's gone. It may be an outlet for other pissedoffedness; I understand this, but it's all connected: there are true things and false, fucked-up things, and I go with the former. And I miss Lennon.Mongo, At The Momenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00973606827337262084noreply@blogger.com