Bluesman Mike Lindner Wrote:I've always said she's the flower of the flock and her smile's worth bottling. But as long as we're talkin' Oirish here, bk, this might give you a laugh. My friend John Keel knew Brendan Behan. "What was he like, John? Nice guy?" "Oh, God, Lindner. He was insufferable. I'd be at the bar, nursing a draft, trying to think of one-liners for Merv Griffin the next day, and Behan would come up, 'How are yez, Johnny! Aren't you the grand man! Still writin' for Merv, are yez?' And he'd be surrounded by these leeches whose only interest was his money. It was a pathetic scene. And just when you think he'd passed out, his big head on his chest and snoring, just when you got some peace, he'd wake up and start screaming, 'Who the fuck are you? Where's me fucking money?' And the leeches would get him a whiskey or ten. And then he'd start singing Irish folk songs in a horrible cracked tenor." "Why didn't the bartender throw him out, John?" "Eventually they did. When he ran out of money and there were no leeches around to leave a $20--a lot of money back then, Lindner--they did throw him out. Christ. At the end, he'd pull his unit out and piss on the bar. Ugly scene. Come to think of it, Lindner, you might have gotten along with him."
I find it a bit depressing that a thread that started as a good deed with Lisa buying a book to pass along has turned into someone pissing on a bar. (We are so distracted by shiny objects:p )
KRW Wrote:I find it a bit depressing that a thread that started as a good deed with Lisa buying a book to pass along has turned into someone pissing on a bar. (We are so distracted by shiny objects:p )
I couldn't agree with you more, Ken. But that's life.
Lisa Wrote:LOL. Well, I'll just keep bumping the thread up occasionally. There must be some newbie out there who hasn't read The Select!It's a crime that no one wants it. This is prob my favorite non-RJ/AC book of his. I'd take it but I already have a HB and pb.
The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. ... The piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality, and of our frightful position therein, that we shall either go mad from the revelation or flee from the light into the peace and safety of a new dark age.
~ Howard Phillips Lovecraft
jimbow8 Wrote:It's a crime that no one wants it. This is prob my favorite non-RJ/AC book of his. I'd take it but I already have a HB and pb.
It is a fine book, Jim. But for my fave non-Jack yarn, I'd go with IMPLANT. Wait a minute, there's FIFTH HARMONIC and there's...
This post was last modified: 04-16-2007, 11:24 PM by Bluesman Mike Lindner.
If this thread had been titled "Who Wants A Freebie from Lisa?" there would have been like a thousand hits by now.
it's all in the presentation.
it's all in the presentation.
ccosborne3 Wrote:If this thread had been titled "Who Wants A Freebie from Lisa?" there would have been like a thousand hits by now.
it's all in the presentation.
Oh, ccos...what a dirty-minded dog you are... And I laughed...how am I any better?...
Lisa Wrote:Thanks for the tip, Chris! LOL!
Well, Chris is right. It's not the steak, it's the sizzle. (All this for a book you want to give away? Mercy!)
Lisa Wrote:Thanks for the tip, Chris! LOL!
Just remember, I live closest to you. And on that note I believe I'll retire for the evening. Night' all.
