mall on the East Coast in Virginia, Eden Center. I used to go to the
coffee houses to write. It was perfect for reasons you describe.
Plenty of Cafe Sudah and the Viet music in the background didn't jam
my thought frequencies because it was not in english. Eventually the
smoke overwhelmed me cuz they were tiny places with no air. But for
about a year I wrote my ass off and you have reminded me about the
importance in place for creativity. I need to hunt for another
creative spot like that outside the distractions of my home.
If you come across the booker's email that would be great. I never
know who will dig my stuff over there.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues"
> <curtisdeltablues@> wrote:
> >
> > Wow, that is outrageous! What an interesting connection.
>
> It was basically the perfect place to sit and write.
> The coffeeshop was on a side street but the window
> overlooked a busy plaza so it was good for muse-
> watching when you ran out of inspiration. The table
> had a plug next to it for your laptop and the cafe
> did NOT have WiFi, so you weren't tempted to netsurf
> instead of write. The music was good and not too
> loud, and the coffee was excellent; just nod at
> the guys behind the counter and they'd bring you
> one, and you wouldn't even have to take your hands
> off the keyboard. For Tarantino, they'd bring him
> a freshly-rolled joint, too. You can kinda tell
> from his dialogue. :-)
>
> > I was in Amsterdam to see MMY so I missed the whole
> > coffehouse/rasta scene there. At least I saw the Van
> > Goghs. My eyes were not so shut all the time that I
> > missed them too.
>
> The Van Gogh Museum is nice, but my favorite is
> the Asiatic wing of the Rijksmuseum. There are
> some lovely and very rare pieces there.
>
> > So do you know anything about the acoustic blues scene
> > in Europe? I am going to make it over there starting
> > with London where I have some contacts.
>
> Not much, sorry. I know a guy (as a patron of his
> concerts, not a good friend) who books comedy and
> folk/blues performers in Paris, and he's always
> seemed to be a nice guy. I'm still on his mailing
> list even though I don't live there any more, so
> I'm sure I could get you an email address the next
> time one arrives.
>
>
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Funny. I used to run into Quentin Tarantino in
> > > Amsterdam. By accident (or cosmic design) I had
> > > a favorite coffeehouse and a favorite table in
> > > it, where I would sit and write when I was in
> > > town. Tarantino liked the same coffeehouse and
> > > the same table; he had written most of Pulp
> > > Fiction sitting there. So we had an arrange-
> > > ment. If he was there first I'd find another
> > > place and if I was there first he'd find
> > > another place. Great arrangement, except that
> > > he started getting up earlier and earlier every
> > > morning so that he'd be there first, so I even-
> > > tually had to find another place anyway. Damn
> > > passive-agressive fucker. :-)
> > >
> > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues"
> > > <curtisdeltablues@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > You sound like a you have a kind heart. A great way to be to
> the
> > > > people in your life who deserve it. If I had lunch with this
> guy
> > > > it would sound like this section of Pulp Fiction:
> > > >
> > > > JULES
> > > >
> > > > That's what I've been sitting here
> > > >
> > > > contemplating. First, I'm gonna
> > > >
> > > > deliver this case to Marsellus.
> > > >
> > > > Then, basically, I'm gonna walk the
> > > >
> > > > earth.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > VINCENT
> > > >
> > > > What do you mean, walk the earth?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > JULES
> > > >
> > > > You know, like Caine in "KUNG FU."
> > > >
> > > > Just walk from town to town, meet
> > > >
> > > > people, get in adventures.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > VINCENT
> > > >
> > > > How long do you intend to walk the
> > > >
> > > > earth?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > JULES
> > > >
> > > > Until God puts me where he want me
> > > >
> > > > to be.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > VINCENT
> > > >
> > > > What if he never does?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > JULES
> > > >
> > > > If it takes forever, I'll wait
> > > >
> > > > forever.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > VINCENT
> > > >
> > > > So you decided to be a bum?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > JULES
> > > >
> > > > I'll just be Jules, Vincent -- no
> > > >
> > > > more, no less.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > VINCENT
> > > >
> > > > No Jules, you're gonna be like
> > > >
> > > > those pieces of shit out there who
> > > >
> > > > beg for change. They walk around
> > > >
> > > > like a bunch of fuckin' zombies,
> > > >
> > > > they sleep in garbage bins, they
> > > >
> > > > eat what I throw away, and dogs
> > > >
> > > > piss on 'em. They got a word for
> > > >
> > > > 'em, they're called bums. And
> > > >
> > > > without a job, residence, or legal
> > > >
> > > > tender, that's what you're gonna be
> > > >
> > > > -- a fuckin' bum!
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Quentin Tarantino
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin"
> <jflanegi@>
> > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@>
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Main Entry: quan·da·ry
> > > > > > Pronunciation: 'kwän-d(&-)rE
> > > > > > Etymology: origin unknown
> > > > > > : a state of perplexity or doubt
> > > > > >
> > > > > > So I've got this friend. (Really...as you'll be able
> > > > > > to tell, this isn't one of those It's-really-about-
> > > > > > me-but-I'll-pretend-it's-about-a-friend thangs.)
> > > > > > In some ways he's a total inspiration and a reminder
> > > > > > that one really can get through this life on faith
> > > > > > alone. In others he's a reminder of the addictive
> > > > > > nature of faith, and the fact that often people
> > > > > > other than the addict wind up paying for the latest
> > > > > > fix.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Basically, this fellow was a TM teacher but I never
> > > > > > knew him then. I met K. in the Rama trip and we
> > > > > > became buddies. We left the Rama trip at about the
> > > > > > same time, at the right time, before everything got
> > > > > > really gnarly and the guy offed himself. Since then,
> > > > > > we've mainly lived in different places but have kept
> > > > > > in touch via email and phone.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > The inspiring part is that the man lives on faith.
> > > > > > Like the recently-mentioned yogis who get their
> > > > > > nourishment from the sun, K. hasn't worked at a
> > > > > > real, 9-to-5 job that pays actual money since, I
> > > > > > think, 1980. He decided at some point that he was
> > > > > > going to spend the rest of the incarnation "working
> > > > > > only for the dharma" and trusting in the world to
> > > > > > provide for him. The inspiring part is that it has,
> > > > > > in the form of other people paying all his bills
> > > > > > for him, while he works his butt off helping his
> > > > > > various spiritual teachers teach. He's always managed
> > > > > > to find a place to live, enough food to get by,
> > > > > > traveling expenses to places all over the world,
> > > > > > and even a girlfriend who shares his approach to
> > > > > > life. It's amazing when you think of it. It just
> > > > > > doesn't compute.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Another inspiring part is that K. is one of those
> > > > > > guys who lives almost entirely in the present. He
> > > > > > has to; as far as I can tell he has no memory. We
> > > > > > used to joke about his standard movie review line.
> > > > > > He walks out of the theater and says, "That was
> > > > > > the best film I've ever seen in my entire life."
> > > > > > And he says this even if the film was a total turkey,
> > > > > > and he's telling the truth every time, because as
> > > > > > near as I can figure out, he really can't *remember*
> > > > > > any other films he's ever seen. Therefore the latest
> > > > > > really *is* the best.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > But that's also the thing that inspires the quandary.
> > > > > > K. has this thing about always needing a spiritual
> > > > > > teacher in his life. It's the mechanism he uses to
> > > > > > keep his faith yang up, and IMO to pull what he needs
> > > > > > to get by from the universe. He can't trust in himself
> > > > > > as teacher or his path as the path. We've talked about
> > > > > > this; he always needs someone else to be the teacher
> > > > > > and to provide the path for him. Because of the memory
> > > > > > thang, K. really can't remember any of the teachers
> > > > > > he's worked with but the latest one, and for the
> > > > > > latest one he's totally "sold out," as they used to
> > > > > > say in the TMO.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > So every few months I get another email from K.
> > > > > > asking for money so that he can go to X country and
> > > > > > spend some quality time with Y teacher. For him its'
> > > > > > always a new email, one that has no history. But
> > > > > > for me, on the receiving end, it's the 23rd. such
> > > > > > email I've gotten since we walked away from the Rama
> > > > > > trip, and the 23rd. teacher, and the 23rd. adventure
> > > > > > he wants someone else to pay for. For him it's the
> > > > > > *only* adventure, but I, with less faith than him and
> > > > > > with the ability to remember all the adventures that
> > > > > > went before, recognize it as only the latest, and
> > > > > > probably far from the last.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > So that's the quandary. Do I send him some money,
> > > > > > in honor of his enduring faith and the fact that
> > > > > > he still has faith in a faithless world? Or do I
> > > > > > not, knowing that from another point of view he's
> > > > > > a spiritual teacher addict, and I'm essentially
> > > > > > one of the people enabling him to remain an addict
> > > > > > by paying for it?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > You people have been around the block. What do
> > > > > > you think?
> > > > > >
> > > > > Personally, after 23 such beggings, I would write him a nice
> > > letter
> > > > > in order to sustain the friendship, but probably forgo the
> > > donation.
> > > > >
> > > > > Why is it any different from K. just sending out letters to
> > > mooch
> > > > > off of others, regardless of his intentions? The veneer of
> > > spiritual
> > > > > quest just adds some romance and drama to what he is doing,
> but
> > > it
> > > > > doesn't guarantee he is getting anything more out of it than
> the
> > > > > proverbial free lunch.
> > > > >
> > > > > While you're at it Barry, I'm a little light in the wallet
> this
> > > > > week. I've meditated faithfully for years and am totally
> sold
> > > out on
> > > > > my God trip. So whadd'ya say? a few simoleons my way? ; )
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
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