VLVL(7):Annotations, questions, etc, etc. Pt.1

David Casseres casseres at apple.com
Fri Jan 8 17:49:28 CST 1999


At 12:09 -0800 1/6/99, keith woodward wrote:
>Sorry (again) that this took a while, folks.
>
>kw
>
>VLVL(7) Annotations
>
>220.23:  "Holytail":  ???

Makes me think of Holy City, a semi-ghost town in the Santa Cruz Mountains,
formerly inhabited by a religious cult, now a rumored Thanatoid hangout.

>225.13:  "combo-ork arrangements":  ???

Typical dance-band arrangements sold as sheet music with the phrase "Combo
Orch." on the front.

>225.15:  "Don't Get Around Much Anymore":
>
>Nat King Cole (?)

Duke Ellington.

>225.16:  "As Time Goes By":
>...
>228.21:  "Ilse":  I seem to recall an Ilse from _The Trial _, but
>couldn't find her.  Am I imagining things?

I don't know, but it was Ilse (Ingrid Bergman) who insisted on hearing Sam
play "As Time Goes By" again in "Casablanca."
Cheers,
David



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