Re: New Years day

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Wonderful story, Harold--getting married at St. Mark's and being able to
return to that happy atmosphere for the PP events!

I'll bet living and going out in NYC it was bittersweet to hear Lenny read a
poem about CB's.
I probably would have cried. I can't imagine if an institution existed here in
Seattle like that, spawning so many great artists for literally decades, and
then.... We did have something like that but for a shorter time, the Central
Tavern. We held poetry slams on weekdays, jazz on Tuesdays, and on the
weekends it was home to Nirvana, Soundgarden, Alice In Chains, and all the
other grunge bands that made our town Liverpool for a minute back there in the
90s until they became too popular to play bars. What times those were!
So many bands....so much beer! :\

Unfortunately it switched hands and became another singles' bar in 1990.
Luckilly I had been on the scene long before the Central changed hands in the
80s. The core group of music nuts who hung there for the atmosphere (lots of
punkers invaded and persuaded the new owner when he bought it in around 1983
to start booking what has come to be called 'alternative' bands, and
rockabilly too. We had ALOT of fun! We lived there, practically! There was a
loft in the place that we spent many an after-hours in, and my ex was the cook
for a few years. I was fortunate to see the "famous" Nirvana show where only
12 people came in the mid-80s, (ha!) and SO many other shows. It was very hard
to let go of that place. I can't fathom the institution that CBs was having to
move or whatever Hillie ends up doing with it. I'd love to have heard Lenny's
poem.

All that aside, I have a Question: What was the 'one chord'?!

XO-Glenna (ever the stickler!)
Happy New Year to you too, let's hope 06 will be better than rotten old 05!!
  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Harold Appel
  To: babel-list
  Sent: Monday, January 02, 2006 6:20 AM
  Subject: New Years day


  For 32 years the Poetry Project at the Saint Marks Church has a poetry
  marathon on New Years Day and Patti was there again. She usually reads a
  poem but last night played a guitar (one chord used as rhythm) and sang
  Gandhi Gandhi. Sang it as a poem-not sure how to explain that. It was
  wonderful. As someone adjusted the mike for her guitar she said "that's
  OK, it's only one chord." And it was! Lenny had earlier read a piece
  about CBGB that was great as well. Jim Carroll read an amazing poem.
  It's a fantastic event. I live across the street and was married there
  so I usually attend. Allan Ginsberg once was entering the front door as
  I was leaving but I was too astounded to say anything to him. Happy New
  Year to you all.
  Harold Appel