BLUE HOUSE

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The List
Rol Murrow:
    The Fox Venice Theater, Blues night & the 17 yr old guitarist from the Canaligators, Rent raising parties, Single Wing Turquoise Bird Light Show
Aeno Rompannan:
    Sculpture in Hollister(?) park, Faceplate of Lincoln Jr High
The warehouse where Aeno then Rol lived:
    Top tobacco, Party that got ripped off, wire art sculpture, the Doors album
The Other Side Coffee House (A & W Root Beer by day):
    Hook & the Canaligators, Joel (harmonica) from the Buffalo Nickel Jug Band,     Tami & Roger, George Carlin trying out new material, White Horse (Texas) -     Kickin' Through The Ashes about Kennedy death
Canals:
    RG accidental discovery, R Crumb's parties with spigoted refrigerator in front yard [DC]
Mr Goodin next door at clinic:
    P.O. was old Safeway - Mural, Tunnels under Venice
Gaylord's Fraiser House:
    Piano, Duke, hit by car, Valer Hildebrant & the Mugwumps, Davy Gatchel's egg plant parmesan with Lemon Fresh Joy instead of olive oil & Davy's bubble blowing retort.
Gaylord's SF house:
    Bread, hot water, who are you
Gaylord's recital at Mt St Mary's w/ tarantula
Earth Rose & Tim Buckley
Da Driftwood (Big Daddy's Driftwood)
Hitchhiking to Berkeley with 10 cents during People's Park riots:
    THC Hog Tranquelizer, Wayne the Banjo Man, Sunshine Johnny & the Pipe Joint Compound, Blue Cheese poem on brown paper bag, try to steal manhole cover in front of SF herpetarium
Diane:
    Meat tenderizing hammer, Duck talk, Costumes, Isinglass, carry Cris/BooBoo, Manny's Metal Bras at Topanga Ecology Fair - Manny Burke & Schaedre, What do you think of them opals?
Record Albums:
    The Dirt Band's Uncle Shelley & His Dog Teddy (?), The Beatles White Album, Buffalo Springfield, Layla, Tim Buckley
Liquor store
Terminal Snack Bar
Grocery store w/ cheap eggs & bacon
Pioneer Bakery - 6 foot loaf
Sourdough starter
Alfalfa sprouts & Deborah
Jon Bach
Dobro player - Leroy Brightbill?
Miss Thresher
Ray Storch, dog pee on Telegraph in Berkeley
Big & Little Hans
Banjo stolen from Big Hans
Big Hans Accident
Patchouli & Sandlewood
Head Shop
Lady L's giant Jag
Lady L's Egyptian Wall mural
Colaged wall in 10th St cottage
Cris had to sit at desk to think
Beer & wine
Michael Aaronberg:
    Michael & Janet, Michael's brother living in closet after being drafted, job at Empire Stationers
Brooks St jette & storms
John Spaulding:
    Owl-bino remark, rainbow & pot of gold, Yellow & black stripe t-shirts, Don Jung music partys, Tami, Sue Cohen & David, beach erosion after storm, Bell Bottom Blues guitar riff
Free Press birthday party at the Cheetah - John Mayall playing when cop riot broke out, trams
Canal redevelopment & Free Venice
David Magrum, Dave Ball (& Linda) & fiddle in pawn
Ash Grove: Taj Majal, Kentucky Kolonals, Al's Music
Paved Main St & 2 wks later tore it up to put in storm drain
Roach clip on telescoping radio antenna
Burning bread wrapper
The Pot Shop & art studio at 9 Sunset
Big Al study law while others partied
Santa Monica Pier collapsed from storm, piece of the dock
Sanh hits head
Sanh & Dave & Glen:
    Topanga planting & map, Sanh & Sing Out America (?) tryouts
Tony & Bruce with stolen crop
Sweet's Mill, Virgil & Edith, Larry White & Dodie
The dwarf?
Dehl's apartment windows
Fig Chollie's Trash Day
Photos of Blue House (got any?)
Sandy (& Jon), Nerk & Deborah
Sweet's Mill
Grinning Goon (Myshka the Borzoi)
Deadly Dreadly (Marcella the cat)
Motor the cat that purred real loud if you just looked at it.
Baking hundreds of loaves of bread
Roach smashing at midnight
Black & white checkered floors & blow-torching to remove the old floors
Kathy Meskie's goulash
Cripsie's tools stolen
The fish from the guy & his wife next door & the turtle (buried in the back yard)
Cris' job as lead man at Revell
Benny: Glass sculpture, job at borchst belt restaurant
Patty Meskey
Straight Satans

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