Modesto Famous - Novel

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Mon, 24 Sep 2007 17:28:34 -0400

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"Tyranny of the Downbeat" Chapter 38

Mon, 23 Oct 2006 11:28:52 -0400

CHAPTER 38

When you get there, there isn't any there there.
-- Gertrude Stein

You say you want a revolution
Well you know
We all want to change the world
You tell me that it's evolution
Well you know

"Tyranny of the Downbeat" Chapter 37

Mon, 23 Oct 2006 11:27:48 -0400

CHAPTER 37

There's something happening here,
What it is ain't exactly clear.
There's a man with a gun over there,
Tellin' me I've got to be-ware.

I think it's time we stop, children, what's that sound?

"Tyranny of the Downbeat" Chapter 36

Mon, 23 Oct 2006 11:26:54 -0400

CHAPTER 36

It is when the hidden decisions are made explicit that the arguments begin.
-- Garrett Hardin, "The Tragedy of the Commons"

The final showdown was at hand. The "on-line" was finished.

"Tyranny of the Downbeat" Chapter 35

Mon, 23 Oct 2006 11:24:39 -0400

CHAPTER 35

All art is knowing when to stop.
-- Toni Morrison

A photograph is a secret about a secret. The more it tells
you the less you know.
-- Diane Arbus

DISSOLVE:

MUSIC CHANGE: UP FULL THEN UNDER

"Tyranny of the Downbeat" Chapter 34

Mon, 23 Oct 2006 11:23:39 -0400

CHAPTER 34

An artist is a dreamer consenting to dream of the actual
world.
-- George Santayana

Elliot is a creature of habit. Routine comforts him. He
likes doing the same thing on the same day, week after week. So,

"Tyranny of the Downbeat" Chapter 33

Mon, 23 Oct 2006 11:20:55 -0400

CHAPTER 33

Truly nothing is to be expected but the unexpected!
-- Alice James

It gets late early here.
-- Yogi Berra

The Padrone did not like this. In the spotlight. On the
ropes. He had managed his life too carefully to have it blown

"Tyranny of the Downbeat" Chapter 32

Mon, 23 Oct 2006 11:19:55 -0400

CHAPTER 32

I took off for a weekend last month
Just to try and recall the whole year
All of the faces and all of the places
Wonderin' where they all disappeared

I didn't ponder the question too long

"Tyranny of the Downbeat" Chapter 31

Mon, 23 Oct 2006 11:18:55 -0400

CHAPTER 31

The basis of optimism is sheer terror.
-- Oscar Wilde

Sleep faster. We need the pillows.
-- Yiddish Proverb

Elliot heard the news on KCBS on his way home.
"This bulletin just in from Sacramento. Our state capitol

"Tyranny of the Downbeat" Chapter 30

Mon, 23 Oct 2006 11:18:06 -0400

CHAPTER 30

We do what only lovers can ... make a gift out of necessity.
-- Leonard Cohen

You have to wake up a virgin every morning.
-- Jean-Louis Barrault

The Ralston Water Festival began in 1910 in celebration of

"Tyranny of the Downbeat" Chapter 29

Mon, 23 Oct 2006 11:16:51 -0400

CHAPTER 29

In my little town
I grew up believing
God keeps His eye on us all
And He used to lean upon me
As I pledged allegiance to the wall
Lord I recall
My little town

In my little town

"Tyranny of the Downbeat" Chapter 28

Mon, 16 Oct 2006 10:33:06 -0400

CHAPTER 28

Happiness is being able to speak the truth without hurting
anyone.
-- Federico Fellini

Laura's secretary buzzed her. "Mr. Delancy would like to
see you right away, Laura." Though there was no obvious reason

"Tyranny of the Downbeat" Chapter 27

Mon, 09 Oct 2006 10:29:00 -0400

CHAPTER 27

It's a man's world
It's a man's world
But it wouldn't be nothing, nothing
Without a woman or a girl

Man made the car
That take us over the road
Man made the train
To carry the heavy load

"Tyranny of the Downbeat" - Chapter 26

Mon, 02 Oct 2006 11:29:27 -0400

CHAPTER 26

I used to see you on every T.V.
Your smiling face looked back at me.
Then they caught you with the girl next door,
People's money piled on the floor,
Accusations that you try to deny,

"Tyranny of the Downbeat" - Chapter 25

Mon, 25 Sep 2006 09:29:38 -0400

CHAPTER 25

I am a child
I last a while
You can't conceive
Of the pleasure
In my smile

You hold my hand
Rough up my hair
It's lots of fun
To have you there

I gave to you
Now you give to me