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Post by mpboc on Feb 27, 2021 19:10:56 GMT
Hi All,
It’s been a few years since I posted anything here, so I decided to share something today.
This picture was drawn by Mark G. aka “Redcap” and given to me about 20 years ago. It’s been on my wall since then, and I’ve never displayed it before. I hope this brightens your day a little.
I really like all the little details he included in this!
Mark
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Post by duckbarman on Feb 27, 2021 20:51:48 GMT
Blimey - Mark can draw... :-)
I dunno, though - for a bar, it doesn't look like a very friendly place - those windows look like they're barred... and those doors look sort of... mirrored...
Actually, I don't suppose I've ever tried to mentally picture the evocatively-named bar much, but if I did, I suppose I'd imagine it as a filmy, ethereal, insubstantial place, maybe only corporeal when the clock strikes twelve (like the Vanishing Tower in Moorcock)... and I know the lyrics don't explicitly say, so, but I see it as - if not on the beach itself, then maybe backing up to it...
I wonder if Buck can recall if Sandy ever told the band anything about his thoughts on the subject...?
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Post by Buck on Feb 28, 2021 2:50:05 GMT
I've always imagined it as a flimsy seasonal beach bar on the Long Island Atlantic coast, essentially boarded up for the off-season. The windows are shuttered to shelter the interior from the winter weather, as well as the doors. The inside retains faint ghosts of beer, spirits and tobacco, despite months of disuse. Any time after September it would be closed to normal traffic, and not be reopened until the following June.
I thought that because the fictional Susie was a real person, and the interaction in my mind probably took place in a summer recreational setting.
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Post by The Ocean on Feb 28, 2021 4:47:51 GMT
I've always imagined it as a flimsy seasonal beach bar on the Long Island Atlantic coast, essentially boarded up for the off-season. The windows are shuttered to shelter the interior from the winter weather, as well as the doors. The inside retains faint ghosts of beer, spirits and tobacco, despite months of disuse. Any time after September it would be closed to normal traffic, and not be reopened until the following June. I thought that because the fictional Susie was a real person, and the interaction in my mind probably took place in a summer recreational setting. I pictured it as a beach town bar but the context of the off season really makes the imagery so vivid now. My wife said that description reminds her of The Oak Beach Inn on Jones Beach Causeway. That idea of the bar closing down for the off season also reminds me of this song |
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Post by edog40 on Feb 28, 2021 5:55:22 GMT
I could never get into the idea that it was actually a bar, rather than an allegory to something else.
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Post by Jamie B on Feb 28, 2021 13:22:22 GMT
I alerted Mark to this post as he hasn’t been on the forum in quite some time!
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Post by mpboc on Feb 28, 2021 14:12:27 GMT
I alerted Mark to this post as he hasn’t been on the forum in quite some time! Thanks for encouraging him to participate. We exchanged YouTube messages yesterday, but I’d be happier to discuss his wonderful artwork here! |
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Post by Jamie B on Feb 28, 2021 14:14:44 GMT
I see him a couple times a week in person. In fact I’ll see him today and let him know!
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Post by mpboc on Feb 28, 2021 14:37:11 GMT
I see him a couple times a week in person. In fact I’ll see him today and let him know! Great! Thank you 🎸 |
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Post by edog40 on Feb 28, 2021 15:35:36 GMT
I see him a couple times a week in person. In fact I’ll see him today and let him know! Let him know that he sucks. |
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Post by mpboc on Feb 28, 2021 16:20:43 GMT
I see him a couple times a week in person. In fact I’ll see him today and let him know! Let him know that he sucks. Lol. That was a thing right? I haven’t seen that in a long time 😆 |
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Post by edog40 on Feb 28, 2021 16:43:55 GMT
Let him know that he sucks. Lol. That was a thing right? I haven’t seen that in a long time 😆 it never goes away |
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Post by Jamie B on Feb 28, 2021 18:28:53 GMT
I am sitting with him right now. He still sucks!!
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Post by The Ocean on Feb 28, 2021 19:36:25 GMT
I am sitting with him right now. He still sucks!! I'm pretty sure that's written in the Constitution somewhere. |
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Post by tom on Feb 28, 2021 23:42:29 GMT
I always thought it was a strip joint
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