I have to read fifty more pages of this book but I need to jot my thoughts down. I'm in the second installment of a citywide lockdown. The Summer interlude. The Summer soliloquy. On my last day at work, which was a Wednesday, a song played and gave me the chills. I then had a conversation with Kathleen discussing the book that I am currently reading. I told her the connection between the song that played and the book. Now I don't remember the song. All of their songs sound alike, and it's not RHCP, but I know the name of the band and that is good enough for me. Kathleen is the same lady who brought up a conversation about Harry Potter. I didn't realize, until later after I got home and was about to take a shower, that she brought up HP because I was wearing a Gryffindor shirt at the time. The next time I saw her I told her so. I'm trying to remember the book Kathleen is reading. Something about The Dakota building in New York and a family saga. The author wrote a book about the Lions in front of the NY Public Library. I do some research. I found the public library online store. I do want a tote bag with the words, "What are you reading now?". Goodreads. Goodreads won't let me down. I search books about The Dakota building. Yes, I do want to read "Anatomy of a Song: The Oral History of 45 Iconic Hits That Changed Rock, R&B and Pop" by Marc Myers. Will this help me finish my low branches song? A song I'm writing where I only have the chorus figured out. A book suggestion stops me cold. "American Legends: The Life of Doris Day by Charles River". That's the mother's name right? I remember this because I would sing the line from the Grease musical as I read the book. Yeah, it is.
I want to nominate this book, no not the Doris Day book, for a 2021 book club meeting. I'm also nominating "Jaws" by Peter Benchley. For the past two Halloween's I've been watching Jaws. Last year as the DVD (yes, I still watch DVD's) played I was also watching shark attack videos on youtube. It was great. Not shark attacking humans just sharks swimming near boats. Just displaying their curiosity. I borrowed 20 books, from the library, for this time. 13 are graphic novels. At the end of the world I have books 1-5 of Y: The Last Man by Brian K. Vaughan. At the end of the world I want to be in Bora Bora reading. I'm making a second attempt on requesting books from the library. Today Alexandre Dumas was featured as a google doodle. So I requested "The Three Musketeers (The d'Artagnan Romances #1)". Why is the Three Musketeers six hundred pages long?
Sometime this past week I fell asleep listening to a podcast interview of Tom O'Neill. In my sleeping state I listened to the podcast twice. I may have spoiled parts of the book but I'll live. I didn't watch "Once Upon A Time in Hollywood". Tarantino is too cool for me. Upon looking up a name mentioned in the book I noticed that the character was in the Hollywood movie. Which I responded with, "Oh he's in the movie". I don't know why I was surprised by that. I did watch a twenty minute video, again on youtube, of a Manson tour. I'm going to send that tour guide $20. I doubt he and I share the same political beliefs. I doubt he's doing much business at this moment. Then again maybe he is. To go on this tour it costs $80. I want to ask the driver if he's read this book and what other books I should read. How many Manson tours are there in LA?
What does this all mean? I don't know. I just want to write a song about it. Is this what I'm doing with my second lockdown? I don't think I did enough during the first lockdown. I did loose 15 pounds but I didn't learn a new language. I found out I'm allergic to soda and learned how to pray the rosary. Do I like any of the songs I wrote during that time? No. I read a lot of Batman 1966 graphic novels. I'm proud of that.
It's 11:16 AM and I still don't know the title of the book that Kathleen is reading. I know it (the book) was suggested to me in an ad, again on Goodreads, but I dismissed it. I'll figure it out. Also, if you know of a science fiction book where aliens stumble onto a planet delivering the promises of Christianity, that title eludes me as well. A librarian once told me that she was reading that book. Via the library store I learned that Patience and Fortitude are the names of the lions fronting the New York Public Library.
4 something PM: Lyons of 5th Avenue (it's actually Lions but I saw Lyons when I recalled the title). I was washing dishes and remembered the title. Why did it take me four hours to read 50 pages? "5 stars" me imitating Matt McCarthy imitating Dave Meltzer. Also, it's the Chelsea hotel not the Dakota. I'm off to type copious notes. I don't know if I should place it in this blog or another. I suppose the later. If I got the hotel name right would the Doris Day book have turned up in the "readers also enjoyed" section or search?
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Allegedly: The BB are murders. The M&P's are murderers. If this means that Uncle Jesse is murder adjacent. Lord Have Mercy.
What I would ask author Tom O'Neill: What would you have asked Doris Day, Candice Bergen, and Hugh Hefner? Do you see any similarities between the Manson and Jeffrey Epstein case. Everyone asks this question. Do you see similarities between Manson and Dylann Roof, the 2015 Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church shooting perpetrator. What do you think your heart rate was at when you interviewed person X? [I'm really glad that this interview was a surprise to me. Though I did hear about a "surprise" in the last chapter from a podcast. I was awake or lucid at that part. It was a surprise but it shouldn't have been a surprise but it was a surprise.] Are you still investigating? Is there a character list in the paperback edition? Though I still have fifty pages, of the notes, to read. I'm giving this book 5 stars on Goodreads. I'm glad I'm reading the notes. I was going to skip it but then I decided to read it since the story is fresh on my mind.
