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by hydriot
Fri Apr 14, 2023 11:06 pm
Forum: News
Topic: casting call - Hydra
Replies: 13
Views: 2229

Re: casting call - Hydra

Probably, the 2020 film collapsed for lack of funding and/or the film rights expired. Many films don't make it to the finishing post. This 2020 trailer seems particularly weird: why set the conversation with the bronzed Greek on a towpath when it took place at a bank in central London? And I don't r...
by hydriot
Mon Apr 10, 2023 7:14 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Suzanne Vega's teenage obsessions
Replies: 3
Views: 2194

Re: Suzanne Vega's teenage obsessions

Suzanne Vega opened for Leonard at Wetbridge.
by hydriot
Mon Apr 10, 2023 7:07 pm
Forum: News
Topic: casting call - Hydra
Replies: 13
Views: 2229

Re: casting call - Hydra

I really don't think this is for us. Filming wiiI, I suspect, take a long time at an inappropriate date. We've all got better things to do.
by hydriot
Thu Sep 23, 2021 10:19 pm
Forum: Hydra Meetups 2023, 2019, 2017, 2015, 2013, 2011, 2009, 2007, 2005 & The Event in 2002
Topic: Hydra video on Youtube
Replies: 3
Views: 5320

Re: Hydra video on Youtube

The island is frequently used as a backdrop for music videos. Although this song is not related to Leonard, I think its depiction of the island is worth passing on to you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8NzB7Z ... rt_radio=1
by hydriot
Fri May 28, 2021 6:55 pm
Forum: News
Topic: New movie filmed on Hydra: So Long Marianne
Replies: 12
Views: 4098

Re: New movie filmed on Hydra: So Long Marianne

I suspect Suzanne Verdal's image has been placed there mistakenly, for Suzanne Elrod. A lot of people get the two mixed up. I left the island on 16 October 2020 but didn't see any filming, though I do recall that Douskos was closed one day for no apparent reason. Most intrigued to see dear Bill Cunl...
by hydriot
Mon Oct 14, 2019 9:17 pm
Forum: Comments & Questions
Topic: Marianne's son
Replies: 9
Views: 86804

Re: Marianne's son

Nick Broomfield's documentary Marianne and Leonard: Words of Love proved to be much better than I expected, not a saccharine paean like so many previous works, but a hard-hitting critique which revealed in passing who really suffered from the selfishness of the Beautiful Losers: the children. I arri...
by hydriot
Sun Jan 13, 2019 12:39 am
Forum: Hydra Meetups 2023, 2019, 2017, 2015, 2013, 2011, 2009, 2007, 2005 & The Event in 2002
Topic: Round Island Trip
Replies: 5
Views: 5531

Re: Round Island Trip

Ask him. I went twice in 2018, and each time there were about two dozen people aboard, which is the right number as you can socialise without feeling cramped.
by hydriot
Sun Jan 13, 2019 12:31 am
Forum: Hydra Meetups 2023, 2019, 2017, 2015, 2013, 2011, 2009, 2007, 2005 & The Event in 2002
Topic: Round Island Trip
Replies: 5
Views: 5531

Round Island Trip

Back in the nineties you coould go round the island on a caique. It was rough and ready (no food) but fun. Then the service stopped. For years I muttered to anyone who would listen that there was money to be made by a skipper who had the gumption to organise it again. Finally, last year, my lobbying...
by hydriot
Sun Nov 05, 2017 9:03 pm
Forum: Leonard Cohen 80 years on September 21, 2014
Topic: Bench updates
Replies: 170
Views: 116051

Re: Bench updates

The real problem is the lack of shade. I have seen people sitting on the nearby ordinary wooden bench rather than on Leonard's simply because the former is shady. The bench is north facing, so a tree planted behind it would really help.
by hydriot
Sat May 20, 2017 10:58 pm
Forum: Hydra Meetups 2023, 2019, 2017, 2015, 2013, 2011, 2009, 2007, 2005 & The Event in 2002
Topic: Greek strikes
Replies: 1
Views: 5877

Greek strikes

The island has just emerged from four days of isolation due to a prolonged General Strike in which no Flying Dolphins ran. If this should happen to any of you, there is now a €7 service four times a day from Ermioni to the island. Ermioni is on the mainland northwest of the island. It can be reached...
by hydriot
Sat May 20, 2017 10:48 pm
Forum: Leonard Cohen 80 years on September 21, 2014
Topic: Bench updates
Replies: 170
Views: 116051

Re: Bench updates

Lakis reports: "The Office has informed them that the original plan will not be accepted because there are no similar objects on the island."

This is untrue. There are two maybe three similar stone benches (albeit linear) on the road to Mandraki.
by hydriot
Wed May 17, 2017 6:13 pm
Forum: Hydra Meetups 2023, 2019, 2017, 2015, 2013, 2011, 2009, 2007, 2005 & The Event in 2002
Topic: Where to eat on Hydra
Replies: 2
Views: 37217

Re: Where to eat on Hydra

Every-one has their favourite of course (and I won't mention mine) but I also like Psaropoulos which moved last year from the front to overlooking the port on the far west side. I particularly recommend their seafood salad. Crypto Limani (The Secret Harbour) is tiny but much appreciated by locals: o...
by hydriot
Wed May 17, 2017 5:57 pm
Forum: Hydra Meetups 2023, 2019, 2017, 2015, 2013, 2011, 2009, 2007, 2005 & The Event in 2002
Topic: Hydra is ready for us
Replies: 1
Views: 5995

Re: Hydra is ready for us

For those unaware, the Roloi (where I am typing this right now) was Katsika's grocery store. The doorway was where Leonard first invited Marianne to join his table.
by hydriot
Wed May 17, 2017 5:47 pm
Forum: Leonard Cohen 80 years on September 21, 2014
Topic: Bench updates
Replies: 170
Views: 116051

Re: Bench updates

I am on the island now and there is no sign of anything happening. Just two days of General Strike and rain.
by hydriot
Wed Feb 08, 2017 2:25 am
Forum: Hydra Meetups 2023, 2019, 2017, 2015, 2013, 2011, 2009, 2007, 2005 & The Event in 2002
Topic: Travel Hints to Hydra
Replies: 1
Views: 11850

Re: Travel Hints to Hydra

The aerial view is very helpful, but here are some further points. The X96 bus approaches from the bottom right hand corner of the aerial view. Rather than getting off at E, there is a stop alongside a very imposing Byzantine style building which looks like a cathedral but which I think is a museum....

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