[tcb] Re: John Lennon and me. No bus content
- From: Neil McGlothin <nbmdude@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2005 09:46:12 -0800 (PST)
You've GOT to hear the "Fatal Justice" story from
Denis! I laughed so hard my face and sides hurt!
Still waiting on BlockBuster to send that movie to
us...its been PENDING for months!
Yep, Denis and Jan are some of the coolest folks
around.
It has been my great pleasure to have made their
aquaintance...
--- Brian Denning <i_am_cool_fred@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Denis you are the coolest, man, i would love to come
> up to your house and
> just listen to some stories and experiences you have
> had. i know you have a
> lot of amazing ones. listening to you and sharon
> talk about concerts ya'll
> have been to is freakin' cool. since i am a baby
> compared to all you guys
> and haven't experienced even close to what you have
> experienced it is cool
> to hear stories like this.
>
> the fabubus is gutted out (bus content)
>
> DISCLAIMER: the writer of this is in no way
> attmepting to offend anybody by
> making references in age.
>
> >From: "Denis Dodson" <coocoo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Reply-To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >To: <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Subject: [tcb] John Lennon and me. No bus
> content
> >Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2005 18:47:50 -0600
> >
> >Several times today I heard on the news that this
> is the 25th anniversary
> >of the death of John Lennon.
> >
> >In December of 1980 I was living in New York City
> and was as poor as I ever
> >have been in my life. I had arrived in The City
> only 2 months earlier after
> >8 years living in the woods of Oregon. I was,
> basically, an exile as a
> >result of extremely poor decisions and a monster
> drug habit. I had been
> >sent to The City to learn to live or die.
> >
> >Surprisingly, I found work almost right away, not
> enough work to survive,
> >but enough to keep me alive until I figured out how
> to.
> >
> >That day I had worked on a blue jeans commercial, a
> crewperson, nobody
> >wants to see a close-up of my ass, not then and not
> now. Afterwards I had
> >gone with people who invited me to have drinks,
> knowing that they would
> >have to buy. We went to a bar on Columbus at 72nd
> Street.
> >
> >It was fun and loud and then everything got quiet
> and the TVs all had still
> >pictures of John Lennon. John Lennon was a Westside
> NY institution. He was
> >commonly seen. He was a New Yorker. No big deal.
> >
> >You know when you see a still picture on the TV,
> something, probably bad
> >has happened. Every person in that bar walked
> outside, to the corner and
> >looked two blocks up 72nd where there was a
> massive crowd and flashing
> >lights and TV trucks with huge flood lamps.
> >
> >John Lennon had been killed signing an autograph.
> The killer didn't have to
> >fight his way through security or use a high
> powered rifle or a machine
> >gun. All he had to do was wait until John came
> home.
> >
> >Of course, we were all stunned. The evening was
> over. I got on the subway
> >to go home to 56th Street. I got off at Columbus
> Circle and when I walked
> >up to the street level, I was surprised to see the
> same thing, big floods
> >and cop car lights, and a woman came up to me and
> told me that John Lennon
> >had been shot and brought here. She thinks he's
> dead. He had been shot 2
> >blocks from where I stood and declared dead 3
> blocks for my house.
> >
> >Manhattan Island is really a small town, it is only
> about 15 blocks wide. I
> >never thought about it that way until the night
> that John Lennon died. Now
> >when people ask me when did I live in New York, I
> think of John Lennon.
> >
> >P.S. I know it has nothing to do with VWs, but I
> like all you guys and felt
> >like venting.
>
>
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thinking. But the job is to seek mystery, evoke mystery, plant a garden in
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