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Post by M. on Nov 1, 2011 11:32:13 GMT -5
Pilgrimage is suitable   we need a sponsor... |
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Post by ilovemycat on Nov 1, 2011 21:37:30 GMT -5
HOW could you even question the ,well admittedly and paradoxically, the almost 'graven' iconic quality of those chippngs....  AND clearly it is only sick that you are just a little bit serious ??   Okay - I was dead serious. But I'm pretty sure Jane and Flemishfangent would be hauled away before they got a chance to dig out the treasures from beneath their nails. (okay this is bordering on repulsive now) ;D  |
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Post by ilovemycat on Nov 1, 2011 21:41:32 GMT -5
we need a sponsor... We really do. I guess it would be a little too idolistic (??) for him to make a museum for himself?? Do you think? |
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Post by ilovemycat on Nov 1, 2011 22:11:34 GMT -5
Seems I mixed up the "Red Room" with his "White Room" "I play records and entertain there. It’s a great room for people who want to feel nice and watch a fish tank or something." On a higher floor Stevens designed what he calls "My Little White Room." It has the barren quality of a farmhouse. As he describes it, "There’s no furniture, one bed, and a bathroom." In the corner stands an omnipresent symbol—a stark white upright piano. It was in this room that Foreigner would be written, but not until Stevens’ next trip to the United States had convinced him it was time to shake up his sound. |
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Post by M. on Nov 2, 2011 17:25:56 GMT -5
We really do. I guess it would be a little too idolistic (??) for him to make a museum for himself?? Do you think? Yes... but it could be kept secret  @ .....:  ♥ |
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Post by aurarisma on Nov 2, 2011 19:26:10 GMT -5
I believe "Foreigner" was all written in Brazil .. in that room .. xo joy xo and I'm so grateful it was written!!!!
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Post by ilovemycat on Nov 2, 2011 20:57:14 GMT -5
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Post by ilovemycat on Nov 2, 2011 21:01:10 GMT -5
Well who knew such a tacky looking thing (I'm assuming) would produce such a magical creation! Thank god for the tacky white piano!!! And Yusuf of course.
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Post by hyacinth on Dec 13, 2011 21:06:29 GMT -5
I could swear I read an article about him having a white piano on this board somewhere though. He did mention that the original "Red Room" had white carpet "that you can't walk on in shoes" White piano and white carpet, but this is after the Red Room.  |
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Post by Affy on Dec 13, 2011 21:31:41 GMT -5
Really nice find Hyacinth.....Nice to see the White piano that was mentioned a while back.
Peace!
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Post by ilovemycat on Dec 13, 2011 23:23:31 GMT -5
Hyacinth you are a master detective. Love the picture! So this was the white room then...
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Post by Affy on Dec 13, 2011 23:46:01 GMT -5
ilovemycat do you think that piano looks tacky? God Bless |
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Post by purplemoon on Dec 14, 2011 1:54:33 GMT -5
When he remodeled the house in Fulham, the top floor was all white, with nothing but a white bed and a white piano. Today, the white piano looks incredibly tacky, but in the mid-70s all white rooms were tres, tres chic. But what about the enormous fake tree that ran through the center of one of his houses, containing a dumb-waiter? Was that the Fulham house too? And how bizarre is it that he would remodel the Fulham house, from top to bottom, without putting in a kitchen. A reaction to growing up over a restaurant? |
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Post by Affy on Dec 14, 2011 9:30:52 GMT -5
Purplemoon you think the piano looks tacky, i think it looks vintagey (if thats even a word) and kinda nice.
but i do have a weird taste LOL
God Bless
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Post by purplemoon on Dec 14, 2011 10:44:12 GMT -5
Purplemoon you think the piano looks tacky, i think it looks vintagey (if thats even a word) and kinda nice. but i do have a weird taste LOL I think it looks like it would require less dusting than an ebony grand. What is it? A Yamaha? (I doubt that Steinway made white pianos.) What kind of pianos do y'all buy in Great Britain? |
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Post by Affy on Dec 14, 2011 16:38:07 GMT -5
LOL honestly i have no idea |
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Post by M. on Oct 10, 2014 16:42:18 GMT -5
...still to let   |
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Post by aurarisma on Oct 10, 2014 18:58:17 GMT -5
...still to let
I wish Yusuf would put a Moonshadow Cafe there!!!
I'm going to look at it and see about it myself!!
I have an idea ~~ |
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Post by M. on Oct 11, 2014 8:17:48 GMT -5
I'm pretty curious about your idea  |
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Post by aurarisma on Oct 11, 2014 11:14:04 GMT -5
I will tell you in Germany!!! which concert/s are you going to ? xo
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Post by joyatri on Jan 10, 2015 13:25:56 GMT -5
Just went by 245 Shaftesbury Ave the other day. The "To Let" sign inside is gone, but there's still one on the right side of the building and it's still empty.  |
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Post by richina on Jan 12, 2015 2:21:11 GMT -5
Just went by 245 Shaftesbury Ave the other day. The "To Let" sign inside is gone, but there's still one on the right side of the building and it's still empty. View AttachmentAlun told me he was pretty sure it had been sold and plans made for it.....for the life of me I can't remember what he said was to be done. Sorry, and so sad, there goes our museum plans....  |
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Post by joyatri on Jan 24, 2015 17:12:32 GMT -5
That's too bad! It would have been a great location for a museum.
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