Bistro Bijou

[tungtied2u]

Well, darlin', anything told to a bartender falls under the same confidentiality ethics as things confided in doctors, therapists and clergy. So no worries. And welcome.

I may steal "You dig in some very strange holes" for my sig line...

May I put your latest piece from the "not sure" thread up on the fridge? It does evoke the weather around here very nicely.

bj

eta: there's some damn fine work going on in here too.

Take whatever you want. Use it however you like. Or to quote one of my fave's:
Let me in here, I know I've been here
Let me into your heart
Let me know you, let me show you
Let me roll it to you

All I have is yours
All you see is mine
And I'm glad to hold you in my arms
I'd have you anytime

Let me say it, let me play it
Let me lay it on you
Let me know you, let me show you
Let me grow upon you

All I have is yours
All you see is mine
And I'm glad to hold you in my arms
I'd have you anytime

Let me in here, I know I've been here
Let me into your heart

 

[Angeline]

A little afternoon entertainment for the football widows and poetry lovers, of course.

Ink

 

[unpredictablebijou]

A little afternoon entertainment for the football widows and poetry lovers, of course.

Ink

Hooray!

We sing this around the house a lot. M and I joke that it's "our song."

Okay, the ideas for this place are coming so thick and fast they keep getting lost. Surveys, poetry assignments, alla that. But I have another impromptu survey question for this afternoon, sort of a modification on the Radio thread. Thinking about music today.

What's "your song" with your beloved?
And as a companion, what song can you just not listen to anymore cause it was "Your Song" with someone you'd now prefer to see buried in eels?

For me, I used to love Pat Metheny. Now his music just reminds me of someone that I prefer to visualize face down in a pool of dead muskrats with a big Praetorian Guard flag sticking out of his nether entrance...

TT2u, thank you. Further, that definitely confirms my suspicion that it should be blues night tonight. I'll make a few calls and see who I can get.

Can I get you anything?
bijou

 

[Homburg]

Having not looked a the pics yet I am a bit baffled as to why anyone should be tied up if not for nefarious purposes. I do realise some peoples idea of art takes many different forms and I am hoping further reading will answer this ........ for myself I think if I was just tied up to look artistic I would get bored stiff. Knowing me I have probably got the wrong end of the stick entirely !! As I said further readings may uncover all!

Well, as I referred to, I do those nafarious things too. At a recent event, I had more than one person suggest that this particular t-shirt what said "I DO BAD THINGS" was obviously intended for me. That said, why kiss if you're not going to have sex too? Well, because it's good fun, that's why

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A lot of people find shibari very meditative, among other things. This is ideally true for both the binder and the subject. Esthetically, also, it's a fascinating look.

It's a peculiar taste, of course, and not for everyone.

As always, the Mystery Woman groks my needs.

Happy Sunday, everyone! I had a lovely day yesterday - only three major plumbing freeze problems, and only one that actually had to be dug up to be fixed... in 5 degree weather with a good stiff wind from the northeast...

I'm certain there should be another digit in that temperature reading. Really. Civilised places stick to double digits even under duress.

Thanks to Tristesse, I've got a fine comedian on tap for tonight.

I would dress in drag if I could look this smashing.

 

[tungtied2u]

Hooray!

We sing this around the house a lot. M and I joke that it's "our song."

Okay, the ideas for this place are coming so thick and fast they keep getting lost. Surveys, poetry assignments, alla that. But I have another impromptu survey question for this afternoon, sort of a modification on the Radio thread. Thinking about music today.

What's "your song" with your beloved?
And as a companion, what song can you just not listen to anymore cause it was "Your Song" with someone you'd now prefer to see buried in eels?

For me, I used to love Pat Metheny. Now his music just reminds me of someone that I prefer to visualize face down in a pool of dead muskrats with a big Praetorian Guard flag sticking out of his nether entrance...

TT2u, thank you. Further, that definitely confirms my suspicion that it should be blues night tonight. I'll make a few calls and see who I can get.

Can I get you anything?
bijou

I'll have a Velvet Sledgehammer.....as for the blues....She's Gone

 

[UnderYourSpell]

I can see I will put on weight just coming in here ....... erm isnt the golden helmet the golden bowl upside down?

 

[Homburg]

What's "your song" with your beloved?

I'm not certain that I've got one. There used to be, but there's baggage with it now. May be good to develope something new...

And as a companion, what song can you just not listen to anymore cause it was "Your Song" with someone you'd now prefer to see buried in eels?

I don't want to see her buried in eels. Actually there's not a soul from my past that I was emotionally intimate with that I wish to call the Doom of Eels upon. My partings were amiable.

That said, I have had to condition myself to listen to "Good Night" by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy and not hear her voice singing the chorus with mine. Leaving it in iTunes and allowing the magic of shuffle to wend that tune (and other similarly loaded) into my subconscious mind helps. The music plays and I pay precious littl emind to it, but Quiet Mind listens, hears, and soothes away the painful associations. I reclaim the music, and remember the joy.

If I could only bring myself to do it with the truly painful pieces. It wrecks me to know that I associate my favourite piece of romantic music with loss now. For to sing the songs of "Man of La Mancha" is to know how I love. I want that back. Probably time to suck it up and use iTunic Therapy to get it back.

TT2u, thank you. Further, that definitely confirms my suspicion that it should be blues night tonight. I'll make a few calls and see who I can get.

Can I get you anything?
bijou

Might I suggest this chap? Or perhaps this one? Or this worthy might be an excellent choice (it hurts me that this fellow is only known for his rock and roll, when his blues work was so very soulful)

 

[Angeline]

Hooray!

We sing this around the house a lot. M and I joke that it's "our song."

Okay, the ideas for this place are coming so thick and fast they keep getting lost. Surveys, poetry assignments, alla that. But I have another impromptu survey question for this afternoon, sort of a modification on the Radio thread. Thinking about music today.

What's "your song" with your beloved?
And as a companion, what song can you just not listen to anymore cause it was "Your Song" with someone you'd now prefer to see buried in eels?

For me, I used to love Pat Metheny. Now his music just reminds me of someone that I prefer to visualize face down in a pool of dead muskrats with a big Praetorian Guard flag sticking out of his nether entrance...

TT2u, thank you. Further, that definitely confirms my suspicion that it should be blues night tonight. I'll make a few calls and see who I can get.

Can I get you anything?
bijou

He picked up his guitar and played and sang this song to me, and it was pretty much all she wrote.

This ex was a big fan of Joy Division, in my opinion the most lugubrious band in the world. Every song sounds like a funeral dirge. His favorite was Love Will Tear Us Apart Again, which sort of tells the whole story, doesn't it?

 

[tungtied2u]

Sorry, I won't be able to stay at the Bistro tonight, I have to mosey down to the local cabaret and see this guy.

Blessings on you all...

 

[unpredictablebijou]

Alright, I can see that I'm going to have to request that someone coach me through the multi-quote function. Where do I go to find that?

I found two Velvet Sledgehammer recipes. Do you want the one that involves a banana and a blender, or just a nice Creme de Cacao and vodka affair?

Some men look fabulous in drag. Others, bless their hearts, should probably just stick to the more standard look. I've tried for years to pass as a man. No luck whatsoever.

UYS, yes, I believe the helmet and bowl are being sold as a set of one. Multi-purpose. Then again, most helmets can double as bowls, I've noticed...

Hendrix it is. This isn't really his blues, but it is one of my favorites.

 

[unpredictablebijou]

He picked up his guitar and played and sang this song to me, and it was pretty much all she wrote.

This ex was a big fan of Joy Division, in my opinion the most lugubrious band in the world. Every song sounds like a funeral dirge. His favorite was Love Will Tear Us Apart Again, which sort of tells the whole story, doesn't it?

Joy Division may be the only thing your X and I would agree about. Obviously in general he's got no damn sense, letting you go. But I do like a morose 80's hair band, I do.

Like this one, for example.

bj

 

[LeBroz]

Alright, I can see that I'm going to have to request that someone coach me through the multi-quote function. Where do I go to find that?

Piece of cake.

The multi-quote icon's right next to the quote icon {lower right}.
The way I've used it is to click on it from as many posts as I want then I click on the reply icon; the text box then reminds me that I've got a number of quotes I've selected. Respond accordingly and the rest is simple.

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[Homburg]

Alright, I can see that I'm going to have to request that someone coach me through the multi-quote function. Where do I go to find that?

See where the quote button is on each post? Se the little one next to it with the quotation mark and plus sign? That's the multi-quote button. Hit that button and it should turn red or somesuch (depending on skin). Poke that little doo-hickey in each post you want quoted, on multiple pages and posts, if you like. Then hit Post Reply as usual. Bingo.

Some men look fabulous in drag. Others, bless their hearts, should probably just stick to the more standard look. I've tried for years to pass as a man. No luck whatsoever.

It would be bad comedy for me =)

Hendrix it is. This isn't really his blues, but it is one of my favorites.

The rhythm and bass are very blues oriented in this tune, and the blue sinfluence is present in his work. Beuatiful stuff.

 

[Angeline]

Joy Division may be the only thing your X and I would agree about. Obviously in general he's got no damn sense, letting you go. But I do like a morose 80's hair band, I do.

Like this one, for example.

bj

I'm not into hair bands or glam rock or art rock. I don't care for Souixse (sp?) and the Banshees or Kate Bush or Art of Noise or even David Bowie (though I know he's brilliant). And those second and third string bands like Flock of Seagulls and Kajagoogoo. Oy. Thompson Twins. Yech. It's just not my thing. Although I do really like Bowie's Fame, but that's because of Lennon.

I like punk! I love David Byrne and Lou Reed and Joey Ramone, who was probably like my long-lost third cousin. But we know who I like. I was born about 60 years too late.

 

[unpredictablebijou]

I'm not into hair bands or glam rock or art rock. I don't care for Souixse (sp?) and the Banshees or Kate Bush or Art of Noise or even David Bowie (though I know he's brilliant). And those second and third string bands like Flock of Seagulls and Kajagoogoo. Oy. Thompson Twins. Yech. It's just not my thing. Although I do really like Bowie's Fame, but that's because of Lennon.

I like punk! I love David Byrne and Lou Reed and Joey Ramone, who was probably like my long-lost third cousin. But we know who I like. I was born about 60 years too late.

ooooo. well, you should ignore about the first 6 screens on the jukebox, then... On the other hand, I did grab a little of her for you... I like her even better than I like Wall of Voodoo.

xo
bj

eta: LeBroz, Hommie, thanks for the coaching. I'll begin practicing immediately.

 

[champagne1982]

I'm not into hair bands or glam rock or art rock. I don't care for Souixse (sp?) and the Banshees or Kate Bush or Art of Noise or even David Bowie (though I know he's brilliant). And those second and third string bands like Flock of Seagulls and Kajagoogoo. Oy. Thompson Twins. Yech. It's just not my thing. Although I do really like Bowie's Fame, but that's because of Lennon.

I like punk! I love David Byrne and Lou Reed and Joey Ramone, who was probably like my long-lost third cousin. But we know who I like. I was born about 60 years too late.

I think that any artist that gave Mott the Hoople All the Young Dudes can't be all that bad. There was a Bowie before glam and gothpunk, he was almost an artist, from what I've heard...

Dooooooods

 

[unpredictablebijou]

I think that any artist that gave Mott the Hoople All the Young Dudes can't be all that bad. There was a Bowie before glam and gothpunk, he was almost an artist, from what I've heard...

Dooooooods

Now THAT's a Hair Band. And a damn fine one.

O hai, I finished my absinthe poem... for what it's worth.

Absinthe

You taste
something
you can't quite remember,
bitter as smoke,
veiled with sugar,
the musk and syrup
goes up as it goes down.
It trickles fingers across
the back of your neck.
A rose opens
between your eyes
and the serpent
spins
up your spine. It's
right there
on the tip
of your tongue.

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I've also decided to add links to the first post in this thread, so people can find the various activities at the bistro a bit more easily. So there ya go.

bj

 

[champagne1982]

Now THAT's a Hair Band. And a damn fine one.

O hai, I finished my absinthe poem... for what it's worth.

Absinthe

You taste
something
you can't quite remember,
bitter as smoke,
veiled with sugar,
the musk and syrup
goes up as it goes down.
It trickles fingers across
the back of your neck.
A rose opens
between your eyes
and the serpent
spins
up your spine. It's
right there
on the tip
of your tongue.

***

I've also decided to add links to the first post in this thread, so people can find the various activities at the bistro a bit more easily. So there ya go.

bj

That sounds more like psilocybin tea ... <angel innocence>ermm.. moi?</halo>

 

[unpredictablebijou]

Hi baby!

This group is gettin' less vanilla with each passing moment.

oy, you always get here just as I've got to pack up and go to dinner! We've got to fix this timezone thing.

Kansas is a lovely place, you know...

bj

 

[Homburg]

This group is gettin' less vanilla with each passing moment.

I consider this a plus. One of the highlights of a rather dull party last night was some time spent talking with an old acquaintance well known for his willingness to experiment with sundry chemical additives. If it doesn't travel through a needle, he's probably tried it. Interesting chap, and remarkably unfried.

Drinks absinthe, when possible, too.

Kansas is a lovely place, you know...

bj

You keep saying that, and then I look at those temperature, and try desperately to understand how "lovely" could be used to describe somewhere that frikken cold.

 

[tungtied2u]

Know what I like about this place.....other than the clientele, of course...
it's open night and day

 

[champagne1982]

You keep saying that, and then I look at those temperature, and try desperately to understand how "lovely" could be used to describe somewhere that frikken cold.

It's a matter of perspective. Right now, it's around 18 below freezing, celcius, so around 5 degrees fahrenheit and dark. It's dark lots here. I live just marginally closer to the 49th parallel than to the Arctic circle, but what's a couple of hundred klicks amongst friends?

Anyway, Kansas sounds nice...

 

[Homburg]

It's a matter of perspective. Right now, it's around 18 below freezing, celcius, so around 5 degrees fahrenheit and dark. It's dark lots here. I live just marginally closer to the 49th parallel than to the Arctic circle, but what's a couple of hundred klicks amongst friends?

Anyway, Kansas sounds nice...

Goodness. Even with some very rare snow on the ground right now, I'm comfortable outside in my jeans and rugby shirt.

 

[champagne1982]

Goodness. Even with some very rare snow on the ground right now, I'm comfortable outside in my jeans and rugby shirt.

LOL I'm comfortable outside in jeans and a sweater...

And a parka

And snow boots

And a hat (aka toque in Canajan lingo)

And gloves...

you get the picture, I'm sure.

 

[Homburg]

LOL I'm comfortable outside in jeans and a sweater...

And a parka

And snow boots

And a hat (aka toque in Canajan lingo)

And gloves...

you get the picture, I'm sure.

(though it'll probably freeze solid before you get it inside)