tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25690029.post2998009835431685409..comments2023-12-19T14:27:26.711-08:00Comments on pogo a go-go: You Choke My Days, I'll Choke YoursFiLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06744819120424789247noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25690029.post-14184862203957507482007-04-07T22:12:00.000-07:002007-04-07T22:12:00.000-07:00Dearest Matthew - Was Bog Time the Toad version?? ...Dearest Matthew - Was Bog Time the Toad version?? ;) Yes, it was quite the epiphany for me too. I had never seen the whole thing until the other week...<BR/><BR/>Dearest Ash, by celebrating all that is good, beautiful, and glorious. That's how. :) And I'm glad it was Bacall doing the slapping - for a second I was very worried...<BR/><BR/>Dearest Mentok, I confess to having never seen Rumblefish. It's on the list. And that is a very Waitsian line!<BR/><BR/>Dear Mr B&H, try channel surfing - you might just catch it!<BR/><BR/>Dearest Marcy, so glad you signed up!! :)<BR/><BR/>Hello Ally! Thanks for stopping by, and glad you enjoyed the post. You have a lovely blog yourself - I enjoyed brushing up on my polari!!FiLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06744819120424789247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25690029.post-1522001043010079962007-04-06T19:26:00.000-07:002007-04-06T19:26:00.000-07:00this moved me so much when i first read it that i ...this moved me so much when i first read it that i couldn't even post a comment. thanks, fil, and of course, you've got a deal. : )Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25690029.post-66647007721956656092007-04-05T21:18:00.000-07:002007-04-05T21:18:00.000-07:00Me and the boys parked around the corner from the ...Me and the boys parked around the corner from the theatre on Denman when BIG TIME played Vancouver. (Damn! That was so long ago it may have been before the city began experimenting with growing dope as possible economic replacement for the forest industry.) We smoked something good and really enjoyed the show. I would like to see it again, in case I missed anything.Mr. Beer N. Hockeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07184518909716677938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25690029.post-24879375134369213052007-04-05T01:47:00.000-07:002007-04-05T01:47:00.000-07:00Mentok - it's such a Waits line that even if it is...Mentok - it's such a Waits line that even if it isn't his, it should be. I really can't imagine anyone else saying like he can.Matthewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17860427366860227731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25690029.post-40146252914122918742007-04-05T00:25:00.000-07:002007-04-05T00:25:00.000-07:00what a marvelous way to start the day - thankyou x...what a marvelous way to start the day - thankyou xally.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00785337830247364400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25690029.post-63666938346586481752007-04-04T16:51:00.000-07:002007-04-04T16:51:00.000-07:00One of my favourite Waits quotes comes from his bi...One of my favourite Waits quotes comes from his bit part in that vastly unappreciated great film Rumblefish. <BR/><BR/>“Time is a funny thing. Time is a very peculiar item. See, when you’re young, you’re a kid, you got time. You got nothing but time. Throw away a couple of years here, couple of years there, doesn’t matter. You know, the older you get, you say: ‘Jesus, how much I got? I got thirty five summers left.’ Think about it. Thirty-five summers.”<BR/><BR/>That quote has always stuck with me, haunted me a bit. I always make sure to live 'er up in summer, since I only have maybe 30 left now.<BR/><BR/>I'm not sure if the line comes from Hinton, Coppola or Waits himself, but the way he delivered it, Waits made that line his own.Mentokhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07011803235817936664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25690029.post-15682898157802341912007-04-04T06:12:00.000-07:002007-04-04T06:12:00.000-07:00I hope you can choke all your bad days. They do gr...I hope you can choke all your bad days. <BR/><BR/>They do grow into bad weeks, months, years...even whole bad lives.<BR/><BR/>I had a bad day on Sunday, and it's overgrown to the point I can't write.<BR/><BR/>How do you choke a day, though?<BR/><BR/>I know how to choke other things, but not days.<BR/><BR/>Love the line: Never drive a car when you're dead.<BR/><BR/>Reminds me of an old Film Noir type scene. <BR/><BR/>Bacall smarting off about going alone to investigate something, and Bogart grabs her and shakes her, and says, You can't drive a car if you're dead! (slap)<BR/><BR/>That was her slapping him. ;)<BR/><BR/>Best of luck with all your choking...<BR/><BR/>I'll help if I can. :)A. B. Chairiethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02357213925242731797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25690029.post-31548402304329769672007-04-04T02:15:00.000-07:002007-04-04T02:15:00.000-07:00I first saw that when I was really young and only ...I first saw that when I was really young and only into Tom's first couple of albums - the really accessible ones - and really didn't know what to make of it. Fast forward nearly 15 years and I am now a slightly disturbing Tom Waits obsessive and watching a video (yes, I know) with my folks in France. After the movie there was a bit of fuzz and the last twenty minutes of Bog Time appeared. <BR/><BR/>Honestly, it was like a religious experience! Wonderful, brilliant, deranged, inspired stuff!<BR/><BR/>I played 'Better Off Without a Wife' at our wedding, and bless her, Mrs Toad thought it was a great idea.Matthewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17860427366860227731noreply@blogger.com