Two things. First, I remember sitting in the Fox Theater (RIP) in Missoula waiting on The Highlander to start, not really knowing anything about it. And that intro to "Princes of the Universe" blasted through the speakers and my friend and I were thunderstruck. What a memory.
And second, having never seen Dirty Dancing, I'm confused by the Catskills/Virginia references. When I went to Chimney Rock State Park in North Carolina on a Last of the Mohicans pilgrimage, besides LOTM merch in the gift shop, they had Dirty Dancing stuff too. I was confused, and when I asked, the person pointed out the window and into the valley below and said that was the resort where DD took place. What gives?!
I don't know, but the place that burned is the one that the writer of the screenplay visited as a teenager, that inspired the story. The one in Virginia was one where it was filmed. For all I know the North Carolina one was also a location.
Thanks for sharing the Patti Smith song, which was sublime as always.
I think my brother and I are taking my Mom to the Dirty Dancing-in-Virginia venue on the occasion of her 82nd Birthday tomorrow! I’ll try to get some photos -- it’s always exiting when mom lifts me over her head at the end of dinner.
And I’m with you on Nickel and Dimed. When I read it -- a few chapters at a time over lunch hour because I couldn’t afford the hardback -- I somehow didn’t realize that you could just go & do an experiment on yourself & then write about it. Eye opening in all kinds of ways.
Nice. I saw Patti Smith back in 1978, a young Tom Petty opened up for her. Interestingly, I believe that the locaction that Dirty Dancing was filmed (near Asheville) also burned down...
Yeah. Tom was just starting out. I thought he was a little bit jangly for my taste, but they weren't bad. I think he really hit stride with Damn the Torpedoes. One of my favorite records. Patti's band {With Ivan Kral) was just tight and awesome.
Nickel and Dimed is the most expensive book I ever bought. I've been overtipping ever since.
Two things. First, I remember sitting in the Fox Theater (RIP) in Missoula waiting on The Highlander to start, not really knowing anything about it. And that intro to "Princes of the Universe" blasted through the speakers and my friend and I were thunderstruck. What a memory.
And second, having never seen Dirty Dancing, I'm confused by the Catskills/Virginia references. When I went to Chimney Rock State Park in North Carolina on a Last of the Mohicans pilgrimage, besides LOTM merch in the gift shop, they had Dirty Dancing stuff too. I was confused, and when I asked, the person pointed out the window and into the valley below and said that was the resort where DD took place. What gives?!
I don't know, but the place that burned is the one that the writer of the screenplay visited as a teenager, that inspired the story. The one in Virginia was one where it was filmed. For all I know the North Carolina one was also a location.
The amazing internet comes through again:
https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/dirty-dancing-filming-locations
Thanks!
Thanks for the Patti Smith video. The light coming in the windows during the song!
Also always love watching Freddie Mercury perform ❤️
Thanks for sharing the Patti Smith song, which was sublime as always.
I think my brother and I are taking my Mom to the Dirty Dancing-in-Virginia venue on the occasion of her 82nd Birthday tomorrow! I’ll try to get some photos -- it’s always exiting when mom lifts me over her head at the end of dinner.
And I’m with you on Nickel and Dimed. When I read it -- a few chapters at a time over lunch hour because I couldn’t afford the hardback -- I somehow didn’t realize that you could just go & do an experiment on yourself & then write about it. Eye opening in all kinds of ways.
Oh, please take some photos! Happy birthday to your mom, I hope you all have a great time.
Thanks so much. It was unbelievably foggy on the mountain — sort of a Haunted Dirty Dancing Dinner, which had its own charm. 👻💃👻
ooh, i hope you post about it.
On the topic of “Nickel and Dimed” you may want to read “The Hidden Evil” by Mark M. Rich https://avalonlibrary.net/ebooks/Mark%20M.%20Rich%20-%20The%20Hidden%20Evil%20-%20The%20Financial%20Elite's%20Covert%20War%20Against%20The%20Civilian%20Population.pdf
I'll give it a look
Nice. I saw Patti Smith back in 1978, a young Tom Petty opened up for her. Interestingly, I believe that the locaction that Dirty Dancing was filmed (near Asheville) also burned down...
Really? Like a curse. I don't think we really appreciated Tom Petty until he was gone
Yeah. Tom was just starting out. I thought he was a little bit jangly for my taste, but they weren't bad. I think he really hit stride with Damn the Torpedoes. One of my favorite records. Patti's band {With Ivan Kral) was just tight and awesome.
"But really, now. Join the 20th century and stop paying millions to display your collection of inbred aristocrats as a tourist attraction." 👍