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  1. Senator Jack

    Any writers?

    Thanks, Undertow. Looking through my correspondence, I see I sent to Venture back in January but never received a response. LMQ was a form rejection. Didn't know about Knight, so I'll send out to them. All leads help! Has anyone else been using querytracker.net? Very useful up-to-date agent...
  2. Senator Jack

    Any writers?

    I finished writing The Fine Art of Mixing Girls back in November and am having a hell of a hard time finding an agent even remotely interested in a hapless gossip columnist, 1950s New York, cocktails, and cold war communists, though the last two are allegedly hot right now. I suppose I could do...
  3. Senator Jack

    Vintage dude, Blackhorse Road, every morning.

    Yeah, that was me.
  4. Senator Jack

    Retro Revolution

    Hey, I'm going through the same thing with my novel set in the New York of 1953. Agents keep asking 'But where are the vampires?' Good luck on the hunt! Jack
  5. Senator Jack

    DEATHS ; Notable Passings; The Thread to Pay Last Respects

    Ugh. Dorothy Provine at 75. An absolute doll who retired from film too early. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/30/arts/30provine.html One of my favorite performances from her. From The Great Race <object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie"...
  7. Senator Jack

    Dances of Vice hits the Big Time

    What do you know? I managed to scoop the Times by two and a half years. :D
  8. Senator Jack

    Retro-extremists? What are we called?

    No, I got sidetracked into writing the book for a musical. When that's out of the way, I'll try to get back to it. Regards, Jack
  9. Senator Jack

    DEATHS ; Notable Passings; The Thread to Pay Last Respects

    Malc! No! He was such a douche, but we all loved him.
  10. Senator Jack

    Hey New Yorkers - need a recommendation

    Yeah, you need a time machine to find that. If you want Italian, have dinner in another neighborhood and then go to Little Italy (or, rather, what's left of it) for pastry (and really, I can't even recommend anywhere for that). Though my favorite Italian joints are in Brooklyn and Queens, I...
  11. Senator Jack

    Retro-extremists? What are we called?

    Certainly, my being exposed to the ravings of this fellow at an early age has never allowed for my selection of option #3. As for the term, Anti-modernist, I think that about clinically states it the best even though there is the paradox of an Atomic Era Anti-modernist, such as myself...
  13. Senator Jack

    Retro-extremists? What are we called?

    James, I had no idea you were a Bugatti man as well. :eusa_clap Funny, though, I thought you'd be more of a Type 35
  14. Senator Jack

    Retro-extremists? What are we called?

    Yes it did, my friend. Yes it did. As I said, I can understand how punk, hardcore, and even dixieland isn't for everyone, but Northern Soul? That's universal joy. Regards, Jack
  15. Senator Jack

    Retro-extremists? What are we called?

    About the music, which led to my walking out, the kids were playing trance/house/rave and whatnot. When you work in an office for a long time, you might get used to tuning out Billy Joel, Phil Collins, and even Kenny G, but those grating house drum loops get to you after three minutes. Hell, I...
  16. Senator Jack

    Crime at the U.N.

    Well, my friend did say he's pretty sure they're going to rip out all the little mid-century details like the elevator buttons, the handset intercoms in the corridors, and what not, along with redesigning the common areas such as the one below.
  17. Senator Jack

    You might be an Atavist.

    You might want to put 'at' in there. :D
  19. Senator Jack

    You might be an Atavist.

    If you still ask for 'Hi-Test'. If you still call waitresses 'doll', and 'sweetie.' If you haven't accepted Nixon's resignation. (which an atavist friend of mine hasn't)
  20. Senator Jack

    Crime at the U.N.

    In other news, last night I saw my friend who works at the U.N. He says they're completely gutting the place and afraid he's going to go back to an office completely devoid of any mid-century style. Here's the link to the story. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=26559&Cr=CMP&Cr1
  21. Senator Jack

    Retro-extremists? What are we called?

    Ha! The Hotel Q. That's the place with the swimming pool in the bar, isn't it? The new thing here, in the last few years, is Rave Party gas stations. You go to fill your tank and you have this thumping dance-track piped overhead. I JUST WANT TO GET GAS, YOU DON"T HAVE TO MAKE IT AN EVENT...
  22. Senator Jack

    Retro-extremists? What are we called?

    Two things here: Temporal dysphoria is a damn close term for the condition (not the subculture), and my only problem with it is that 'dysphoria'' means 'unpleasantness.' I don't believe there's anything unpleasant about this lifestyle (apart from it interfering with my life). I thought...
  23. Senator Jack

    Retro-extremists? What are we called?

    Lizzie, you have, quite unknowingly, just put forth the theme and crux of this novel I just finished writing. (Yes, it's finally done and I'm looking for an agent.) Most modern cars are not 'cars' to me, they might be vehicles with four wheels that get you someplace, but they don't really say...

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