baloney

On May 21, 7:45 am, Will Dockery <will.dock...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Rule are there to be broken.
>
> How about OB's criticism of the rhymes I use? Near rhymes make it more
> interesting for me.
>
Well, I'd have prefered closer rhymes, but I'm not
going to quibble when someone who prefers a
looser style plays with form.

OB can criticize your rhymes if he wishes;
George is using criticism as a learning tool.
If critics stick to your poems, thank them,
then use it or forget it as you wish.

My verse is pretty tight, that's what works for me.
As I said, for me poetry is creative word game,
something to drain creative energy before it
causes trouble.
>
> Well, in the first three weeks we've had blues, folk, even a couple of
> young punk bands in addition to the poetry readings... generally the
> kind of night you might expect if I'm hosting: "Everyone's Welcome."
>
Sounds like fun.

On The Highways and Bi-Ways God Built

In article <1179753697.252879.81210@b40g2000prd.googlegroups. com>, baloney
says...
>
>On May 21, 7:45 am, Will Dockery <will.dock...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > Rule are there to be broken.
>>
>> How about OB's criticism of the rhymes I use? Near rhymes make it more
>> interesting for me.
>>
>Well, I'd have prefered closer rhymes, but I'm not
>going to quibble when someone who prefers a
>looser style plays with form.
>
>OB can criticize your rhymes if he wishes;
>George is using criticism as a learning tool.
>If critics stick to your poems, thank them,
>then use it or forget it as you wish.
>
>My verse is pretty tight, that's what works for me.
>As I said, for me poetry is creative word game,
>something to drain creative energy before it
>causes trouble.
>>
>> Well, in the first three weeks we've had blues, folk, even a couple of
>> young punk bands in addition to the poetry readings... generally the
>> kind of night you might expect if I'm hosting: "Everyone's Welcome."
>>
>Sounds like fun.

sounds like a pathetic fantasy on his part.

most sincerely,

GodBuilt


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baloney

>
> >> Well, in the first three weeks we've had blues, folk, even a couple of
> >> young punk bands in addition to the poetry readings... generally the
> >> kind of night you might expect if I'm hosting: "Everyone's Welcome."
>
> >Sounds like fun.
>
> sounds like a pathetic fantasy on his part.
>
Why do you care? Will seems to enjoys hosting these hootenanies,
and I wish him well with it.

Here something you might find more fun.
Henry V was great and the old man only
fell asleep twice.

On The Highways and Bi-Ways God Built

In article <1179764096.805666.247180@x35g2000prf.googlegroups .com>, baloney
says...
>
>
>>
>> >> Well, in the first three weeks we've had blues, folk, even a couple of
>> >> young punk bands in addition to the poetry readings... generally the
>> >> kind of night you might expect if I'm hosting: "Everyone's Welcome."
>>
>> >Sounds like fun.
>>
>> sounds like a pathetic fantasy on his part.
>>
>Why do you care? Will seems to enjoys hosting these hootenanies,
>and I wish him well with it.

you encourage his lying, KatBaloneyperson. one shouldn't encourage lying. i
really doubt he's in charge of these things. more likely he's a participant, and
he simply knows the person who is in charge. the man delivers pizza for a living
and steals from the government. he has all the ambition of a formica table top,
so i doubt he has the ability to arrange events of any kind.

well, don't worry, he'll turn on you the first time you tell him something he
doesn't want to hear. he always does.

>Here something you might find more fun.
>Henry V was great and the old man only
>fell asleep twice.

during what parts did he sleep? the beginning can be rousing, and of course
Agincourt parts (mass killing of the French!! what could be more inspiring?).
but the parts just before the battle where Henry wanders around the camp at
night can seem slow to the non-Shakespearean. just curious.

most sincerely,

GodBuilt


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Meat Plow

On Mon, 21 May 2007 11:26:59 -0700, On The Highways and Bi-Ways God Built
wrote:

> In article <1179764096.805666.247180@x35g2000prf.googlegroups .com>, baloney
> says...
>>
>>
>>>
>>> >> Well, in the first three weeks we've had blues, folk, even a couple of
>>> >> young punk bands in addition to the poetry readings... generally the
>>> >> kind of night you might expect if I'm hosting: "Everyone's Welcome."
>>>
>>> >Sounds like fun.
>>>
>>> sounds like a pathetic fantasy on his part.
>>>
>>Why do you care? Will seems to enjoys hosting these hootenanies,
>>and I wish him well with it.
>
> you encourage his lying, KatBaloneyperson. one shouldn't encourage lying. i
> really doubt he's in charge of these things. more likely he's a participant, and
> he simply knows the person who is in charge. the man delivers pizza for a living
> and steals from the government. he has all the ambition of a formica table top,
> so i doubt he has the ability to arrange events of any kind.
>
> well, don't worry, he'll turn on you the first time you tell him something he
> doesn't want to hear. he always does.

I doubt any person with any sense would allow dockery to be in charge of
anything. These hootenannies as they have been dubbed are promoting
business and new customers. Certainly not a situation that you would put a
lying, dirty, stumbling drunken fool in charge of.

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On The Highways and Bi-Ways God Built

In article <upgk0.oje.19.1@news.alt.net>, Meat Plow says...
>
>On Mon, 21 May 2007 11:26:59 -0700, On The Highways and Bi-Ways God Built
>wrote:
>
>> In article <1179764096.805666.247180@x35g2000prf.googlegroups .com>, baloney
>> says...
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> >> Well, in the first three weeks we've had blues, folk, even a couple of
>>>> >> young punk bands in addition to the poetry readings... generally the
>>>> >> kind of night you might expect if I'm hosting: "Everyone's Welcome."
>>>>
>>>> >Sounds like fun.
>>>>
>>>> sounds like a pathetic fantasy on his part.
>>>>
>>>Why do you care? Will seems to enjoys hosting these hootenanies,
>>>and I wish him well with it.
>>
>> you encourage his lying, KatBaloneyperson. one shouldn't encourage lying. i
>>really doubt he's in charge of these things. more likely he's a participant, and
>>he simply knows the person who is in charge. the man delivers pizza for a living
>>and steals from the government. he has all the ambition of a formica table top,
>> so i doubt he has the ability to arrange events of any kind.
>>
>> well, don't worry, he'll turn on you the first time you tell him something he
>> doesn't want to hear. he always does.
>
>I doubt any person with any sense would allow dockery to be in charge of
>anything. These hootenannies as they have been dubbed are promoting
>business and new customers. Certainly not a situation that you would put a
>lying, dirty, stumbling drunken fool in charge of.

exactly. i'm sure he's at most a participant and that's about all. of course in
his sad little pointed-head fantasy universe he's the guy in charge, the "host."

most sincerely,

GodBuilt


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Barbara's Cat

On The Highways and Bi-Ways God Built said:

> Meat Plow says...
>
> > On The Highways and Bi-Ways God Built wrote:
> >
> >> baloney says...
> >>
> >>> On The Highways and Bi-Ways God Built wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> baloney says...
> >>>>
> >>>>> Goober Duck Will "Crybaby" Dockery quacked:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> Well, in the first three weeks we've had blues, folk, even a couple of
> >>>>>> young punk bands in addition to the poetry readings... generally the
> >>>>>> kind of night you might expect if I'm hosting: "Everyone's Welcome."
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Sounds like fun.
> >>>>
> >>>> sounds like a pathetic fantasy on his part.
> >>>
> >>> Why do you care? Will seems to enjoys hosting these hootenanies,
> >>> and I wish him well with it.
> >>
> >> you encourage his lying, KatBaloneyperson. one shouldn't encourage lying. i
> >> really doubt he's in charge of these things. more likely he's a participant, and
> >> he simply knows the person who is in charge. the man delivers pizza for a living
> >> and steals from the government. he has all the ambition of a formica table top,
> >> so i doubt he has the ability to arrange events of any kind.
> >>
> >> well, don't worry, he'll turn on you the first time you tell him something he
> >> doesn't want to hear. he always does.
> >
> > I doubt any person with any sense would allow dockery to be in charge of
> > anything. These hootenannies as they have been dubbed are promoting
> > business and new customers. Certainly not a situation that you would put a
> > lying, dirty, stumbling drunken fool in charge of.
>
> exactly. i'm sure he's at most a participant and that's about all. of course in
> his sad little pointed-head fantasy universe he's the guy in charge, the "host."

Surely you're not implying that that is reminiscent of
Duck's "Me and my band perform on stage every Tuesday
night at the SOHO" which turned out to be Duck reading
index cards at SOHO's Open Mike Night while staggering
in front of SOHO's house (not Duck's) band? Geezizfuq,
God Built, that would have to mean that Duck is a liar.

Oh, wait ...

never mind.

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On The Highways and Bi-Ways God Built

In article <MPG.20bbc60173fdc0dd989ed8@127.0.0.1>, Barbara's Cat says...
>
>On The Highways and Bi-Ways God Built said:
>
>> Meat Plow says...
>>
>> > On The Highways and Bi-Ways God Built wrote:
>> >
>> >> baloney says...
>> >>
>> >>> On The Highways and Bi-Ways God Built wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>> baloney says...
>> >>>>
>> >>>>> Goober Duck Will "Crybaby" Dockery quacked:
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>> Well, in the first three weeks we've had blues, folk, even a couple of
>> >>>>>> young punk bands in addition to the poetry readings... generally the
>> >>>>>> kind of night you might expect if I'm hosting: "Everyone's Welcome."
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Sounds like fun.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> sounds like a pathetic fantasy on his part.
>> >>>
>> >>> Why do you care? Will seems to enjoys hosting these hootenanies,
>> >>> and I wish him well with it.
>> >>
>>>> you encourage his lying, KatBaloneyperson. one shouldn't encourage lying. i
>>>> really doubt he's in charge of these things. more likely he's a participant,
>>and
>>>> he simply knows the person who is in charge. the man delivers pizza for a
>>living
>>>> and steals from the government. he has all the ambition of a formica table
>>top,
>> >> so i doubt he has the ability to arrange events of any kind.
>> >>
>>>> well, don't worry, he'll turn on you the first time you tell him something he
>> >> doesn't want to hear. he always does.
>> >
>> > I doubt any person with any sense would allow dockery to be in charge of
>> > anything. These hootenannies as they have been dubbed are promoting
>> > business and new customers. Certainly not a situation that you would put a
>> > lying, dirty, stumbling drunken fool in charge of.
>>
>>exactly. i'm sure he's at most a participant and that's about all. of course in
>>his sad little pointed-head fantasy universe he's the guy in charge, the "host."
>
>Surely you're not implying that that is reminiscent of
>Duck's "Me and my band perform on stage every Tuesday
>night at the SOHO" which turned out to be Duck reading
>index cards at SOHO's Open Mike Night while staggering
>in front of SOHO's house (not Duck's) band? Geezizfuq,
>God Built, that would have to mean that Duck is a liar.
>
>Oh, wait ...
>
>never mind.

yes, B'sC, rather shocking, huh? dockery a liar.... it's just shocking.

next someone will be accusing him of lying about stealing Renay's art.

heaven forbid.

most sincerely,

GodBuilt


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Will Dockery

"baloney" wrote:
>>Will Dockery wrote:
>
> > >> Well, in the first three weeks we've had blues, folk, even a couple
of
> > >> young punk bands in addition to the poetry readings... generally the
> > >> kind of night you might expect if I'm hosting: "Everyone's Welcome."
> >
> > >Sounds like fun.

<GB's asinine jeering snipped>

> Why do you care? Will seems to enjoys hosting these hootenanies,
> and I wish him well with it.

Yeah, every week brings a surprise as word gets out and new as well as
familar people show up.

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Meat Plow

On Mon, 21 May 2007 17:00:23 -0400, Will Dockery wrote:

>
> "baloney" wrote:
>>>Will Dockery wrote:
>>
>> > >> Well, in the first three weeks we've had blues, folk, even a couple
> of
>> > >> young punk bands in addition to the poetry readings... generally the
>> > >> kind of night you might expect if I'm hosting: "Everyone's Welcome."
>> >
>> > >Sounds like fun.
>
> <GB's asinine jeering snipped>
>
>> Why do you care? Will seems to enjoys hosting these hootenanies,
>> and I wish him well with it.
>
> Yeah, every week brings a surprise as word gets out and new as well as
> familar people show up.

Surprise as in their facial and verbal reactions to seeing a drunken
disheveled you mumbling and stumbling nonsense into a live microphone.
The regs ignore you and the noobs run out the door laughing hysterically.

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Will Dockery

"On The Highways and Bi-Ways God Built" wrote:
>
>he's the guy in charge, the "host."

You're confused, as usual, GB:

The "guy in charge" would be the owner-manager-bartender.

I "host", meaning I take care of sign ups and introducing the performers, as
well as doing a set or two with the band.

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Stuart Leichter

in article 2131a$46521460$18d62320$9883@KNOLOGY.NET, Will Dockery at
will.dockery@knology.net wrote on 5/21/07 5:51 PM:

>
> "On The Highways and Bi-Ways God Built" wrote:
>>
>> he's the guy in charge, the "host."
>
> You're confused, as usual, GB:
>
> The "guy in charge" would be the owner-manager-bartender.
>
> I "host", meaning I take care of sign ups and introducing the performers, as
> well as doing a set or two with the band.

It's not like that at Hemingway's on Tuesday nights in the Back Room. The
"guy in charge" locks away the PA system and adjusts the ac in summer, the
heat in winter, and you might say he -- on behalf of the tavern's proprietor
-- is the "host", though he's never in the Back Room. Jimmy (the poet guy)
is "in charge" of the Summer Poetry Series and also the host of each Tuesday
night's readings. He schedules the readers in April or May for the series,
which runs through August. Certain nights have 'guest' hosts, like Michael
who showcases his workshop poets, which also places him "in charge"; or like
the Pittsburgh Society of Poets, whose president takes charge for that
evening. Jimmy passes around the yellow sign-up sheet for the open-mic
readings, and also the basket for tips to the servers. Sometimes the reader
is in charge by dint of skill and brass. The place became called Hemingway's
to keep, and to attract new, Pitt's student writers feeling "in charge". It
was Gustine's before Hemingway's, owned (maybe) by Frankie Gustine, the
great Pirates first-baseman, which is relative, of course, since the Pirates
never had as much as a good first-baseman until Willie Stargell got too old
to play the outfield. Yeah, I know, Dale Long hit home runs in 8 consecutive
games to set the record, and Ted Kluszewski played there, but after he'd
been a Reds star. Forbes Field was two streets over from Gustine's. No
no-hitter was ever pitched at Forbes Field (1909-1970), and no one ever hit
it out of Forbes Field at straight-away center field; but on a Sunday of a
Koufax-Drysdale double-headerI saw the first two batters hit home runs off
Sandy Koufax, and then watched him retire the next 27 in a game that Willie
Davis hit an inside-the-park home run. The Pirates hosted all their games in
three different ballparks, and I've been to each of them.

On The Highways and Bi-Ways God Built

In article <2131a$46521460$18d62320$9883@KNOLOGY.NET>, Will Dockery says...
>
>
>"On The Highways and Bi-Ways God Built" wrote:
>>
>>he's the guy in charge, the "host."
>
>You're confused, as usual, GB:
>
>The "guy in charge" would be the owner-manager-bartender.
>
>I "host", meaning I take care of sign ups and introducing the performers, as
>well as doing a set or two with the band.

you're the only person who does this? i rather doubt it. you tend to lie a lot
about your participation in things, dockery, so i would imagine your idea of
"introducing" people is more like you hog the mic every time someone new comes
up to the stage.

your lies are pretty evident.

most sincerely,

GodBuilt


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Will Dockery

On May 21, 7:03 pm, Stuart Leichter wrote:
>Will Dockery wrote on 5/21/07 5:51 PM:
>
> > The "guy in charge" would be the owner-manager-bartender.
>
> > I "host", meaning I take care of sign ups and introducing the
performers, as
> > well as doing a set or two with the band.
>
> It's not like that at Hemingway's on Tuesday nights in the Back Room. The
> "guy in charge" locks away the PA system

We bring our own PA, mics, soundboard and drums on Thursday, set it up and
then I either kick it off with a Shadowville All-Stars set or introduce
someone else if they want to go on first... "hosting".

The bartender is in "charge", selling drinks and running the place.

> and adjusts the ac in summer, the
> heat in winter, and you might say he -- on behalf of the tavern's
proprietor
> -- is the "host", though he's never in the Back Room. Jimmy (the poet guy)
> is "in charge" of the Summer Poetry Series and also the host of each
Tuesday
> night's readings. He schedules the readers in April or May for the series,
> which runs through August. Certain nights have 'guest' hosts, like Michael
> who showcases his workshop poets, which also places him "in charge";

Of the stage, I assume, not the actual bar.

>or like
> the Pittsburgh Society of Poets, whose president takes charge for that
> evening. Jimmy passes around the yellow sign-up sheet for the open-mic
> readings, and also the basket for tips to the servers. Sometimes the
reader
> is in charge by dint of skill and brass. The place became called
Hemingway's
> to keep, and to attract new, Pitt's student writers feeling "in charge".
It
> was Gustine's before Hemingway's, owned (maybe) by Frankie Gustine, the
> great Pirates first-baseman

Yeah, sounds like the place has quite a history (Google):

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Posted by: Sam M | April 12, 2006 at 06:54 AM

Hmm, I remember "bar next to the fern bar that became Hemmingway's (now
Boomarang's?)" on Fifth ave in Oakland back in 1978 had Guinness. It was an
old baseball bar. I think they had trim grill/screen near the bar made from
bats? Maybe.

Posted by: Jonathan Barnes | April 12, 2006 at 06:37 PM

The bar that became Hemmingway's was called Gustine's, run by one-time
Pirates third baseman, Frank Gustine. Tons of Pirates pictures on the wall.
I can only remember the place in black and white.
----

Rhino's has been around about a year, before that it was Mad Hatter Club...
not much "history" to it yet... we're making it now.

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Stuart Leichter

in article 16b05$4653f760$18d62320$26152@KNOLOGY.NET, Will Dockery at
will.dockery@knology.net wrote on 5/23/07 4:13 AM:

> On May 21, 7:03 pm, Stuart Leichter wrote:
>> Will Dockery wrote on 5/21/07 5:51 PM:
>>
>>>>> The "guy in charge" would be the owner-manager-bartender.
>>>>
>>>>> I "host", meaning I take care of sign ups and introducing the
> performers, as
>>>>> well as doing a set or two with the band.
>>>>
>>>> It's not like that at Hemingway's on Tuesday nights in the Back Room.
> The
>>>> "guy in charge" locks away the PA system
>>>
>>> We bring our own PA, mics, soundboard and drums on Thursday, set it up
> and
>>> then I either kick it off with a Shadowville All-Stars set or introduce
>>> someone else if they want to go on first... "hosting".
>>>
>>> The bartender is in "charge", selling drinks and running the place.
>>>
>>>> and adjusts the ac in summer, the
>>>> heat in winter, and you might say he -- on behalf of the tavern's
>>> proprietor
>>>> -- is the "host", though he's never in the Back Room. Jimmy (the poet
> guy)
>>>> is "in charge" of the Summer Poetry Series and also the host of each
>>> Tuesday
>>>> night's readings. He schedules the readers in April or May for the
> series,
>>>> which runs through August. Certain nights have 'guest' hosts, like
> Michael
>>>> who showcases his workshop poets, which also places him "in charge";
>>>
>>> Of the stage, I assume, not the actual bar.
>>>
>>>> or like
>>>> the Pittsburgh Society of Poets, whose president takes charge for that
>>>> evening. Jimmy passes around the yellow sign-up sheet for the open-mic
>>>> readings, and also the basket for tips to the servers. Sometimes the
>>> reader
>>>> is in charge by dint of skill and brass. The place became called
>>> Hemingway's
>>>> to keep, and to attract new, Pitt's student writers feeling "in
> charge".
>>> It
>>>> was Gustine's before Hemingway's, owned (maybe) by Frankie Gustine, the
>>>> great Pirates first-baseman
>>>
>>> Yeah, sounds like the place has quite a history (Google):
>>>
>>> ----
>>> http://antirust.typepad.com/my_weblo...urgh_cult.html
>>>
>>> Posted by: Sam M | April 12, 2006 at 06:54 AM
>>>
>>> Hmm, I remember "bar next to the fern bar that became Hemmingway's (now
>>> Boomarang's?)" on Fifth ave in Oakland back in 1978 had Guinness. It was
> an
>>> old baseball bar. I think they had trim grill/screen near the bar made
> from
>>> bats? Maybe.
>>>
>>> Posted by: Jonathan Barnes | April 12, 2006 at 06:37 PM
>>>
>>> The bar that became Hemmingway's was called Gustine's, run by one-time
>>> Pirates third baseman, Frank Gustine. Tons of Pirates pictures on the
> wall.
>>> I can only remember the place in black and white.
>>> ----
>>
>> Believe me, Will, it isn't spelled with 2 m's, but I bet those boomers or
>> genXr's you've pasted spell hazard with 2 z's. And it's not on Fifth
> Avenue,
>> it's on Forbes Avenue (originally Forbes Street).
>
> Are they discussing a different bar, maybe?

No, but they're confused and definitely Pgh short-timers. At the time
they're writing about, Fifth Avenue and Forbes Avenue (running parallel and
being a block apart) had two-way traffic. Later they were made one-way
between the Point downtown (where the 3 rivers meet) to Craig Street (where
Pitt's sprawl ends and CMU's begins), Forbes running west to east, Fifth
east to west. In the Oakland district, Fifth Avenue had hardly any bars (but
it had about 5 hospitals); most of the bars were on Forbes or on the blocks
of north/south cross streets.

>
> Could explain the two m's (does an apostrophie really go there?).

'Doug Hemmings' explains them. (I don't think 'apostrophe' is spelled your
way, not even in French.) That's the 'to prevent misreading' apostrophe,
neither for showing possession nor omission). It's optional in some
instances (1960s or 1960's, ems or m's). In the future, die-hard
touch-typists will use an apostrophe instead of the extra space after
periods.

>
>> It was the only bar I knew
>> of in Pgh at the time (late 1970s) that had Guinness on tap. The "black
> and
>> white" comment has to be a reference to Hemingway's mixing the Guinness
> with
>> a pale beer. Kids today, they call Guinness a 'beer'.
>>
>> RAP lore: while he was a CMU student, Chandra Das posted some poetry to
> RAP,
>
> Wonder whatever happened to him, he was fun from time-to-time.
>
>> but he never checked out the Back Room at Hemingway's. It was a Pitt
>> hangout, and the CMU nerds considered Pitt students like white trash. That
>> really bad Michael Douglas movie Wonder Boys, an autobiopic by former Pitt
>> student Michael Chabon, was shot in the area. I
>
> Maybe a bad movie, but the soundtrack includes one of the best Dylan songs
> ever written, and for a while the soundtrack CD was the only place to get a
> copy of it:
>
> Bob Dylan
> Things Have Changed
>
> Words and music Bob Dylan
> From the soundtrack for the movie Wonder Boys
> Tabbed by Eyolf Østrem (Thanks to Lily for supplies)
>
> Gm
> A worried man with a worried mind
> Cm
> No one in front of me and nothing behind
> Gm D7
> There's a woman on my lap and she's drinking champagne
> Gm
> Got white skin, got assassin's eyes
> Cm
> I'm looking up into the sapphire tinted skies
> Gm D7 Gm
> I'm well dressed, waiting on the last train
> Eb D7 Gm
> Standin' on the gallows with my head in the noose
> Eb D7
> Any minute now I'm expectin' all hell to break loose
>
> Gm
> People are crazy and times are strange
> Cm
> I'm locked in tight, I'm out of range
> Gm D7 Gm
> I used to care but - things have changed.
>
> This place ain't doin' me any good
> I'm in the wrong town, I should've been in Hollywood
> Just for a second there I thought I saw something move
> Gonna take dancin' lessons, do the jitterbug rag
> Ain't no shortcuts, gonna dress in drag
> Only a fool in here would think he got anythin' to prove
> Lotta water under the bridge, lotta other stuff too
> Don't get up gentlemen, I'm only passing through
> People are crazy and times are strange
> I'm locked in tight, I'm out of range
> I used to care but - things have changed.
>
> I've been walkin' forty miles of bad road
> If the Bible is right the world will explode
> I'm tryin' to get as far away from myself as I can
> Some things are too hot to touch
> The human mind can only stand so much
> You can't win with a losing hand
> Feel like falling in love with the first woman I meet
> Puttin' her in a wheelbarrow and wheelin' her down the street
> People are crazy and times are strange
> I'm locked in tight, I'm out of range
> I used to care but - things have changed.
>
> I hurt easy, I just don't show it
> You can hurt someone and not even know it
> The next sixty seconds could be like an eternity
> Gonna get lowdown, gonna fly high
> All the truth in the world adds up to one big lie
> I'm in love with a woman that don't even appeal to me
> Mr. Jinx and miss Lucy they jumped in a lake
> I'm not that eager to make a mistake
> People are crazy and times are strange
> I'm locked in tight, I'm out of range
> I used to care but - things have changed.
>
> The song can of course be played with a capo on the 3rd fret:
>
> Em
> A worried man with a worried mind
> Am
> No one in front of me and nothing behind
> Em B7
> There's a woman on my lap and she's drinking champagne
> Em
> Got white skin, got assassin's eyes
> Am
> I'm looking up into the sapphire tempered skies
> Em B7 Em
> I'm well dressed, waiting on the last train
> C B7 Em
> Standin' on the gallows with my head in the noose
> C B7
> Any minute now I'm expectin' all hell to break loose
>
> Em
> People are crazy and times are strange
> Am
> I'm locked in tight, I'm out of range
> Em B7 Em
> I used to care but - things have changed.

Will Dockery

Stuart Leichter wrote:
> Will Dockery wrote:
>
> >>>>> The "guy in charge" would be the owner-manager-bartender.
> >>>>
> >>>>> I "host", meaning I take care of sign ups and introducing the
performers, as
> >>>>> well as doing a set or two with the band.
> >>>>
> >>>> It's not like that at Hemingway's on Tuesday nights in the Back Room.
The
> >>>> "guy in charge" locks away the PA system
> >>>
> >>> We bring our own PA, mics, soundboard and drums on Thursday, set it up
and
> >>> then I either kick it off with a Shadowville All-Stars set or
introduce
> >>> someone else if they want to go on first... "hosting".
> >>>
> >>> The bartender is in "charge", selling drinks and running the place.
> >>>
> >>>> and adjusts the ac in summer, the
> >>>> heat in winter, and you might say he -- on behalf of the tavern's
> >>> proprietor
> >>>> -- is the "host", though he's never in the Back Room. Jimmy (the poet
> > guy)
> >>>> is "in charge" of the Summer Poetry Series and also the host of each
> >>> Tuesday
> >>>> night's readings. He schedules the readers in April or May for the
> > series,
> >>>> which runs through August. Certain nights have 'guest' hosts, like
> > Michael
> >>>> who showcases his workshop poets, which also places him "in charge";
> >>>
> >>> Of the stage, I assume, not the actual bar.
> >>>
> >>>> or like the Pittsburgh Society of Poets, whose president takes charge
for that
> >>>> evening. Jimmy passes around the yellow sign-up sheet for the
open-mic
> >>>> readings, and also the basket for tips to the servers. Sometimes the
> >>> reader
> >>>> is in charge by dint of skill and brass. The place became called
> >>> Hemingway's
> >>>> to keep, and to attract new, Pitt's student writers feeling "in
> > charge". It was Gustine's before Hemingway's, owned (maybe) by Frankie
Gustine, the
> >>>> great Pirates first-baseman
> >>>
> >>> Yeah, sounds like the place has quite a history (Google):
> >>>
> >>> ----
> >>> http://antirust.typepad.com/my_weblo...urgh_cult.html
> >>>
> >>> Posted by: Sam M | April 12, 2006 at 06:54 AM
> >>>
> >>> Hmm, I remember "bar next to the fern bar that became Hemmingway's
(now
> >>> Boomarang's?)" on Fifth ave in Oakland back in 1978 had Guinness. It
was
> > an
> >>> old baseball bar. I think they had trim grill/screen near the bar made
> > from
> >>> bats? Maybe.
> >>>
> >>> Posted by: Jonathan Barnes | April 12, 2006 at 06:37 PM
> >>>
> >>> The bar that became Hemmingway's was called Gustine's, run by one-time
> >>> Pirates third baseman, Frank Gustine. Tons of Pirates pictures on the
> > wall.
> >>> I can only remember the place in black and white.
> >>> ----
> >>
> >>And it's not on Fifth Avenue,
> >> it's on Forbes Avenue (originally Forbes Street).
> >
> > Are they discussing a different bar, maybe?
>
> No, but they're confused and definitely Pgh short-timers. At the time
> they're writing about, Fifth Avenue and Forbes Avenue (running parallel
and
> being a block apart) had two-way traffic. Later they were made one-way
> between the Point downtown (where the 3 rivers meet) to Craig Street
(where
> Pitt's sprawl ends and CMU's begins), Forbes running west to east, Fifth
> east to west. In the Oakland district, Fifth Avenue had hardly any bars
(but
> it had about 5 hospitals); most of the bars were on Forbes or on the
blocks
> of north/south cross streets.

Okay, good we got all that straight.

Maybe someone will Google "open mic" + "poetry" + "pittsburgh" and find the
Hemingway's back room... that would be a good thing.

--
Will Dockery videos:

Ozone Stigmata- Dockery/Conley:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxfl_7KvFcc

The Ride (Combat Zone)- Dockery/Beck/Mallard:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lZ3VAmNTWc

Greybeard Cavalier- Dockery/0x0000/Fowler:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6BGlXmtzE8

> >> It was the only bar I knew
> >> of in Pgh at the time (late 1970s) that had Guinness on tap. The "black
> > and
> >> white" comment has to be a reference to Hemingway's mixing the Guinness
> > with
> >> a pale beer. Kids today, they call Guinness a 'beer'.
> >>
> >> RAP lore: while he was a CMU student, Chandra Das posted some poetry to
> > RAP,
> >
> > Wonder whatever happened to him, he was fun from time-to-time.
> >
> >> but he never checked out the Back Room at Hemingway's. It was a Pitt
> >> hangout, and the CMU nerds considered Pitt students like white trash.
That
> >> really bad Michael Douglas movie Wonder Boys, an autobiopic by former
Pitt
> >> student Michael Chabon, was shot in the area. I
> >
> > Maybe a bad movie, but the soundtrack includes one of the best Dylan
songs
> > ever written, and for a while the soundtrack CD was the only place to
get a
> > copy of it:
> >
> > Bob Dylan
> > Things Have Changed
> >
> > Words and music Bob Dylan
> > From the soundtrack for the movie Wonder Boys
> > Tabbed by Eyolf Østrem (Thanks to Lily for supplies)
> >
> > Gm
> > A worried man with a worried mind
> > Cm
> > No one in front of me and nothing behind
> > Gm D7
> > There's a woman on my lap and she's drinking champagne
> > Gm
> > Got white skin, got assassin's eyes
> > Cm
> > I'm looking up into the sapphire tinted skies
> > Gm D7 Gm
> > I'm well dressed, waiting on the last train
> > Eb D7 Gm
> > Standin' on the gallows with my head in the noose
> > Eb D7
> > Any minute now I'm expectin' all hell to break loose
> >
> > Gm
> > People are crazy and times are strange
> > Cm
> > I'm locked in tight, I'm out of range
> > Gm D7 Gm
> > I used to care but - things have changed.
> >
> > This place ain't doin' me any good
> > I'm in the wrong town, I should've been in Hollywood
> > Just for a second there I thought I saw something move
> > Gonna take dancin' lessons, do the jitterbug rag
> > Ain't no shortcuts, gonna dress in drag
> > Only a fool in here would think he got anythin' to prove
> > Lotta water under the bridge, lotta other stuff too
> > Don't get up gentlemen, I'm only passing through
> > People are crazy and times are strange
> > I'm locked in tight, I'm out of range
> > I used to care but - things have changed.
> >
> > I've been walkin' forty miles of bad road
> > If the Bible is right the world will explode
> > I'm tryin' to get as far away from myself as I can
> > Some things are too hot to touch
> > The human mind can only stand so much
> > You can't win with a losing hand
> > Feel like falling in love with the first woman I meet
> > Puttin' her in a wheelbarrow and wheelin' her down the street
> > People are crazy and times are strange
> > I'm locked in tight, I'm out of range
> > I used to care but - things have changed.
> >
> > I hurt easy, I just don't show it
> > You can hurt someone and not even know it
> > The next sixty seconds could be like an eternity
> > Gonna get lowdown, gonna fly high
> > All the truth in the world adds up to one big lie
> > I'm in love with a woman that don't even appeal to me
> > Mr. Jinx and miss Lucy they jumped in a lake
> > I'm not that eager to make a mistake
> > People are crazy and times are strange
> > I'm locked in tight, I'm out of range
> > I used to care but - things have changed.
> >
> > The song can of course be played with a capo on the 3rd fret:
> >
> > Em
> > A worried man with a worried mind
> > Am
> > No one in front of me and nothing behind
> > Em B7
> > There's a woman on my lap and she's drinking champagne
> > Em
> > Got white skin, got assassin's eyes
> > Am
> > I'm looking up into the sapphire tempered skies
> > Em B7 Em
> > I'm well dressed, waiting on the last train
> > C B7 Em
> > Standin' on the gallows with my head in the noose
> > C B7
> > Any minute now I'm expectin' all hell to break loose
> >
> > Em
> > People are crazy and times are strange
> > Am
> > I'm locked in tight, I'm out of range
> > Em B7 Em
> > I used to care but - things have changed.
>