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Re: Daddy's Little Princess.
Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2012 3:01 am
by Violet
" ... He thought a minute, coming up with [a personal story] he could share,
and pulled this from the time he lived in the Chelsea Hotel in the mid-1960s:
"Edie Sedgwick was living a few doors down. Through her door came all the most
attractive men and women of the period, I was not among them, but I longed to
be among them. There was, on the corner of 7th Avenue and 24th Street, there
was a Mexican magic store, with potions, candles and powders, which could be
used to draw influences into your life — to secure love affairs, or to guarantee
successes. My situation was such at the time that I believed in them, so I bought
a couple of candles, and a book about candles — I just read that, and the I Ching,
though I couldn't follow anything from one paragraph to another. At a certain point,
through some graceful accident, I was invited into Edie Sedgwick's room. It was
filled with very beautiful young people. It was dark, and illuminated by candles,
30 to 40 candles, burning everywhere, on plates, on the stove ... I had no credentials
at the time, there was nothing I could say. I walked into the room of her glittering
crew, and I said, 'this display of candles is extremely dangerous.'
"So, I presented myself as ... an Expert in The Candle. And this did not go over well.
So I left at an appropriate time. The next day, her apartment burned down, and my
prestige soared."
quote: Leonard Cohen, from "The Crack in Everything Lets the Light In: Leonard Cohen
in New York," by Rita Houston [as per ALL SONGS CONSIDERED, THE BLOG, NPR]
.. you know, my love.. I'm glad I happened across this today. It seems just so very relevant to all I've been researching, and even to what happened yesterday.
.. speaking of
.. so.. there I was.. finishing up my lunch at
okay, I did go to Le Pain again. I mean, I wasn't in the mood for dairy, in any case, so I figured I could risk it.
[I think there's a joke in there, actually] [just so you all know]
.. so, yeah.. I had a very nice lunch.. and had my writing out, and some articles I was reading for it.. and
well, having finished.. [and feeling a bit drowsy, even] [making it difficult to concentrate].. but, yeah.. I realized at that point that I had two whole hours to kill. Now, I also realized I had very little in the way of spare ducats, so shopping was not an option. So.. I started mulling on this situation.. when: RING. [that would be my blackberry].. and, well.. it turns out it's an artist friend who I rarely see, and who just happens to be passing through town on his way back to Tuscon, after his trip to Europe.. [where he's designing a set for this ballet in Paris, actually]
.. actually, my love.. [though I hesitate bringing this up again].. but this is the same artist.. [a French-Swiss guy--the one who used to live where my loft is now].. but, yeah.. he's
okay, he's older than me.. and was in Paris in '68 sort-of-thing.. and
okay: he's the one who, well, "slept with" Nico. [to put this a bit more delicately than I have in the past]
[and, once again.. I'm sorry, my angel, to again bring this up.. but I have my reasons] [just hang in there]
.. so.. ANYWAY.. we decide to meet at that retro diner/restaurant on the far west side of Chelsea. [where all the galleries are now]
I get there early, and.. well, in honor of you [my love]--oh, and your "Drinkification".. I look at the Red wine list.. but feel entirely perplexed. I mean, just which wine would be to my liking, and not 'cause me too much damage later on?.. [since, as I've talked about before, even one lousy glass of wine has managed to do me in, in the past].. so..
okay, I settle on the most expensive wine-by-the glass they're offering, hoping that might indicate that it's good quality stuff [even though I have no way of knowing for sure].. and so, the waiter serves me a very nice sized glass of this Pinot Noir.. [oh, and I'm on a stool at the far end of the place.. at the retro-diner counter].. [and.. given I had no intention of "going out" sort of thing yesterday.. I was rather glad I just happened to have been wearing this great, long, rather slender and chic-looking, yet lusciously warm skirt.. and this rather lovely bright teal jacket I splurged on this past fall, which looks like a cross between an English riding jacket, and something one of those "Louis of France" dudes might have worn to shoot Protestants in].. [I'm just now realizing].. [what, with the jacket's slightly frilled, valanced edging]
now what was
oh.
.. so.. my friend shows up--I'll call him O. [though not to conjure The Story of O or anything in this, as it's really and truly just a shorthand] [really and truly].. ANYWAY.. O. orders a grilled cheese.. and, well.. after our catching up a bit.. [and, in thinking of you, my love].. it occurs to me to inquire further as to this whole "Nico" business.
.. okay, so.. as it happens.. this took place in New York, not Paris [as I'd thought previously] some time in the late 60's.. [actually, O. has a rather thick French accent.. and.. well, I do lose a certain percentage of whatever it is he's saying, even after having known him for years now.. so..].. [just thought I'd mention]
.. anyway.. O. tells me it was
okay, let me put it this way.. having first hooked up with Nico after watching her perform on St. Marks somewhere.. he wound up back at her place.. but the situation, he said, was a bit daunting.. especially given she had these enormous photographs of Jim Morrison all over her walls.. [and yes.. I could see how that might be a bit.. um.. "disconcerting"] [in such an amorous situation, I mean].. [I mean, I could see how her having even small photos of Jim all over her walls might diminish a man's.. uh
actually.. even though O. and Nico remained a bit of an item for maybe a month's time after this first encounter.. [which sort of surprised me, as I thought it had been a one-night sort of thing].. but even so.. he characterized the entire scenario concerning her as:
"a complete disaster."
[just thought you should know, my love]
.. so.. yeah
oh--years later.. [although I don't know how many years later].. [since I get tired of asking O. to repeat things sometimes, so I just go with what I can gather].. but, at some point, Nico wound up staying with him for a while at his place in New York.. [although this was not an amorous situation].. and.. well, just like what you said about the Chelsea, my love, and Edie's candles.. he came home to find his entire place lit up in the exact same way with all these candles, and
well, this was also when Nico was pretty messed up on mescaline.
oh, and.. [almost exactly as you did].. he described this whole candle business to me as:
"a serious fire hazard." (!!)
.. [you might have a lot to commiserate on, I'm thinking]
but, I mean.. it was again rather odd to read that little article [from which I quoted above] just today.. and just after my friend's saying almost the exact same thing. [!!] [give or take a femme fatale or two]
.. actually.. [on this fire hazard issue].. a lot of homes burned to the ground in and amid the Sunset Strip scene I've been writing about. These were not brush-fire related, either.. and with regard to the fires cited, there was no "known" reason for the fires.. but.. well, I can't help but think now that this candle business that was prevalent around that time might have had something to do with it. Then again.. one would think that if such fires were being caused by a careless use of candles, that that could easily be detected after the fact, and so go on record as the "official" cause.. [which apparently was not the case].. so.. hmm
[stay tuned.. maybe I'll include something on this in my increasingly elaborate tome]
Oh--actually.. I also asked O. [again] about his meeting you once, my love. He said it was in
.. uh.. maybe I shouldn't disclose which room it was in [at the Chelsea], since I really don't know what you might consider private, etc., in this instance.. although there really was nothing at all confidential-seeming disclosed in this anecdote. No, once again, O. just described you as this "very quite seeming poet."
But, you know, my love.. even if such description is and was true of you.. it occurs to me.. I mean, since I have a hard time with O's accent even now.. but, I mean.. I can only imagine how thick his accent was back in the 60's.. so.. I mean, maybe you were just being polite.. [and secretly couldn't follow a word of what O. was saying to you!!]
[a distinct possibility]
.. so.. yeah. Oh, and.. [as I started realizing how O. might in fact be some manner of resource as to the kind of research I've been doing].. I started asking him about this time period.. and he said he saw Jim Morrison at the Isle of Wight Festival.. [I don't think he saw you, though].. [from what I was able to gather].. he did see Hendrix, he said.. and not long after that, he bumped into Morrison at a bar in Paris. [this was when Morrison was sporting that beard at the end]
[as maybe you all are noticing, O. really did get around socially].. [and even to this day]
oh, and he saw Janis perform at the Fillmore, he said. Said she was amazing--even glamorous--on stage.. and later, he observed her at an after party, where he said she lost such of her dazzling glamour, and was proving herself to be quite the party girl. [which all seems rather in keeping with how one might think of her, I think]
.. so.. yeah.. funny how this artist whom I knew from an altogether different [and much later] New York art world context, actually can now shed a bit of light.. or at least lend some "flavoring".. as concerns the very material I've been grappling with these days. [who knew??]
.. anyway.. the Pinot Noir was hitting the spot.. and
but, I mean, the chances of my being in town just when he was in town were.. well, "highly unlikely".. [to say the least].. so
oh, and we spent just the perfect amount of time in that place.
.. and so.. once I was done sipping my wine.. and he was done with his lunch, and his nostalgic musings.. [the music playing was in some manner appropriate too.. some early Dylan.. and some Lou Reed].. oh, actually, he showed me this itty bitty film on his blackberry of the prima ballerina he was working with.. and it was amazing to watch the tiny image of her dancing.. [rather like those itty bitty ballerinas you see twirling atop a young girl's musical jewelry chest]
of course, I couldn't not ask him if there were anything "amorous" going on in that direction.. [ballerina wise, I mean].. and he said:
"it's complicated."
.. [it made me laugh]
.. so, we did the "double kiss" good-bye thing.. [you know, like the French like to do, with a kiss on each cheek].. [of course, there are also those Euro countries where you have to do a "triple kiss".. which.. well, to me that's either getting a bit too personal.. or moving into Groucho territory]
[I mean, enough is enough, already]
[my god]
.. so, yeah.. it was a lovely time we had. And just such a happy happenstance that it even happened. [!!]
.. anyway, I think I shall leave things there for now.. [even though there were some other odd occurrences, as well, that happened yesterday]
.. but for now..
actually, my love.. if ever you send me your well-wishes, I really could use them just now. Not just to complete this thing I'm writing.. but.. well.. to deal with certain challenges I'm being faced with, the details of which I won't go into.. but.. just to say that.. well, that I'm really going through it, it seems.
overall, though.. I feel.. well, both entirely hopeful about things.. but also, precarious too.. like everything could just crumble on me, leaving me in a fragile and vulnerable little pile of self ruin.
[sorry to be so dramatic sounding with that.. that's just how it came out.. but I guess that's how I really do feel, though]
You know.. [to shift things here a bit].. I've always had an interest in Warhol, and that has had an effect on much of the rather conceptual-based artwork I've done.. but, I wonder.. if I were to look at him now with fresh eyes.. I wonder how I might view him. Of course, with Warhol, it's not really possible to separate the person from the artist.. especially early on.. as his persona really was his art form, in a sense.. with the art.. the factory.. the films, and photographs.. the famous, and the hangers on.. the music.. all situated around that persona, and in that way helping to create it.
.. but.. I mean.. in the things I read about you, my love.. especially where you are with things now.. well.. it just might be to look at the opposite configuration of things. When kindness matters.. when one's effect on others matters.. it makes for an entirely different world.
.. okay.. so.. I send again my tender kiss.. x.. (and.. well.. I'll be okay.. I just have to be careful just now not to succumb to my fears, I guess.. to just keep working.. and to allow for such of those kinder forces that exist down here on this troubled planet to do good through me
(I miss you, my angel).. (and this song has helped me too).. (already it has
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmObT8Hh ... re=related
FULL SCREEN..
.. xx xx x.. xx x.. xx x.. xx x..
Re: Daddy's Little Princess.
Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2012 9:15 am
by Violet
.. my love.. the following has been on my desktop for.. I don't know.. a couple of weeks, maybe. The night I wrote it I could no longer see straight by the end of it, so I thought I should wait to post it.. [which is probably a pretty good policy, all told.. one which I don't always make good on].. [as we've all seen fairly recently, I think]
.. anyway, probably due to your album coming out, I never got back to posting this.
.. so.. here goes, my angel.. [I adore you, by the way]
TOUCH OF "THE STRIP"
Okay, given I'm now gearing up to post my FINALE, as it were.. [you know, the end of Part I of Agent Longing and Violet's story].. and
.. [harking back to the 60's]..
.. okay, so.. recreational drugs, though fairly casually thought to be "counter culture" in nature, and in that, in some manner "subversive".. oh, and true: what I'm about to say here isn't exactly "news".. [certainly as concerns much of the subject matter already dealt with on this thread].. nevertheless.. it's become increasingly apparent to me how such substances' seemingly random proliferation was, in fact, a decided manner of weaponry.. insidious in nature.. and highly effective.
.. actually, this singer does not happen to be one of my "Strip" subjects.. and, for my purposes, the following could be any of a plethora of performers/performances.. but I've always found this guy's singing style and body movements to be rather fascinating. [and the song itself is apt]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDhDUSmHvHQ
FULL SCREEN..
okay, back to good ol' alcohol.
“THE CASS ELLIOTT”
10 oz. Stolichnaya Vodka
Serve neat. Garnish with maraschino cherry.
“THE JOHN PHILLIPS”
1 bottle Organic red wine
Serve at room temperature.
“THE DENNY DOHERTY”
1 bottle Organic red wine
Serve at room temperature.
“THE MICHELLE PHILLIPS”
2 oz. Club soda
2 oz. Blackwoods Gin
2 oz. Sweetened lime juice
8 oz. Bourbon
Combine in shaker and strain into cocktail glass. Serve. Garnish with sprig of mint.
.. now, put all these drinks in a shaker.. strain.. [while furrowing one's brow, preferably].. and you somehow get.. [at least in Drinkify-ese]:
“THE MAMAS & THE PAPAS”
2 oz. Sipsmith Gin
2 oz. Ginger Ale
4 oz. Lime juice
Combine in highball glass and serve. Garnish with umbrella.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WalHqDUP ... re=related
FULL SCREEN..
.. so Mama gets Stolichnaya Vodka. Okay: Stoli. I'm actually rather touched, actually, that the Fab Three over at Drinkify thought to give her the maraschino cherry. [but then I'm in a terribly sentimental mood these days, for some reason]
.. actually, I've noticed that I'm learning just so much about history 'n stuff, just sticking to music and booze.
check this out:
In 1972, the PepsiCo company struck a barter agreement with the then government of the Soviet Union, in which PepsiCo granted exportation and Western marketing rights to Stolichnaya vodka, in exchange for importation and Soviet marketing of Pepsi-Cola. This exchange led to Pepsi-Cola being the first foreign product sanctioned for sale in the U.S.S.R.
[end wiki quote]
now, while the following is not that of Pepsi, but its fiercest competitor.. still, I figure it's close enough. Oh, and.. well, how can one not think of this astride the inhumane and racist atrocity that was the Vietnam War, which was quite possibly still underway when this ad first came out?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1NeogMh ... re=related
FULL SCREEN..
.. alright, back to:
booze.
.. my love, I'm noticing you now have two new members in your Red wine club.. only they're "Organic." [with the lower case "red," for some reason--oh, given the "uneven" handedness of the famed Fab Three, it seems] Now, I'm finding it particularly amusing that two of my subjects as per the "synthetic" dimension of things should warrant "organic"--uh, excuse me, "Organic"--while you, my angel.. Should Not. But then, if Coke is "the real thing".. well..
[I think I'm getting a headache] [guess I'll take my usual two tabs of acid and go to bed]
Alright, I'm going to try and maintain my focus now.
First off: that the Mamas and the Papas should warrant the "umbrella" garnish.. hmm.. this is a conundrum..
“THE MAMAS & THE PAPAS”
2 oz. Sipsmith Gin
2 oz. Ginger Ale
4 oz. Lime juice
Combine in highball glass and serve. Garnish with umbrella.
.. I mean, attempting to crowd the famed four under one umbrella.. I don't know..
.. now, I'm not entirely sure what the Fab Three are up to with that, but I suggest they find this image terribly clever and amusing. [knowing them] Why, John Phillips' Daniel Boone hat alone would make such a thing at the very least unreasonable.. let alone Michelle Phillip's predilection for somewhat mannish-sized shirts.
yeah, I know what you're thinking: what about Denny Doherty, and those bulky Nehru-collared jackets he wore?.. and you'd be right, I shouldn't have left that out of this particular Drinkification analysis. I mean, that certainly wouldn't have helped them all to squeeze under one.. [probably fairly small-sized] [oh, and bright pink, even] [knowing Drinkify].. umbrella.
okay, moving on..
[truth is, I don't know why I'm so protective of Mama, all-of-a-sudden] [I never quite know when that feeling is going to strike, either.. but I'll be darned if I'm going to give the Fab Three the satisfaction of having me mention
right there: they almost had me. But not this time. Not by a long shot.
[actually, was that just a Freudian slip??].. [yeah, well I know how to fix his wagon..
"THE SIGMUND FREUD"
One 32 oz. bottle of cocaine. Oh, excuse me: Cocaine. [actually, go back to 'cocaine']
[I might remind you all that LSD comes in a bottle.. (over at Drinkify, I mean).. so please direct your complaints to them]
One bottle Slipsmith Gin. [note the spelling]
Shake with repressed rage. [actually, just make that 'bridled zeal']
Actually, was Freud into Nietzche??.. [I honestly don't recall].. oh, okay, then:
The Juice of one uber-sized lemon. [that oughta' cover it]
Oh, and, "stir with mixed feelings."
[given I believe Freud may have waffled on this, is the thing]
Garnish with a call to your mother. [I mean, 'Mother'] [preferably before drinking]
Oh, and drink while smoking a Cuban cigar, and reading a slightly naughty Victorian novel.
[let's face it, Dr. F. was really such a prude].. [I mean it, he really was]
[I can see it now: his estate is probably going to sue me for "libido in fiction"]
.. now, what was
oh.. [back on the M & P's front].. I'd have you note how the Fab Three felt Michelle warranted the most complex Drinkification of the bunch..
“THE MICHELLE PHILLIPS”
2 oz. Club soda
2 oz. Blackwoods Gin
2 oz. Sweetened lime juice
8 oz. Bourbon
Combine in shaker and strain into cocktail glass. Serve. Garnish with sprig of mint.
now, I'm no expert.. [although, I think I'm becoming an expert on the Fab Three, it's beginning to look like].. but, in any case, it seems to me that combining Gin and Bourbon is a no no. I mean, am I wrong?.. or..
.. or do the Fab Three really think
[wait a minute, let me see if I can find that line I wrote a few posts back, so I don't' have to re-think this all over again..
oh, here it is:
.. or do the Fab Three really think we're way stupider than they even think we think they think we are??
[probably]
.. any case, I'm impressed with Blackwood's Gin.. [here's some of their own copy]:
BLACKWOOD'S DISTILLERY
We make Blackwood's Vintage Dry Gin with hand-harvested Shetland botanicals.
Local crofters harvest our Shetland botanicals each summer, roughly between June
and September (depends when summer comes, and whether it's warm and dry) in
proportions that do not disturb the fragile local habitat.
We have a sustainable harvesting programme to ensure harmony with Shetland's
unspoilt environment. The sustainable sourcing and harvesting was developed with
us by Highland Natural Products, FWAG and the Orkney Agronomy College.
The plants are brought down to the mainland of Scotland to be gently small-batch
distilled. Blackwood's is truly the essence of Shetland, and the world's only handpicked
gin.
[.. psssssst: Sipsmith.. I suggest you've got some rather stiff competition over here].. [I mean, using classy spring water is one thing, but.. I mean, what about all the handpicked
actually, this JUST popped into my head. [I'm terribly sorry about this, you all].. [and this apology is especially meant for you, my love.. but, as I've mentioned before, it's better you get used to this side of things now.. so.. well, so there'll be no regrets later on].. [my angel]
[actually, instead of "Austria," think "Highlands" on this]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbQSAdU4Qb4
FULL SCREEN..
[it's a real gin number, isn't it?].. [although it really is the same time period, which is rather "trippy" in itself]
.. but, I mean, that Michelle would be a mix of this.. and just plain ol' Bourbon.. [which nonetheless is Capitalized] [yeah, two can play at that game].. oh, and with this generic Bourbon listed as four times the amount of the good stuff.. well.. I don't think I have to [once again] spell it out for you all just what this has got to mean. Oh, and with that sprig-of-mint-little-nothing-of-an-afterthought meant to assuage such of our vaguely hurt feelings, too.
[those bastards]
.. well, my love--oh, the Grammy's I see are on Sunday. Now, I don't want to jinx anything.. [as to next year, I mean].. so I won't say anything. But, if you can zero in on my thinking just now you'd probably know where I'm coming from.. [my angel].. [and in a number of categories]..
.. what else.. (my love)..
.. oh.. in honor of Amy, given she's up for a Grammy for this duo bit
.. but first, my lingering kiss, my angel.. x.. (you know, I am still SO groovin' to Different Sides).. (it's great to drive to, too).. (and you are just so sexy on it, too).. (so sexy).. (it's not just me.. ask around).. (you'll see)
(I miss you, my love)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OFMkCeP6ok
FULL SCREEN..
.. xx xx.. x xxx .. xx. xx.. xx x xx..
Re: Daddy's Little Princess.
Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2012 6:48 am
by Violet
.. okay, my love, this is just a sweet little good-night note. [those last two posts have really done me in]
.. actually, speaking of Amy Winehouse..
well, first.. to back up a sec.
okay.. along with practicing singing.. I'll sometimes
alright: even if it's darn cold in here, I'll take off my warm woolen or cashmere socks [actually my divine purplish cashmere knee socks are now dangerously close to having holes in the heels, I'm afraid].. [sad, but true].. but anyway
I'll take off my socks, and slip into my favorite black heels.. and sometimes I'll even get into a dress.. [just to get myself "up" for singing]
.. and
oh, my hair. So, what I noticed I've started doing is.. I'll take my long wet hair.. twisting it in the back, and drawing to the top of my head, where I secure it with a clip.. and allow the drying curls to sort of come down at the crown of my head. That's when I realized.. well.. given there is a bit of height to it when I do that.. I realized this must be my nod to Amy.. [even though I have no plans of ever doing a full bee-hive sort of thing].. [not my style, I don't think]
.. but.. yeah. That's what I realized. It must be my "Amy homage."
.. now all I have to do is.. get over there.. and do that open mic. Actually, I have sung twice in public. Once, as I mentioned, at the restaurant out in Montana that had that jazz band playing.. and once--well, it's sort of "in public"--it was in front of my entire extended family at my grandparents' 60th wedding anniversary, I believe it was. That was a very very strange occurrence. I mean, I pulled it off 'n everything.. I sang Summertime again.. and something else.. .. but.. well.. I guess my voice sounds like my mother's voice to the degree that my grandparents went into some sort of "shock" over it, since my mother had died years before that.. and since I'd never sung for them before.. so.. it was
I don't know, it was strange. It was almost as if "I" wasn't there. My mother was. [??].. which.. well, it's hard to say what that felt like. Just so so strange. [??].. [oh, and my grandparents never mentioned it to me again].. [not ever]
.. still, in a strange way, their behavior was a complement, in that I sounded like my mother to them, and she had just the loveliest voice.
.. oh, also.. right after I finished singing.. my father delivered one of his more memorable lines to me, too. He really should have been in the theater. He could be just so wonderfully "dramatic." Any case.. he comes up to me when I'm finished and says.. [very "meaningful-like".. as if straight out of a Spencer Tracy movie]:
"Ya' have guts, kid!"
[I mean, could he be any more dramatic??]
.. so.. yeah.. maybe you're beginning to see, my love, all the "strangeness" that's circling around this "singing" thing for me.
.. so.. yeah.. guess I need to see if I still have "guts." Pretty sure I do.. but.. I guess one can always falter too.. so.. just have to see how it goes. Still, I do feel like it could be terribly fun.. that's what keeps me going.. so..
[sigh]
.. alright, my angel. Oh, one of my favorite songs to sing is still that one I wrote down all those verses to.. Johnny Mercer and Richard Whiting's "Just Too Marvelous".. [I really do like imagining I'm singing it to you, my love.. and it's just such a fun number]
.. okay--oh, writing wise.. I'm in deep deep waters just now. Very deep. Dark.
.. let me see if I can pull myself up from the depths through some music..
[I'll go check things out.. see what I find
okay, Tony Bennett is sneaking in now.. definitely an ol' pro at this sort of stuff..
actually, my love.. (my angel).. this is really weird. I was just looking at this number, what with the retro-sort of dance moves..
alright, let me just post this first.. [not the best quality, I'm afraid]..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QSW1lc7 ... re=related
FULL SCREEN..
and what pops into my head?.. Anyhow.
yeah: Anyhow. And what do I imagine?.. I picture you doing Anyhow on stage.. and when it gets to the.. well, "kah-chuh, kah-chuh, kah-chuh" part.. well, then you have these really cool female dancers sort of dance-walking across the stage.. really cool, and jazz-like. [!!]
.. yeah.. that could be just so jazz-retro cool, my love. And maybe have a "silouette" type of thing with the lighting, as the dancers first come out.
[I think I'm hallucinating it now]
Oh. My. God.
OH. MY. GOD.
.. my love.. I think my head is about explode. I mean.. I could really see you.. well.. yeah: adding dance to the whole show. I CAN REALLY REALLY SEE IT!!! [actually, I did modern dance and choreography in high school].. [just another road not taken]
.. but YEAH: I CAN REALLY REALLY SEE IT.
.. and, of course, Bob Fosse pops into my head. But, I mean.. with your music.. and.. well, the right sort of choreography.. and the dance sections wouldn't have to be every number either..
OH. MY. GOD.
..
MY LOVE: .. uh.. okay. You know how you have those female voices in, well, basically ALL of your songs?.. Yeah, well.. THE DANCERS COULD BE WHAT THOSE VOICES ARE IN THE SONGS. You see what I mean?????????????.. The dancers ARE exactly like the female voices in the songs. It's the VISUAL COROLLARY.
[I think I'm imploding now]
.. okay.. I looked for some sort of Fosse-like something, and found this rather "low tech" Spanish production, which has mixed reviews at youtube [whatever that may mean].. but I do rather like it.. and you maybe can get a sketch-like sense of what I might be thinking..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_lCrpXn ... re=related
FULL SCREEN..
.. okay, my angel. I'll just leave you with that to mull over. But.. I mean..
okay, I won't say anything else. Just let things percolate.
.. my kiss to you, my angel.. x.. (you really do excite me, my love).. let me see if I can find something else along these lines..
Okay, this is DEFINITELY dealing with the whole mortality theme.. and it might stir up some ideas given that.. but, I mean.. with your music.. all of its "layering".. there are just so many possibilities.. just SO MANY..
.. (alright, my love.. sweet dreams.. xx x x)..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNcl0L7eJUY
FULL SCREEN..
.. xx x x.. xx xxx .. xxx xxx .. xx x..
later note: .. I feel like I have to add one more note to this, my love.
.. now, what I'm suggesting [above] are "dance elements".. that could be incorporated.. "elements".. that are in some manner integrated with the music, how the stage is set up, etc. I mean, I'm not suggesting you're Bob Fosse or anything. [just to clarify].. it could all be rather subtle, in fact.. so.. [just thought I'd add that]
Re: Daddy's Little Princess.
Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2012 9:28 am
by Violet
.. [EARLIER IN THE DAY]..
.. my love, how are you?
.. I can't say this is the easiest day I'm having. There's a fierce wind out there, for one thing.. and flurries.. and it gets a bit cold in here, too.. and
well, I miss you.
So, I've been going over a bit the "impracticalities" of this dance idea.. [since I may as well see this thing through].. [may as well].. [even if this is just my own "hallucination" that I'm having].. but.. uh
yeah, so you have all these musicians and singers and gear on stage, and there are all these wires and mics 'n stuff..
so, just where are these dancers supposed to be dancing, then?
[one might quite reasonably ask]
.. but THEN.. I remembered that, uh, I don't know.. "dance as life" sort of thing.. where you not only make do with what you're being faced with circumstantially, say.. but you use such "obstructions" as a source of invention, as opposed to a deterrent.
[I think I might have just made that up, but I'm going with it anyway]
so.. anyway.. I did give it some thought.. and even listened to each of your songs from Old Ideas with dance in mind.. [I mean, I actually was dancing to them].. and I concluded that it's possible. You know, I think too.. well, there's the slower pace of much of the album, and I really see that as an asset.
okay, enough on that for now. It was just funny last night how it all sort of "struck" me, suddenly. [??]
[these posts are really LIVE from Violet flower's unpredictable brain center]
.. [AFTER THE GRAMMIES]..
.. my love, I watched the Grammies, and now I feel a bit sick. There could be a connection, but in any case, now I have the chills.
[sigh]
anyway, this was my attempt at catching up with popular culture tonight, and I remain rather underwhelmed. I didn't know Adele until tonight, for example, and while I love her accent, and think she seems real nice 'n all, I can't say I was moved by her singing. Maybe I'll check her out again, but.. so far.. don't quite get what all the fuss is about.
oh, and am I allowed to point out that "every tear is a waterfall" is a, uh
[never mind]
.. oh, and what about the female hip hop artist who was trying WAY too hard to do some sort of Exorcist routine?
[there's a filmmaker named Roman Polanski she might want to look into] [oh, since the name "Roman" was heavily featured]
anyway, at least the Mickey Mouse Club is back. [hadn't realized]
Also on the nostalgia front, I see that the Sunset Strip got notice--what, with the Beach Boys.. and Glen Campbell, who.. [if I'm recalling correctly].. was once a session musician for Phil's Wrecking Crew.. [before he did anti-war ballads that sounded more like marching tunes]
[another sigh]
.. oh, and.. not to sound like a sore sport all the time with stuff like this.. but.. doesn't anybody care that they don't know WHY Whitney Houston died????.. from what I read, she had just been coaching someone for the Grammies, and even performed at a pre-Grammies party.. so.. uh.. what's the deal??
.. but, yeah.. no one seems to care about that "small" detail. [seems like]
[and it's not like I'm a massive fan or anything.. but I just may have to take up her cause] [since no one else is, it seems]
.. anyway, it's terribly sad.
.. alright, well.. I guess it's to bed, and I hope my trusty herbal tincture will have taken care of these chills I'm having by the morning.
.. I did write some good stuff I thought yesterday, which I confirmed in re-reading it today.. so.. I guess I'm a step closer. I'm trying now just to do the final "shaping" of this unwieldy thing. I can't wait to post it, at this point.. and.. well.. then see what's next.
okay.. I do hope all is well with you, my love. Watching the Grammies had me pining for you and your talent, and your taste in musicians, and singers, etc.
.. okay.. just a tender kiss on the cheek, so you don't catch anything.. x.. (my angel)
.. let me see if I can find, uh
[just for kicks]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNK5KzI48mM
FULL SCREEN..
.. xx xx.. xx x.x.. xxx.x..
Re: Daddy's Little Princess.
Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2012 2:53 am
by Violet
[later note: I removed this post. It contained a poem that needed work, and then the rest of the post started bugging me.. so
Re: Daddy's Little Princess.
Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2012 5:49 am
by Violet
[later note: I should not be here tonight. I was looking for something, and everything is bugging me right now.
.. anyway, I decided my "free association" poem has existed on this post long enough]
Re: Daddy's Little Princess.
Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 12:12 am
by Karren B
She writes with a passion that only a woman who feels true love can write!
XXXX
Re: Daddy's Little Princess.
Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 1:03 am
by lonndubh
Karren B wrote:She writes with a passion that only a woman who feels true love can write!
XXXX
I will take your word on that Karren
warning: long descriptions above. didn't read them. get lost to avoid getting bored.
hello, i am weird No, i didn't change my name. That's just what they ..
Re: Daddy's Little Princess.
Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 1:21 am
by Violet
lonndubh wrote:Karren B wrote:She writes with a passion that only a woman who feels true love can write!
XXXX
I will take your word on that Karren
warning: long descriptions above. didn't read them. get lost to avoid getting bored.
hello, i am weird No, i didn't change my name. That's just what they ..
Thanks, Karren. [xx x]
lonndubh, I do wish you would speak more clearly. I'm not sure if I should be hurt or not.. but I think maybe I'm supposed to be. [it seems like]
.. you know, I don't always know what I'm doing as concerns this thread.. so.. it's something of a risk I take sometimes.. but.. I've decided that that's better than fretting over not always being "perfect," which I perfectly know how to do. [believe me, I do] So, I see my willingness to get lost sometimes, as maybe not such a bad thing.
[later note]: I had another thought.. which is that.. well, I wouldn't have posted that last experimental poem, I guess I could call it.. only, every time I read it, I found myself getting rather "engaged" in it.. and I thought that ironic, given I might sweat over a poem, and end up with nothing near that sense of engagement.. so.. that's why I went with it.
Re: Daddy's Little Princess.
Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 1:45 am
by Karren B
Sometimes I think you need to get completely lost before you can find youself.
never appologise for that sweet violet!
And sometimes it's good to get lost in someone elses dreams...
Or maybe I just need to get lost
I have had much wine tonight 
( just a bit delusional)
XXXX
Re: Daddy's Little Princess.
Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 2:44 am
by lonndubh
Karren B wrote:Or maybe I just need to get lost
Ah dont do that
Violet wrote:lonndubh, I do wish you would speak more clearly. I'm not sure if I should be hurt
No Violet please dont be hurt,its just that I m in a 'less is more 'mood tonight
Re: Daddy's Little Princess.
Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 2:49 am
by Violet
lonndubh wrote:
Violet wrote:lonndubh, I do wish you would speak more clearly. I'm not sure if I should be hurt
No Violet please dont be hurt,its just that I m in a 'less is more 'mood tonight
.. who's Les Ismore?.. [that would probably clear the whole thing up, if we could find that out]..
Re: Daddy's Little Princess.
Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 2:59 am
by lonndubh
Re: Daddy's Little Princess.
Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 8:11 am
by Violet
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zw3a4MCZ ... re=related
FULL SCREEN..
.. my love, how are you today?
.. so.. the Dalai Lama.. I do believe he's "speakin' my kinda' talk," actually.
.. I wanted to say, my love.. that something good has come of all the work I did these last two days with the writing, as I forged this path through it all, and now I've just to flesh out one section, and I feel I am done, and can post it. Now, I know I may have said things like that before [!].. but this time, it really seems to be "there" almost. [finally]
.. I know once I'm done with this part of this project, new things can open up. I go through phases where I need to "take in" information.. where my mind feels terribly hungry.. and I've been feeling that way for a while now, as I keep saying to myself.. well, just wait to finish up here.. then you'll do this, or read that.. or research that. So.. I feel my doing that is imminent, at this point.
.. but last night I was far too tired to make a good evaluation as to the writing. It is rather dark material.. but I believe I'm finding a way through that. I guess I've been trying to understand the "mission" of understanding such things.. which sheds light on the "mission" of Agent Longing and Violet. It's funny, lonndubh brought up this idea of being "lost".. and.. I do think it's how one starts anew, almost.. if one allows oneself to be "lost." I think I've been at least half lost for a while now, with this. But it's to ask the characters and the material even.. what maybe is supposed to be "gleaned," as it were.
oh, and what's that line:
forgetfulness is the guardian of pure intention
I no longer recall whose quote that is. [if anyone knows, please enlighten us all].. but I've always loved it.
.. I don't know, ultimately, how "Part I" of this story is going to read, after I put the whole thing together, but I DO know that I've never worked this way before. I guess I've mentioned this already, but, something about posting section by section on line had me going forward with things.. not entirely sure, even, of where I'd already been with these characters.. and so, this was an altogether different kind of writing experience. Perhaps it's opened up something for me, in a sense.. though it's hard to characterize that, exactly.
.. as per the first youtube link [above].. tonight I was watching youtube talks by various teachers and philosophers.. and.. it seems almost impossible to get a hold of the whole range of thought that we as an entire civilization are all born out of. [??] I suppose with some due diligence I can get some deeper understanding.. but.. I wonder too.. since it's not possible to "know" everything.. I wonder.. if.. well, in terms of myself.. if I've developed somewhat this "intuitive" faculty, say.. and if so.. [since, I'm not even sure what that is, exactly].. but if so.. can it guide me to those aspects that I need to learn more about?.. can I rely on this, I don't know--"sense" inside me.. as it has led me to various interesting areas of inquiry in the past. I guess I maybe am answering my own question.. it's to do what I've been doing with the writing.. it's to in some manner "forge this path".. even knowing I am ignorant of so much that lies outside of it.
.. I just thought of this song from this American musical [posted below]. I love how "intellectual" and timely themes get played out in the cleverness of so many of these American lyricists. I guess it's that "high/low" thing that I like.
.. so, my angel.. I do hope all is well with you.. I am once again hopeful that I will be done with the writing, I hope by next week, in fact.. [if not sooner].. [she says hopefully].. and I send you all my love in this kiss.. x.. that all will be well.. (my love)
and
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBFebjOJ1M8
FULL SCREEN..
.. xx xx.. xx xxx.. xx x.. xx x..
Re: Daddy's Little Princess.
Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2012 8:05 am
by Violet
.. my beloved.. how are you?.. I do hope all is well with you, my love.
.. it snowed quite a bit up here today.. maybe five inches or more.. and I didn't make it out to our lake, given the snow stuck to the roads. But yesterday I did, and.. well, all was just grey seeming. There looked to be ice in the water, but it was nothing like that dazzling day, when the ice was so clearly defined... [and the water was that ocean you wrote about].. But, no.. instead.. all was just rather drab. Still, I'm always glad to get out there. It's a kind of "peace of mind" for me.. and you're always there with me too.. (my love)
.. well I've nothing terribly new to say.. but I did think to post here some Einstein quotes, which I found on youtube. If I should make it to writing Part II of Agent Longing and Violet's tale, then I believe Einstein will be included in that. I found just the most interesting theory about his work on the Unified Field Theory.. and.. well, in addition to that, I was to a panel once on physicists working in Quantum Mechanics vs. those in String Theory.. and
.. well.. I won't spill the beans.. other than to say that this rather fascinating theory about it all warrants further investigation.. [are you noting a "pattern" here?].. anyway, that's what I plan on starting to look into once I'm done with Part I. I mean, it's a matter I want to learn about whether or not I write Part II.. [though I sort of hope I do write Part II, as well].. [I just can't think about that right now, until I see what happens with Part I]
.. actually, I wrote something funny for it today, and I was thinking how I am a person of humble needs. If I write one good yuk, I'm really quite content. [yes, all is well in the land of Violet flower, then]
.. anyway.. here's the first Einstein quote..
Buddhism has the characteristics of what would be expected in a cosmic
religion for the future: it transcends a personal God, avoids dogmas and
theology; it covers both the natural and spiritual, and it is based on a
religious sense aspiring from the experience of all things, natural and
spiritual, as a meaningful unity.
[1954, from Albert Einstein: The Human Side, edited by Helen Dukas and
Banesh Hoffman, Princeton Universtiy Press]
oh, and one more little quote from Al:
Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.
[gee.. I used to think Groucho was my "main man".. but, I mean.. did he have a little physics gig on the side??] [me no think so]
.. actually.. I'm THRILLED I found the following scene on youtube. [have I ever told you, my love, HOW much I LOVE youtube???].. [I did?].. [oh
.. anyway.. as an "intellectual teaser".. [having nothing to do with the intellectual teaser that is this scene].. I would just say that there is reason to believe.. [and this "reason" is derived from a credible physicist, by the way].. but, there is serious reason to believe that significant aspects of Einstein's Theory of Relativity were "disproven".. [yes: disproven].. by Einstein himself. [that's all I'll say about it, in part because that's all I can say. I mean, I have a lot of catching up to do before I can say more].. [A LOT].. however, I'd note that
[nevermind]
.. anyway, my angel.. I'll leave you with this surprisingly informative little scene. [well, except for what I said above, which.. well, let's just ignore that for now, since I have no idea what aspect of the theory is possibly nil, at this point].. [sorry to leave you hanging like that].. [my angel].. [it can't be helped just now].. [gotta' finish Part I first]
[!]
.. as for this Nic Roeg film.. I've only seen it once--quite a long time ago.. and I don't have a reference for all the, uh, "inserts" that interrupt the main scene here. In fact, all I ever remember about this film.. [aside from what a trip it is].. is this one particular Theresa Russell scene.. so..
okay, but first.. here's my little good-night kiss, my angel.. x.. (I think I'll listen to your Lullaby now, and get some badly needed zzzzzzz's).. (I miss you, my love).. (and kiss you a few more times.. xx x
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JS0n_fr1Fyo
FULL SCREEN..
.. xx xxx .. xx xxxx.. xx xxx ..
later note: I would just mention that should this theory as to Einstein's disproving relativity prove true, it would have almost incalculable ramifications for us all. [just thought I'd mention]