Holme Theatre - 1/12/06

Before I recount my latest Holme sighting I have to tell you I received the greatest surprise a week a so ago – an email from Danny Gralick!  Just when I think this Blog has gone stale something exciting happens.  Danny read my Blog and responded to my last entry.  He wrote:  “Wadaya mean, oh Puggy?  What about MEEEEEE?  Don’t you miss me?”

He’s married to a woman named Ellen and is currently engineering & producing a Southside Johnny album with LaBamba’s big band.  On top of that he’s used Alexis in his work.  I told him there appears far less than 6 degrees of separation in this world and to be sure to email me if he even thinks about showing up one night.

 

I decided to go to Clancy’s in as much as I hadn’t seen Alexis since the summer & the Asbury Park Press would also be there.  Kathy K, Camille & I always took newspaper articles written about Holme and turned the wording around to goof on the band.  We called our little faux newspaper The Aquagian after the music newspaper The Aquarian & the band’s slang for gays “quagans”.  I thought the Press’ article might be fodder for us to recreate The Aquagian.  The car I parked next to had the swellest license plate “Luckytwn”.  I hoped it would be for me.  This time I took noteof all of thestores in the strip mall.  Luigis was the pizza joint. There was also a hair & nail salon, an NFL store, a Radio Shack, Subway, UPS & Curves.  A Burger King is next door and there’s a BP gas station across the street.  Could you ask for more?  I had forgotten to tell you there is Sushi bar inside Clancys in between the stage and Chard’s sound system.  Above the sound system is a touch tunes jukebox on the wall.  I couldn’t believe someone even took the fun out of that machine.  No pages to flip and no buttons to press.  Ugh.

New songs added to the list:  Maybeline – Harry.  (Their poor kids on long car rides!)  Cruel to Be Kind (yeah) & Pump It Up – Harry (finally!) Harry still has to master the words and hopefully once he does that – the moves.  They’re also doing Jumpin’ Jack Flash and sharing the verses.  1) Kip 2) Billy 3) Joel and 4) Peter.  It’s too bad Frank hasn’t taken the chance to be front man.  He likes to sing.  Since I know him he’s always sang to me.  Old songs and Broadway tunes like Getting to Know You and if you remember he always sang while playing I Love You More Today than Yesterday.  As you know lately I’ve been mesmerized by Kip’s playing and I have to say he looks 10 years younger to me particularly when he’s playing a Stones song.  I only stayed 2 sets.  There were 2 young guys constantly jumping on and off the stage filming them for what Kip deemed aHolme reality show (could you imagine?)  They were sticking the camera up next to their faces and into the crowd.  I have no clue why they couldn’t use a zoom lens or tape the band during practice.  God knows the photos I post aren’t good but I’m using a regular camera and most of my photos have been taken when we’ve been drunk.   It was too annoying to bear so most of the night I watched snowboarding that was playing on the TV above the bar.  TV’s in the bars are another pet peeve of mine.  You want to watch sports or news you stay home.  Frank Sementa snowboards.  Maybe not since he busted his ankle though.  I’ve always wanted to skateboard but just never tried it.  I did not speak to any of the band that night.  Alexis was a no show.  I heard she was sick.  I have no clue whether the Asbury Park Press showed or whether an article was printed about The Holme phenomena (Kip’s word).  I hope they write about what Holme means to us.  We finally have a place to go where people are our age, where we have reconnected with old friends and our innerselves.  Where you can be overweight and not feel out of place.   Where you know the words to the songs.  Where you don’t feel funny dancing even though you haven’t learned any new moves since the 80’s.  And why no one can really put their finger on why you feel so happy and carefree seeing them.  That’s the true Holme phenomen. It’s notreally about a band reuniting and drawing the same crowds they did 25 yrs ago.  Superstar rock bands do that all the time.

Next stop Edgar’s.  Girls night out birthday bash for Camille.  Camster, Sharon & rare appearance by Kathy K.  I’ve also received word that Marissa and beautiful Barbara will be there.

I also heard they're doing GSP Boogie @ D.a.r.e. event so start practicing the words.

Note to MaggieMaisey76:

You’re right, entries have not been up to par lately.

Clancy’s Christmas time photos still in camera.

I always include friends, old faces and musicians on the scene.

For Sharon ♥ Joel update come see for yourself on Saturday.

Before I partake in too much party juice Saturday I will try to get an update on that “secret” I mentioned months ago.  It may be there has been a change in plan.

Transmission went on car.  Car has been replaced.

Sorry Connie’s girl had a conniption.   To me your inquiries meant you were really following my saga.