>"Will Dockery" wrote:
>

>>>>>>>>> That's Eileen:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> http://muddywolf.net/amplifryer/allstars-eileen1_sm-bw.jpg
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> "He was then joined on stage by Eileen d'Esterno, a local sculptor and
>>>>>>>>> painter who began singing the blues in a sultry and sexy voice.

>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> From Shadowville, Eileen will headline in Atlanta and beyond...

>>>
>>> Here she is on the PBS jazz program last year:
>>>
>>> http://myspace-084.vo.llnwd.net/00434/48/04/434414084_l.jpg

>>
>> This just in from old pal Bob Dog on the base of operations in the
>> Atlanta campaign:
>>
>> "Red Light Cafe on Amsterdam av. in midtown atlanta on wed
>> nights--come on down and makeit happen"
>>
>> That area is very significant to me, in 1980-83, I lived at, among
>> other places, on 590 Sherwood Road, then down Monroe on the street that
>> leads to the park a few blocks down from the Amsterdam Valley.
>>
>> http://www.redlightcafe.com/music/openmic.html

>
> The "Bulldog" Amsterdam (in the Leidseplein) is where
> I bought my personal smoke (killer tok)
> when in town... (a few times..) http://www.bulldog.nl/
>
> I have one of their coffee coasters hanging on my wall/cabinets...
> http://Here.nu/BullDog.jpg
>
> They had a coffee shoppe, next to the bar, and on one side
> they sold Cannibis. Papers were free and you could roll and
> smoke at the coffee bar (and the booze bar, I assume..)
>
> Different than the U.S. they sold in "guilder" quantums, not
> by weight... (an ounce etc..)
>
> 100 guilder, 50 guilder, 25 guilder bags of various (over a half-dozen)
> varieties of product. Weight varied by quality.

>>>>>>>>> Whether it was her verses or the swaying of her hips in front of the
>>>>>>>>> still seated Jones, the performance was cut short by Jones'
>>>>>>>>> significant other who rushes on stage only to yank the cable from the
>>>>>>>>> guitar, silencing the room and leaving d'Esterno to ask: "What
>>>>>>>>> happened? Did the cops come?" -Larry Caddell

>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>> You could have got some hellishly hilarious footage last night... but
>>>>>>>>> there'll be many similar events to film if you make it to Shadowville,
>>>>>>>>> /literally/ an endless variety of bizarre characters.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Did you ever try the Sat Map of Linwood Blvd/10th Ave, Ralph Frank's
>>>>>>>>> http://www.ralphabetz.com place on the corner? Should be just a frame
>>>>>>>>> north of: http://Here.Nu/Col.jpg

>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> http://here.nu/Col2.jpg

>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'll have a look, hope the shot is clear enough to see the property
>>>>>>> clearly. You should be able to see the big hospital area basically
>>>>>>> across the street...

>>>>>>
>>>>>> And a handy cemetery...

>>>>>
>>>>> That's an old graveyard from the Civil War era and earlier, the creator
>>>>> of Coca-Cola, John Pemberton is buried there:
>>>>> http://www.historiclinwood.org/tour.htm

>>>>
>>>> Penberton sold Coca-Cola for $2,300.... 1889---

>>>
>>> Strange guy, a big hero to the people of Shadowville:
>>>
>>> ----
>>> From: WRBRL-TV News Channel 3 (wrbl...@cbus.mindspring.com)
>>> Subject: An inch saves Coca-Cola.......?
>>> View: Complete Thread (5 articles)
>>> Newsgroups: alt.history.what-if
>>> Date: 1996/06/18
>>> Just an interesting tidbit. There would be no coke if one stray
>>> mini-ball had hit John Pemberton an inch or two higher.
>>> A week after Lee surrendered at Appomatox and a few days after Lincoln
>>>
>>> was shot, a huge force of Union cavalry led by Gen. James Wilson was
>>> bearing down on Columbus, Georgia. It's goal was to strike across the
>>> Chattahoochee River into the heart of Georgia. During the battle,
>>> which took place in Phenix City, Alabama, a Columbus pharmacist named
>>> John Pemberton charged across one of the bridges into the teeth of the
>>> Union advance. He was slashed with a saber and shot. Only the quick
>>> thinking of a friend saved his life by leading him off the field of
>>> battle.
>>> The wounds were painful, and Pemberton worked most of his life to find
>>>
>>> an adequate pain killer. He experimented with what was thought to be
>>> the miracle drug of the day: coca leaves (cocaine to me and you). He
>>> came up with a concoction some years later in Atlanta. IT didn't go
>>> over big as a pain remedy, but did go over big as a fountain drink: it
>>> was Coca-Cola.
>>> So the next time you're pondering alternative histories while drinking
>>>
>>> down a nice cool coke, remember only by the grace of God are you
>>> enjoying a coke.

>
> The cocaine was removed from Coke in the early 1900's, not
> by Penberton. ( seems... )

>>> ----
>>>

>>>>> Linwood used to be a nice place for hanging out, drinking beer and
>>>>> whatnot

> for teenagers in the 1970s, and perhaps still these days:

>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.angelfire.com/ia2/spookystuff/linwoodcemetary.html

>>>>
>>>> I hesitate to say how I /feel/ about cemeteries... :)

>>>
>>> The Google archives are close enough for me.

>
> "Julia" liked to suck cock in cemeteries...

>>>>>>>> I assume I'll sell my car and get a small 50-75cc scooter.
>>>>>>>> Carry on the back rack... easy...
>>>>>>>> Hoping Gary can help.

>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Yeah, I'm 99%% certain he can. Oh yeah, I remember him saying something
>>>>>>> like right now would be a good time to do this, before something like a
>>>>>>> full time job comes up or something. You got his telephone number last
>>>>>>> night, right?

>>>>>>
>>>>>> Yeah. If he came out now and worked lazily, perhaps we'd be ready
>>>>>> when my rent is /up/.

>>>
>>> Email me his telephone number and I'll find out what's up on this
>>> side... I'm not that big on phones so i foget to get one from him, and
>>> he has no interest in emails/computers. Otherwise I peobably won't see
>>> him again until Tuesday at SoHo at the Songwriter Show.
>>>

>>>>>> This isn't a gigantic rush. Supposedly I have a 30 day notice, and
>>>>>> rent is $700/month. I've already paid for Sept.

>>>>
>>>> +++ $150 for electricity to run the A/C

>>>
>>> Probably a matter of just running a wire to your van from whatever
>>> location you set up in, whether Ralph's place or the Coin-Op, or
>>> another... one of those two seem like the best choices currently.
>>> There's also Anthony's RV Park, we've written about before, Gary
>>> Frankfurt might have even better ideas.

>
> Needs a lot of Amps... I could buy cable.
> Maybe...

>>>>> You should be able to cut that cost by at least half here in
>>>>> Shadowville.

>>>>
>>>> Yeah, probably... I can reduce in it a lot of places.
>>>> Escondido is a fucking affluent suburb of SD.
>>>>
>>>> Medical stuff is pretty good, but rent and food are high.
>>>>
>>>> I did the /Medical/ thing (complete with MRI's) and there is no help.
>>>>
>>>> Gee... I bet a Detroit ghetto is a bargain.

>>>
>>> Welfare checks and food stamps come with that deal as a /given/, gay
>>> poen theft optional.
>>>
>>> I'll take you by Macon Road BBQ to meet Mike Cook, a childhood pal,
>>> maybe get a video interview with him.

>
> O Boi... :)