I'm all earwormed with "Desolation Row", as I just bought me an electric violin.
After doing bunches of research, I discovered there's a shitload of electric violins for ≈ $85, a bunch more for $100-$200, then almost nothing until $600 and up. After reading reviews of the cheaper ones, I decided to try to find a used example of the more expensive ones. I ended up finding a barely used Yamaha on eBay....
This Amazon listing has a good photo of a new one: [link] Mine is the same color (red and black).
New York: Miracle on 34th St. (the old one)
Paris: Probably some Marie Antoinette biographies I read as a kid. More recently, Amelie.
London: Can I say the whole punk and brit pop of the late 70's, early 80's.
Los Angeles: Play It As It Lays and all the non-ficiton Hollywood stuff by John Gregory Dunne
Tokyo: Godzilla
Rome: Fellini's La Dolce Vita
Berlin: Wings of Desire
I don't know if it's because I haven't had a bad cold in a long time but this is the worst cold I've had in ages.
I don't know if it's related to the cold, but immediately upon eating lunch,
I instantly threw it up.
This led to a headache I cannot shake, many burst blood vessels around and in my eyes, and a reluctance to eat anything for most of the day. On top of this I am feverish and congested. My mom called and she and my dad have the same cold, so I couldn't even whine to her. I have been having a pity party all day, by myself.
My view of LA definitely comes from Sunset Boulevard. And, to a lesser extent, Rebel Without a Cause.
New York - Roller Skates, The Saturdays
Paris - Madeline
London - Mary Poppins, E. Nesbit's
The Story of the Treasure Seekers, A Little Princess,
Sherlock Holmes
Los Angeles - Dragnet
Tokyo - Godzilla
Berlin - Cabaret
SF - Summer of Love news coverage, "If you're going to San Francisco, be sure to wear some flowers in your hair," McMillan & Wife (Anyone remember Rock Hudson pursuing a suspect over SF hills on a bicycle?)
LA - Also: Emergency, CHiPs, and The Day of the Locust.
I watched a lot of cop shows in the '70s. So I guess NY and LA got covered. And I loved Emergency and liked CHiPs.
Happy Days taught me very little about Milwaukee. (Or was that in a suburb of Milwaukee?) Neither did Lavern and Shirley, but I was annoyed when they moved to LA.
And my impressions of Fantasy Island were largely informed by the TV show of the same name.
Oh, and Hawaii Five-O for Hawaii.
That's the danger of not being subbed to every thread. I'm invariably behind somewhere.
You're a bad board citizen!
GAZEBO!!!
New York - Saturday Night Fever, The Warriors, Interview (magazine), and The Rise and Fall of a Teenage Wacko
New York - I forgot - Family Affair (TV)
Paris - maybe Funny Face - can't recall where it's set
London - Mary Poppins
LA - no idea
Toyko - none
Rome - Roman Holiday
Berlin - none
