Comments on: My Hollywood Boulevard http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/iberry/2009/11/my-hollywood-boulevard/ This is the podcast station for TheNervousBreakdown.com, an online culture magazine featuring authors and artists from around the world. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:21:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Tod Goldberg http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/iberry/2009/11/my-hollywood-boulevard/#comment-35892 Tod Goldberg Sun, 29 Nov 2009 02:21:20 +0000 http://next.thenervousbreakdown.com/?p=19340#comment-35892 A great poem, Iris. This part especially hit me: But it’s not my Hollywood anymore, now it belongs to the gangs, the mutant homeless, the corporate conglomerates and the tourists. The new Americana, God bless them all. A great poem, Iris. This part especially hit me:

But it’s not my Hollywood anymore,
now it belongs to the gangs,
the mutant homeless,
the corporate conglomerates
and the tourists.
The new Americana,
God bless them all.

]]> By: iris Berry http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/iberry/2009/11/my-hollywood-boulevard/#comment-35872 iris Berry Sat, 28 Nov 2009 18:25:48 +0000 http://next.thenervousbreakdown.com/?p=19340#comment-35872 you are so welcome, it is sad, but so true... and it is and was such a dagger, remember when it first started happening... i couldn't believe it..... still don't, really... thank you Rachel, for your kind words. you are so welcome, it is sad, but so true… and it is and was such a dagger, remember when it first started happening… i couldn’t believe it….. still don’t, really… thank you Rachel, for your kind words.

]]> By: rachel mcK http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/iberry/2009/11/my-hollywood-boulevard/#comment-35441 rachel mcK Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:15:03 +0000 http://next.thenervousbreakdown.com/?p=19340#comment-35441 "before homeless was normal." ugh. such a dagger. thank you for this. you are, as always, an inspirational kick in the guts. “before homeless was normal.”

ugh. such a dagger. thank you for this. you are, as always, an inspirational kick in the guts.

]]> By: iris Berry http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/iberry/2009/11/my-hollywood-boulevard/#comment-34228 iris Berry Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:57:58 +0000 http://next.thenervousbreakdown.com/?p=19340#comment-34228 Monalia, you are too too kind. Thank you. I am now forever connected to you after our long exchange yesterday. It was incredible... stay close.. perhaps one day I'll visit!!! i sure hope so... keep me in your loop. I love the way you live. iris xo Monalia,

you are too too kind. Thank you. I am now forever connected to you after our long exchange yesterday. It was incredible… stay close.. perhaps one day I’ll visit!!! i sure hope so…
keep me in your loop. I love the way you live. iris xo

]]> By: monalia http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/iberry/2009/11/my-hollywood-boulevard/#comment-34110 monalia Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:32:27 +0000 http://next.thenervousbreakdown.com/?p=19340#comment-34110 I love this poem! You and I were raised in the same basic hood/scene/sleezy but romantic glamour epitomized by the years centered around the Fontenoy, which is the epoch where I began to lose some friends to AIDS and drugs... You are a character forever etched in my Hollywood adolescence, Iris, with your twinkly periwinkle eyes, wry smile, cute heart shaped face and the charming small gap between your front teeth which makes it hard to take ones eyes off you when you tell a charming story. Your piece captures an era, the generation you and I stomped around as teens and then as post teen punks et al - post 1976, pre 1990. John X is my other Hollywood buddy who I still keep close contact with, and he also tells me something profound has changed in Holywood, a major shift in the corporate direction, however there is still a healthy motley crew of old friends who do kooky things together. I love this poem! You and I were raised in the same basic hood/scene/sleezy but romantic glamour epitomized by the years centered around the Fontenoy, which is the epoch where I began to lose some friends to AIDS and drugs…

You are a character forever etched in my Hollywood adolescence, Iris, with your twinkly periwinkle eyes, wry smile, cute heart shaped face and the charming small gap between your front teeth which makes it hard to take ones eyes off you when you tell a charming story.

Your piece captures an era, the generation you and I stomped around as teens and then as post teen punks et al - post 1976, pre 1990. John X is my other Hollywood buddy who I still keep close contact with, and he also tells me something profound has changed in Holywood, a major shift in the corporate direction, however there is still a healthy motley crew of old friends who do kooky things together.

]]> By: iris Berry http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/iberry/2009/11/my-hollywood-boulevard/#comment-34082 iris Berry Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:10:49 +0000 http://next.thenervousbreakdown.com/?p=19340#comment-34082 i love you too, Mr. Gange, hope you are well... iris xo i love you too, Mr. Gange, hope you are well… iris xo

]]> By: Ray Gange http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/iberry/2009/11/my-hollywood-boulevard/#comment-34023 Ray Gange Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:57:33 +0000 http://next.thenervousbreakdown.com/?p=19340#comment-34023 Iris, you take me back to a time i loved, to a place i loved, neither of which are there any more and the last time i was there, in the theme-park replacement, it made me want to cry, not just for those past times but for the new breed that dig it now but know not what was there not so long ago. I love you Ms Berry Iris, you take me back to a time i loved, to a place i loved, neither of which are there any more and the last time i was there, in the theme-park replacement, it made me want to cry, not just for those past times but for the new breed that dig it now but know not what was there not so long ago. I love you Ms Berry

]]> By: Jack Skelley http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/iberry/2009/11/my-hollywood-boulevard/#comment-33998 Jack Skelley Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:46:52 +0000 http://next.thenervousbreakdown.com/?p=19340#comment-33998 Beautiful, Iris. You have a great eye and the memory to go with it. -Jack Beautiful, Iris. You have a great eye and the memory to go with it.
-Jack

]]> By: iris Berry http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/iberry/2009/11/my-hollywood-boulevard/#comment-33910 iris Berry Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:07:45 +0000 http://next.thenervousbreakdown.com/?p=19340#comment-33910 Robert, thank you so much, this means a lot to me!!!! i miss old Hollyood too... iris xo Robert, thank you so much, this means a lot to me!!!! i miss old Hollyood too… iris xo

]]> By: Robert Allan http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/iberry/2009/11/my-hollywood-boulevard/#comment-33905 Robert Allan Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:40:20 +0000 http://next.thenervousbreakdown.com/?p=19340#comment-33905 This brings back so many memories! I remember living in the Chateau Le Fleur, on Cherokee and Franklin, back in 82, 83, riding the bus to Melrose to work in the mornings. During that time, at least twenty street preachers tried (in vain) to save my soul. It was a magical time in Hollywood. But we still complained about all of the old buildings, either being bought by the church of Scientology or being torn down to build mini malls. We knew where it was going. This is a stunning piece of poetry/writing! Love your style! This brings back so many memories! I remember living in the Chateau Le Fleur, on Cherokee and Franklin, back in 82, 83, riding the bus to Melrose to work in the mornings. During that time, at least twenty street preachers tried (in vain) to save my soul. It was a magical time in Hollywood. But we still complained about all of the old buildings, either being bought by the church of Scientology or being torn down to build mini malls. We knew where it was going.

This is a stunning piece of poetry/writing! Love your style!

]]> By: The Nervous Breakdown http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/iberry/2009/11/my-hollywood-boulevard/#comment-33597 The Nervous Breakdown Sun, 15 Nov 2009 11:44:41 +0000 http://next.thenervousbreakdown.com/?p=19340#comment-33597 [...] week we offer you poetry from such varied talents as Iris Berry, Jackie Sheeler, Lisa Johns, Kenneth Shiffrin, Jerome Dunn, Doug Knott, and this week’s Featured [...] [...] week we offer you poetry from such varied talents as Iris Berry, Jackie Sheeler, Lisa Johns, Kenneth Shiffrin, Jerome Dunn, Doug Knott, and this week’s Featured [...]

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