{"id":957,"date":"2007-11-25T15:34:00","date_gmt":"2007-11-25T15:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=957"},"modified":"2007-11-25T15:34:00","modified_gmt":"2007-11-25T15:34:00","slug":"gallimaufry-with-cocktails","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=957","title":{"rendered":"Gallimaufry with Cocktails"},"content":{"rendered":"

¶ Having watched most of the “Thin Man” movies out of sequence, M. and I finished tonight with the last of them, Song of the Thin Man<\/em><\/a>. It is notable for its proto-hipster dialog in some scenes and what I am sure are well-veiled cannabis references, slipped past the Hollywood censors of the day. I have a vision of a 21-year-old Allen Ginsberg<\/a>, watching it and going “Yeah, yeah!” “Best minds of my generation,” check. [Hidden] drug references, check. [Euphemized] “negro streets,” check. Insane asylum, check. Jazz, check. It’s almost all there. But no overt references to Patterson, New Jersey.<\/p>\n

¶ A friend writes, “I am finally reading Her Hidden Children<\/a>!! It is wonderful, Chas. Intelligent, concise, thoughtful, and respectful as well. Lovely, bravo, you are my hero. It is well written and pleasant to read. Your style flows like water over glass, never stumbling over complexities or data.” <\/p>\n

I can’t marry her, so do I put her in my will? Flattery goes to a writer’s head like a big glass of cheap sherry!<\/p>\n

¶ You should bookmark Jason Pitzl-Waters’ music blog, A Sweeping Curve of Sound<\/a>. “Music, Blasphemy, Idolatry.” I’m in. Links abound, including to his Pagan music podcasts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

¶ Having watched most of the “Thin Man” movies out of sequence, M. and I finished tonight with the last of them, Song of the Thin Man. It is notable for its proto-hipster dialog in some scenes and what I am sure are well-veiled cannabis references, slipped past the Hollywood censors of the day. 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