Comments on: Our Town http://www.proteinpower.com/drmike/uncategorized/our-town/ A critical look at nutritional science and anything else that strikes my fancy. Mon, 12 Mar 2012 21:02:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Sweet is the Melody » Michael R. Eades, M.D. http://www.proteinpower.com/drmike/uncategorized/our-town/comment-page-1/#comment-48191 Sweet is the Melody » Michael R. Eades, M.D. Fri, 24 Aug 2007 19:00:05 +0000 http://www.proteinpower.com/drmike/?p=619#comment-48191 [...] you may remember from a previous post, Iris Dement is a singer/song writer from Arkansas who has made good on the folk and bluegrass [...] [...] you may remember from a previous post, Iris Dement is a singer/song writer from Arkansas who has made good on the folk and bluegrass [...]

]]> By: LCforevah http://www.proteinpower.com/drmike/uncategorized/our-town/comment-page-1/#comment-22214 LCforevah Thu, 05 Apr 2007 21:15:26 +0000 http://www.proteinpower.com/drmike/?p=619#comment-22214 No, not as you remember it. There is now the Aquarium of the Pacific, the Convention Center, A huge Borders Bookstore, etc. Pine Street is THE place to be-- a place to stroll with the best restaurants to walk into. The Queen Mary is again a place to go eat or drink at one of the bars, and it has both young and old clientčle. I've lived there for seventeen years, and at the outset everything downtown was run down. Now it's all been prettified, and it's been very good for the city. <em>Hi LC--</em> <em>It almost sounds too gentrified for me now.  I can't believe the old Pike is gone.  Sigh.  I spent many wonderful hours there.</em> <em>Thanks for the update.</em> <em>Cheers--</em> <em>MRE </em> No, not as you remember it. There is now the Aquarium of the Pacific, the Convention Center, A huge Borders Bookstore, etc. Pine Street is THE place to be– a place to stroll with the best restaurants to walk into. The Queen Mary is again a place to go eat or drink at one of the bars, and it has both young and old clientčle. I’ve lived there for seventeen years, and at the outset everything downtown was run down. Now it’s all been prettified, and it’s been very good for the city.

Hi LC–

It almost sounds too gentrified for me now.  I can’t believe the old Pike is gone.  Sigh.  I spent many wonderful hours there.

Thanks for the update.

Cheers–

MRE 

]]> By: LCforevah http://www.proteinpower.com/drmike/uncategorized/our-town/comment-page-1/#comment-21615 LCforevah Mon, 02 Apr 2007 21:23:27 +0000 http://www.proteinpower.com/drmike/?p=619#comment-21615 Dr Mike, I live in Long Beach and it's a good little city. It's known as "Iowa by the sea" because so many Midwesterners moved here for all the new industries at the start of the last century, and especially after the Depression. So it's no surprise that it would be easy for Iris to retain her roots! <em>Hi LC--</em> <em>I didn't know that about Long Beach.  Thanks for contributing to my education.  My only experiences at Long Beach were many trips to the Long Beach Pike with my buddies.  Does the Pike still exist? </em> <em>Cheers-- </em> <em>MRE </em> Dr Mike, I live in Long Beach and it’s a good little city. It’s known as “Iowa by the sea” because so many Midwesterners moved here for all the new industries at the start of the last century, and especially after the Depression. So it’s no surprise that it would be easy for Iris to retain her roots!

Hi LC–

I didn’t know that about Long Beach.  Thanks for contributing to my education.  My only experiences at Long Beach were many trips to the Long Beach Pike with my buddies.  Does the Pike still exist?

Cheers–

MRE

]]> By: James Hickman http://www.proteinpower.com/drmike/uncategorized/our-town/comment-page-1/#comment-21430 James Hickman Sun, 01 Apr 2007 18:26:49 +0000 http://www.proteinpower.com/drmike/?p=619#comment-21430 I've been listening to Iris DeMent for years and didn't know (or remember) that she was from Arkansas. I'd once heard her voice described as like that of a wild bird. My favorite album is called My Life(1994), but let the listener beware, it's likely to jerk tears, or as a friend of mine might say, it will leave you "blubbering". PS As I dig out the cd I notice pictures from and liner notes about the early days in Arkansas. <em>Hi James--</em> <em>She is indeed from Arkansas, a good place to be 'from.' (Note the emphasis on the word from.) </em> <em>Cheers--</em> <em>M </em> I’ve been listening to Iris DeMent for years and didn’t know (or remember) that she was from Arkansas. I’d once heard her voice described as like that of a wild bird. My favorite album is called My Life(1994), but let the listener beware, it’s likely to jerk tears, or as a friend of mine might say, it will leave you “blubbering”.
PS As I dig out the cd I notice pictures from and liner notes about the early days in Arkansas.

Hi James–

She is indeed from Arkansas, a good place to be ‘from.’ (Note the emphasis on the word from.)

Cheers–

M

]]> By: John Spaulding http://www.proteinpower.com/drmike/uncategorized/our-town/comment-page-1/#comment-21231 John Spaulding Sat, 31 Mar 2007 17:36:00 +0000 http://www.proteinpower.com/drmike/?p=619#comment-21231 Wonderful! Thanks, Doc, it WAS a treat. Love that voice! On the strength of this video, I hopped on allofmp3.com and dowloaded her "Infamous Angel" album, that this is from. Terrific stuff. Interesting about her accent. Kind of confirms what I've read, that you tend to keep the accent that you first learned English in. And not just in your house, but in your neighborhood. <em>Hi John--</em> <em>Glad you enjoyed it.  I think I'll download the album, too. </em> <em>Cheers--</em> <em>MRE </em> Wonderful! Thanks, Doc, it WAS a treat. Love that voice!

On the strength of this video, I hopped on allofmp3.com and dowloaded her “Infamous Angel” album, that this is from. Terrific stuff.

Interesting about her accent. Kind of confirms what I’ve read, that you tend to keep the accent that you first learned English in. And not just in your house, but in your neighborhood.

Hi John–

Glad you enjoyed it.  I think I’ll download the album, too. 

Cheers–

MRE 

]]> By: Philip Thackray http://www.proteinpower.com/drmike/uncategorized/our-town/comment-page-1/#comment-21220 Philip Thackray Sat, 31 Mar 2007 16:17:34 +0000 http://www.proteinpower.com/drmike/?p=619#comment-21220 Five or six years ago I was driving around the farming country of Western PA looking for a used manure spreader. It was near to Mother’s Day and a local radio station was playing “Mother’s Day” songs. Nestled in a five song set was Iris Dement’s “Mama’s Opry” – I cried on the spot. The song is on her Infamous Angel album (along with “Our Town”). Amazon has the CD. Philip Thackray <em>Hi Philip--</em> <em>I had much the same experience with another of her songs, </em><em>Sweet is the Melody.  The song isn't even all that poignant, it's her voice that gets to me.</em> <em>Cheers--</em> <em>MRE </em> Five or six years ago I was driving around the farming country of Western PA looking for a used manure spreader. It was near to Mother’s Day and a local radio station was playing “Mother’s Day” songs. Nestled in a five song set was Iris Dement’s “Mama’s Opry” – I cried on the spot. The song is on her Infamous Angel album (along with “Our Town”). Amazon has the CD.

Philip Thackray

Hi Philip–

I had much the same experience with another of her songs, Sweet is the Melody.  The song isn’t even all that poignant, it’s her voice that gets to me.

Cheers–

MRE 

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