(Piacenza) Take 9: Domenico

Take 9: Domenico

So? Bambi-rella & Bambi-rella came by...
(cafe acquaintences)
...last Domenico (sunday) afternoon -whilst I was working on a new Curry receipe, which - incidentally - included HARISA (Morrocan) hot chilli pulp....And? - on greeting B & B at what I laughingly call "mio appartmento" which is on the Via Campagna in Piacenza....did "espy" a sly look from both their Sandro Botticelli dark eyes.

So? On que, I rapidy embraced these (2) divine, though slightly chubby "bella donnas";

(love, in the Ecconomy size)

...invited them down to (mia piccollini hotel/albergo: €35 - 1 nite)  "Benedicttine Suite"...where my dick was (in stereo) sucked quite raw...and cavorted a, la "menage a, trois";

...till the cows came home.

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Funny old life.

OH! I almost forgot. The CURRY on the stove?

Like me: Burnt to a crisp!



c 2011/davedelacroix/Lord Borgo/all rights reserved/send money/I NEED a spatchelor/scissors, too!/Piacenza/sometime in Italy...

(Piacenza) Take 8: LA GRANDE FESTA!

Take 8: La Grande Festa!

Act 1: Moretti, Minestrone & Me...

Like the 3 Stooges?...Moretti (beer), Minnie whats-her-name? -and ME sit, once again...together.

We,re all outta Paprika & Curry powder-friends.
They went chasing off to Oregano... And as for Cumin?
...We dont mention her name.

Tarragon pops by, once n a while.
Marsala?
Always a great friend, though (of late?) rarely seen.

Lentils & Cannelini; visit...off & on.

Tumeric?
I cant get rid of her. She stains everything I own.
Still?
I have "amici" Onion & Garlic.
(I miss Ginger a whole lot! Cinnamon, too!)

....And so, socially? -I,m like YOU; life? - Ja-ja! - is a Stew.

But I DO have a clean whte table cloth...bearing a sparkling white platter & "almost" silver cutlery, plus! -soft lighting & mellow "Rat Pack" tra-la-la!

I take my seat with Vino Bianco/Rossi...bi-polar AND spend-thrift though she is (always cheap BUT in the Ecconmy size) ...and THEE "plat du jour";
(probably Minnestrone)

I guess i,m stuck with HER!

Still.
I gotta Moretti beer on standby. A "Mcdounes", 3 year old Scotch... stashed under the couch, somplace.
The Music in my head? The Poetry we must write?
And, yes: You, too.

So now? Why dont you join me in a (song) walking blues?

WHISKY BLIND MAN WALKIN BLUES:

"Whisky,ll make a blind man
Sing the blues.
Nobody,s gonna love you
Wthout no shoes.
I,m gonna get on back to Memphis
If I,m ever compass-senses;
Whisky,ll make blind man
Sing the blues.


Dont you ever talk NO reason
Baby-girl
Micro-manage, at the dentist
Leave me Cool
I need a haircut & a White cane
Not kisses full of Novocaine
Dont you EVER talk no reason
Baby-girl-


If you see me down in Paris
Say: "Bonjour!"
I gotta suitcase & a guitar
As a rule.
They dont teach this stuff in College;
Bring that apple to the teacher!
If you see me down in Paris?
Say, "Adieu"

(last verse)


Whsky,ll make a blind man;
Go South.
I got it, first hand,
Mouth to mouth.
Loves heaven has NO season,
Leastways? -wthout a reason;
Whisky, blind man?
...Sing the Blues"


(dedicato: Count Clay von Cabe, Viceroy of Akansas & Princess Sarah B. -hugs!...:)


c 2011/davedelacroix/Lord Borgo/Piacenza/Saturday/Sun shinning/giggng tonght/Bar Insomnia, via Cittadella, 10pm/be there or get gay/remember children? -always brush your teeth...otherwise you,ll end up looking like Delacroix; leastways? -Kieth Richards!

(Acts 2 & 3 will be posted tomorrow.)

(Piacenza) Take - lucky No. - 7: Kind Hearts & Coronets

Take 7:     Kind Hearts & Coronets

A very close friend, here in Piacenza, had his heart broken, leastways "shaken" recently.
A fast gals caprice...A brothers betrayal.

A friends "wisdom" at such a time is pretty much worthless. My comforting words? -acknowledged, yet nevertheless, no band-aid for such a wound.

My "Accountessa" (Carol, in Denver, Colorado) ever on the ball and ALWAYS positive, even in the darkest times...would...were she here to advise my heart broken friend, say:

"Carpe diem, Amico! See it as a NEW opportunity...for your LIFE: see it as an OPEN door!..."

 November, believe me, is infact - not April - the cruelest month (ask Guy Fawlkes);

So? October, Me, Kind Hearts & Coronets.....whisper;

                                          December comes anon, mon brave!
                                          with ALL its fireworks, bangles,
                                          promise, love & gifts!...:)


PS: You owe me €1.00. The cost of posting this message at the local Pakistani Inter-net cafe. And, yes! - it IS an inter-net CAFE. Daniel, the owner, actually HAS an Espresso coffee machine. and YES! -dont FORGET to come to my "piccolini concertina", (domani) tomorrow (sabatto), 10.00pm, at the CAFE INSOMNIA, via Cittadella, Piacenza.

PPS: Bring money!...:)

c 2011/nov/davedelacroix/lord borgo/italy of course/twix bloody marys & happy hour martinis/off to gig at LADY BAR, via mazzini, 19.30 hr./be there or be frickin square!...:)

(Piacenza) Take 6: The Seventh Seal

Take 6: The Seventh Seal (dedicated to Paolo Bossalini)

Its getting on for 2 years now since the close of the American chapter of my life...which I have spent in European travel, recording new songs and, on & off, shooting a miscellany of music video footage that, to date, has NOT added up to a "Pythagorean Hill of Beans!"
Or maybe? JUST that! -namely? -this blog/book: "Our man in Europe/Piacenza"...

These past THREE MONTHS - as U., dear blog/book reader are aware - has found me happily located/living IN Piacenza, Italy, fortunate to be surrounded by/amongst a most wonderful community of new, good friends and a whole new generation of music fans.

At my modest, local, weekly concerts...they collectively bounce/dance around, pass the "tip jar" and "en que", sing WORD for WORD, at the TOP of their voices ALL and any of my songs I get to strumming!

"Fire Exit!", "This Train", "Eleanora from Cremona", etc.

It IS at once, for this particular "Old Dog" an honor & a delight!

(See photos on theirs/my Facebook websites, why dont-cha?)

Alas, however, during these past 2 reasonably turbulent and extremely active years...a shadow in the sun has appeared all too frequently...in the form of the Grim Reaper...to cull the flock of several of my old American friends.
In point? Whilst they have NOT been dropping like flies, their number, nevertheless, has decreased significantly.

The great TOM WAITS is "on record" as saying: "most of my pals are either dead or not feeling very well.", whilst MINE? --those who continue to thrive? -there is growing alarm....And whilst it IS inevitable, should U. be blessed with a long life, you WILL witness many friends & familys demise...and it DOES leave you  (actually? Me) to ask: Why Megan? (36 yrs old), why Darren? (50). Robin? (32) Evo? (25), Screaming Jack? (40) Jackie? (37), many, leaving young children behind; and, of course, ones OLDER friends who still had a decade or 2 of life expectancy?.... Janet; mother of Robin (60), Kenny Ortega (Jazz bassist-genius, 59), Everet (Comedian, Actor, & stunt man for Rodney Danerfield: 58)...the latter, who once impressed upon me, re. Acting & Comedy: "TIMING is EVERYTHING, Dave!"

As FOR my "Time", I have - and hopefully will continue - to spend it traveling AND celebrating this journey through words & music.
Fact is? Ive never really stayed in one place long enough to gather roots... Or when I did, the Grim Reaper, hovering un-seen, and later? -after my departure? His Scythe descended!

Clearly, I have been dodging the proverbial "bullet" (or Scythe) with uncanny good fortune!...

And whilst (and DO "stay" with me, folks) I am no more or less superstitious than the next man? -when I get to know just about every bar-tenders name in the region...the notion to "move on" becomes a factor.

Like the Knight in Ingmar Bergmans movie, The Seventh Seal, a Chessboard trick was deftly played... And, perhaps? JUST perhaps, like Bergmans - neverthless doomed - Knight....one of my now deceased,  much loved/and loving friends... clung to Life for just a few seconds EXTRA to distract the Reaper from gathering THIS "Old Dogs" Soul unto him, too?

OK! SHOWTIME!!!!

"Im looking for the Fire Exit!"

c 2011/nov/davedelacroix/Lord Borgo/Piacenza/Italia.