Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/06/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Keillor though is a celebrities celebrity. He had Meryl Streep never missing one of this shows and wanting nothing but to work with him. Which she did in that movie. He's really a of cultural superstar of our generation. A great man other great men want to meet, work with or emulate and I think put above themselves. You can win a Noble prize a Pulitzer prize but you're still not going to be Garrison Keillor. Sounding like hyperbole. But I'm betting one or two other people might agree with me. Sounding like understatement. - - from my iRabs. Mark Rabiner http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/springdays/ > From: Bill Pearce <billcpearce at cox.net> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2012 15:08:38 -0500 > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] A Prairie Home Companion In Shreveport > > I've had several friends that were at the bottom end of that moccasin list. > I suspect Keillor never aspired to this, he was pushed, as he was a writer > of short humor pieces for the New Yorker before he did radio. I've never > know anyone of celebrity, however so small, that aspired to the demands of > it. They just were the oil that rose to the surface of the water. However, > many have handled it with grace and others with bile. Oh well, he was > probably a colicy baby... > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Rabiner > Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2012 2:46 PM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] A Prairie Home Companion In Shreveport > > My view towards people like that; brilliant people with that level of > talent > is they get a lot of leeway with me. I've not walked a mile in their > moccasins but I wish I had a pair for myself. > > - - from my iRabs. > Mark Rabiner > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/springdays/ > > >> From: Bill Pearce <billcpearce at cox.net> >> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2012 10:53:42 -0500 >> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Subject: Re: [Leica] A Prairie Home Companion In Shreveport >> >> I once was employed by a public radio station that was an APR affiliate. I >> remember how the APR people found Keillor to be a very unpleasant and an >> unkind and incosiderate fellow to his co-workers. Not revered in the >> manner >> of Johnny Carson. He was, however, as reclusive as Johnny. Apparently not >> comfortable in the spotlight. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Sonny Carter >> Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2012 1:04 AM >> To: Leica Users Group >> Subject: Re: [Leica] A Prairie Home Companion In Shreveport >> >> On Sun, Jun 10, 2012 at 12:53 AM, Mark Rabiner >> <mark at rabinergroup.com>wrote: >> >>> I was behind Garrison Keillor at Zabars food store a few months ago. May >>> have been full year. He seemed to be concerned that someone was going >>> to >>> recognize him. He was a full two feet taller than anybody on any line and >>> has a very distinctive face. I think one of two customers didn't know who >>> he >>> was. But nobody said anything to him. Not even me. >>> I Wiki'd him when I got back here. Said he has an apartment on the Upper >>> west side. So do all kinds of other people who are famous for living in >>> distinctive places like small cities in the Midwest. In reality they all >>> live on the UWS. >>> Santa Claus you think he lives in the N Pole? Heck no most the year he's >>> in >>> a pre war on the UWS. Much better deli. >>> >> >> >> I loved living in the Excelsior when it was a cheap apartment hotel with a >> kitchenette. The coffee shop had toasted blueberry muffins to die for, and >> I could get fruit and veggies from a Korean grocer around the corner. The >> bus stopped right out front and that connected me to anyplace in the >> world. I could see the Museum of Natural History from my window. Better >> than Russia any day. >> >> >> >>> - - from my iRabs. >>> Mark Rabiner >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/springdays/ >>> >>> >>>> From: Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> >>>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >>>> Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2012 00:09:36 -0500 >>>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] A Prairie Home Companion In Shreveport >>>> >>>> On Sun, Jun 10, 2012 at 12:04 AM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at >>>> lighttube.net >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Nice shot, Sonny. He is a long way from home. >>>>> >>>> >>>> He's in the Municipal Auditorium where the Louisiana Hayride played, and >>>> where Elvis got his start. I guess he's just about home. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> >>>>> Jim Nichols >>>>> Tullahoma, TN USA >>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sonny Carter" <sonc.hegr at >>>>> gmail.com> >>>>> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> >>>>> Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2012 11:36 PM >>>>> Subject: [Leica] A Prairie Home Companion In Shreveport >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> http://sonc.com/look/?p=2087 >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Regards, >>>>>> >>>>>> Sonny >>>>>> http://sonc.com/look/ >>>>>> Natchitoches, Louisiana >>>>>> >>>>>> USA >>>>>> >>>>>> ______________________________**_________________ >>>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>>> See >>>>>> http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug< >>> http://leica-users.org/mailman >>>>>> /listinfo/lug>for more information >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ______________________________**_________________ >>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>> See >>>>> http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug< >>> http://leica-users.org/mailman/ >>>>> listinfo/lug>for more information >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Regards, >>>> >>>> Sonny >>>> http://sonc.com/look/ >>>> Natchitoches, Louisiana >>>> >>>> USA >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Regards, >> >> Sonny >> http://sonc.com/look/ >> Natchitoches, Louisiana >> >> USA >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information