tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6089242376408906172.post1744611249174050278..comments2024-01-17T16:08:25.428-05:00Comments on SPALDEEN DREAMS: The Nightclub SceneJim Pantalenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07242915447914711323noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6089242376408906172.post-81511071319696957932021-04-11T13:15:48.883-04:002021-04-11T13:15:48.883-04:00Those days were lovely for the Italians, the Irish...Those days were lovely for the Italians, the Irish and the Jews, but not for the Blacks. As much as I enjoyed Alan Fried at the Paramount (now LIU) in downtown Brooklyn, it was a nasty time, including lynchings, if you were a Negro. How ignorant does one have to be not to recognize the phoniness of the American Dream. I'll stick with a more neutral memory of fishing on a boat out of Sheepshead Bay or going for flounder by the Marine Parkway bridge across from Floyd Bennett Field. I was so ignorant then. And don't forget: there were perhaps three or four African Americans in Lafayette High School, the rest being lily white. Mea Culpa.<br /><br />Stan, English teacherAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10337453358879818350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6089242376408906172.post-56985748978143136752021-04-11T13:13:36.215-04:002021-04-11T13:13:36.215-04:00Those days were lovely for the Italians, the Irish...Those days were lovely for the Italians, the Irish and the Jews, but not for the Blacks. As much as I enjoyed Alan Fried at the Paramount (now LIU) in downtown Brooklyn, it was a nasty time, including lynchings, if you were a Negro. How ignorant does one have to be not to recognize the phoniness of the American Dream. I'll stick with a more neutral memory of fishing on a boat out of Sheepshead Bay or going for flounder by the Marine Parkway bridge across from Floyd Bennett Field. I was so ignorant then. And don't forget: there were perhaps three or four African Americans in Lafayette High School, the rest being lily white. Mea Culpa.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10337453358879818350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6089242376408906172.post-28182276071509993932010-01-24T18:48:58.438-05:002010-01-24T18:48:58.438-05:00Not JUST a t-shirt but one that says: Vinny's ...Not JUST a t-shirt but one that says: Vinny's Pest Control". I wanted to tell him to go back to the trailer park but your mother restrained me.Jim Pantalenohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07242915447914711323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6089242376408906172.post-14657472834178728182010-01-24T17:34:42.480-05:002010-01-24T17:34:42.480-05:00Sounds like a great show! There was a supper club ...Sounds like a great show! There was a supper club in Oakland where I used to live and they had big band music and dinner there. It was a very cool place. i would love a chance to go to a place like The fabled Tropicana where Ricky Ricardo used to work. And I can't believe someone would wear a TEE SHIRT to a concert...ugh!Laura ESL Teacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01055929854714099768noreply@blogger.com