Political Man stopped by the floating book shop today. On his way to the store he spewed his usual left wing views. On his way home he glowed about a new CD just arrived in the mail, the Best of Neil Young, which features his work, studio and live, until 1970. I asked PM if he'd ever seen the clip of Rockin' in the Free World from a 1989 Saturday Night Live, as good a hard rock performance as there will ever be. Recently, my buddy Bags emailed an excerpt of an article about that show. Young hates television and hates shows where he does only one song. In order to maximize his performance, he hired a personal trainer to work him for a half-hour into a mid-show peak. It shows. Here's that clip: http://thecarversite.com/yetanotherforum/default.aspx?g=posts&t=4426 If you're not a fan of rowdy music, beware.
Political Man also mentioned an outdoor summer concert he attended back in the day that starred Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. His group was in the last row, passing around a bong. A bus pulled up and a bunch of hippies got out. They noticed the guys getting stoned and asked if they could drink the bong water! PM says the thought nauseated him. I was laughing so hard I neglected to ask if they actually gave the water up.
I'd sold out my stock of books in Russian, so I needed something to fill the space along the ledge of the garden where I display them. I chose a couple of pictorials a friend recently donated. As I exited the building, a gentleman who approached me weeks ago asked if I'd like to see the books he wanted to donate. He's selling his apartment, moving to the opposite wing and wants the least possible items to move. 90% of the books are in Russian. Most of those in English are very marketable. Only ten or so are in a condition too poor for sale. One is a huge Russian dictionary, three to five pounds. It took me four trips to get them all, and a half-hour to sort them when I returned from the day's session. Fortunately, only one floor separates our apartments. Spasibo, sir. And my thanks to all the kind folks who made purchases today, especially Herbie, who bought January Valentine's latest, Wheel Wolf.
Vic's 4th Novel: http://tinyurl.com/bszwlxh
Vic's 3rd Novel: http://tinyurl.com/7e9jty3
Vic's Website: http://members.tripod.com/vic_fortezza/Literature/
Vic's Short Story Collection (Print or Kindle): http://www.tiny.cc/Oycgb
Vic's 2nd Novel: http://tinyurl.com/6b86st6
Vic's 1st Novel: http://tiny.cc/94t5h
Vic's Screenplay on Kindle: http://tinyurl.com/cyckn3
Vic’s Short Story on Kindle: http://tinyurl.com/k95k3nx
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