Re: (TV) patti in austin (peripheral verlaine content) (includes UFOs)

[postitnote <postitnote@sbcglobal.net>]

On the recording where he plays the song "UFO", before he starts playing, it sounds like he says, the cartoon show was called "UFO". Live show from 3-09-75.  Someone should ask Richard Hell about it, I'm sure he would know what Tom was referring to.

Deb


--- On Thu, 5/2/13, Glenn Cooper <glennwaynecooper@gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Glenn Cooper <glennwaynecooper@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: (TV) patti in austin (peripheral verlaine content)  (includes UFOs)
> To: tv@obbard.com
> Date: Thursday, May 2, 2013, 2:23 AM
> Oh and we forgot a couple of very
> obvious ones: "UFO" and "Saucer Crash".
> 
> Yeah not sure what show he was talking about. Maybe The
> Jetsons?
> 
> Glenn C.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 2/05/2013 5:47 PM, postitnote wrote:
> > I don't know about others, but I love the
> space/SciFi/UFO related lyrics in many of his tunes.  I
> was trying to remember what his ex-gf said about Tom and
> UFO's.  I think she said she thought he really believed
> in them, but wasn't positive about that.
> >
> > Hey Glenn, to tie into what you brought up, you could
> also relate the 'face at the window kept smiling'...as an
> alien face.  I'm not saying that he's an abductee, but
> he's def had an interest in the subject.  He also
> mentioned about that little cartoon show he used to watch
> about UFO's, which I could never figure out what show he was
> talking about.
> >    
> >
> >
> > --- On Wed, 5/1/13, Glenn Cooper <glennwaynecooper@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> From: Glenn Cooper <glennwaynecooper@gmail.com>
> >> Subject: Re: (TV) patti in austin (peripheral
> verlaine content)  (includes UFOs)
> >> To: tv@obbard.com
> >> Date: Wednesday, May 1, 2013, 8:24 PM
> >> This is going to sound a bit, er,
> >> "out there", but I've often wondered if
> >> Tom is an alien abductee. I'm serious. I don't know
> if
> >> anyone else on the
> >> list has studied the subject of UFOs and alien
> abduction to
> >> any degree, but
> >> I have. For around 30 years, actually. It is a
> serious topic
> >> as anyone who
> >> truly digs into it will soon discover.
> >>
> >> Anyway, Tom seems to have a fascination with the
> subject,
> >> going back a long
> >> way. Song lyrics like "Up in the high, high hills,
> with my
> >> floating
> >> friends"; then in "I Am Daylight" he sings: "It
> sounds
> >> funny, but they kind
> >> of fly around".
> >>
> >> Lots of UFO/space imagery throughout his songs:
> 'Mars", "The
> >> Rocket", not
> >> to mention the overall sci-fi tone of much of his
> work.
> >> "Souvenir From A
> >> Dream" is another one that seemingly contains
> abduction
> >> imagery.
> >>
> >> Okay, flame away!
> >>
> >> Glenn C.
> >>
> >> On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 10:45 AM, Robin Dunn <rdunnrn@yahoo.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Bush Tetras!  Suicide was supposed to be
> >> performing their first album that
> >>> night.  I bought tix and literally flew
> across the
> >> country to see
> >>> them...and they canceled.  The BTs did an
> album
> >> release instead and were
> >>> great.  Pat Place!  Weirdly, they had
> some
> >> Suicide merch...so I could
> >>> literally say, I flew cross-country to see
> Suicide and
> >> all I got was this
> >>> t-shirt.
> >>>
> >>> I saw the BTs one other time, at Cake
> Shop.  James
> >> Chance joined in that
> >>> night -- memorable.
> >>>
> >>> Anyway, they're great live, and look great too,
> as you
> >> can see.   Pat
> >>> Place!
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Sent from my iPhone.
> >>>
> >>> On May 1, 2013, at 6:54 PM, postitnote <postitnote@sbcglobal.net>
> >> wrote:
> >>>> Thanks Robin, glad you enjoyed the show.
> >> Thanks for the UFO story, I'm
> >>> always up for a good UFO story. haha
> >>>> And you got some nice pics of the show (no
> UFO's
> >> though)
> >>>> Hey, I see you also got to see Bush
> Tetra's,
> >> heh?  Very cool, I would
> >>> have liked to have seen them too. Too many
> >> creeps...yeah!
> >>>> Deb
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> --- On Wed, 5/1/13, robin dunn <rdunnrn@yahoo.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>>>> From: robin dunn <rdunnrn@yahoo.com>
> >>>>> Subject: (TV) patti in austin
> (peripheral
> >> verlaine content) (includes
> >>> UFOs)
> >>>>> To: tv@obbard.com, television-group@yahoogroups.com
> >>>>> Date: Wednesday, May 1, 2013, 2:23 PM
> >>>   >> saw patti in austin
> last night.
> >>>>> great show, she was in great humor,
> very up
> >> and sounding
> >>>>> great (i saw her the day before at a
> radio
> >> taping and it was
> >>>>> the same thing).  the highlight
> was
> >> definitely "distant
> >>>>> fingers," which she introduced with a
> story
> >> about tom and
> >>>>> UFOs.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> she said back in 1974, when she and tom
> were
> >> both playing
> >>>>> CBs, they'd go out to the alley between
> sets
> >> and "do things"
> >>>>> (laughing).  she said the sky back
> then
> >> was full of
> >>>>> UFOs over CBGB's (they're gone now, she
> says),
> >> and she and
> >>>>> tom would watch them together. 
> she said
> >> she wrote the
> >>>>> song for him.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> (i'm sure none of this is new, but she
> told it
> >> well.)
> >>>>> i think i read once that when she
> picked her
> >> current home,
> >>>>> she knew immediately when she saw it
> that it
> >> was the right
> >>>>> place, because inside was this huge
> spaceship
> >> sign that she
> >>>>> and tom used to look at together. 
> or
> >> something like
> >>>>> that.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> some pics here:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/22655698@N02/
> >>>>>
> >>>>> if anyone sees a recording, let me
> know.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> just looking for something to do
> because TV
> >> won't play
> >>>>> here,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> r
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