Comments on: Immortal Poems of the English Language http://boppin.com/2005/04/immortal-poems-of-english-language.html Tue, 31 Jan 2012 01:46:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: tak http://boppin.com/2005/04/immortal-poems-of-english-language.html/comment-page-1#comment-65 tak Sat, 12 Jun 2010 15:13:32 +0000 http://boppin.com/wp/?p=77#comment-65 thanks. I guess it would be hard to remember details, but i'll just ask anyways. 1. I've come across few webpages and article mentioning some sort of evening-night general itinerary in 1960s Montreal nightlife: starting of at the hut, moving towards the Casa espagnole (which actually seem to be called many different ways) later on, and possibly the Moulin rouge later on ... would you say there was a such a thing. Meaning, was there a core crew going and moving to the same places all the time? Would you say that a few places could have been considered as a 'milieu'? which places were more common? 2. I have the feeling reading these memories that anglos and francos were often mixing up over there ... were they really or were there clearly separate crews? 3. Do you know who was the owner of the Hut, what time it opened and closed (i mean definitely) ? And do you remember the opening or the closing of such bars being an important event. I'm somehow trying to find if these places were considered important or even necessary for the bohemian crew of the time. 4. Are there any moments, evenings, conversations that happened in one of these places were you thought: something is happening here, this is important. (from what i read, it often look like it was often the case these days ...) I feel like my questions are too general and too precise at the same time, I guess i want to know what were the most important meeting spots, if they could be considered as a 'milieu' (geographically and ideologically), if francos and anglos were as divided as one could think and if these places are important spaces to consider when we think of this time period in Montreal where art and politic changed so drastically. I think that's it ... I really hope you don't mind all these questions and I would totally understand if you can't really remember details. general impressions will do it, i don't necessarily need "the facts" but more the impressions :) thanks a lot ... thanks. I guess it would be hard to remember details, but i’ll just ask anyways.
1. I’ve come across few webpages and article mentioning some sort of evening-night general itinerary in 1960s Montreal nightlife: starting of at the hut, moving towards the Casa espagnole (which actually seem to be called many different ways) later on, and possibly the Moulin rouge later on … would you say there was a such a thing. Meaning, was there a core crew going and moving to the same places all the time? Would you say that a few places could have been considered as a ‘milieu’? which places were more common?
2. I have the feeling reading these memories that anglos and francos were often mixing up over there … were they really or were there clearly separate crews?
3. Do you know who was the owner of the Hut, what time it opened and closed (i mean definitely) ? And do you remember the opening or the closing of such bars being an important event. I’m somehow trying to find if these places were considered important or even necessary for the bohemian crew of the time.
4. Are there any moments, evenings, conversations that happened in one of these places were you thought: something is happening here, this is important. (from what i read, it often look like it was often the case these days …)

I feel like my questions are too general and too precise at the same time, I guess i want to know what were the most important meeting spots, if they could be considered as a ‘milieu’ (geographically and ideologically), if francos and anglos were as divided as one could think and if these places are important spaces to consider when we think of this time period in Montreal where art and politic changed so drastically.

I think that’s it … I really hope you don’t mind all these questions and I would totally understand if you can’t really remember details. general impressions will do it, i don’t necessarily need “the facts” but more the impressions :)

thanks a lot …

]]> By: Brian http://boppin.com/2005/04/immortal-poems-of-english-language.html/comment-page-1#comment-63 Brian Fri, 11 Jun 2010 01:49:30 +0000 http://boppin.com/wp/?p=77#comment-63 Ask away, but it's been over 40 years so I don't guarantee I'll have answers. Ask away, but it’s been over 40 years so I don’t guarantee I’ll have answers.

]]> By: tak http://boppin.com/2005/04/immortal-poems-of-english-language.html/comment-page-1#comment-62 tak Fri, 11 Jun 2010 01:08:32 +0000 http://boppin.com/wp/?p=77#comment-62 Hello, I've run into this page while searching infos about the suiss hutte and the associacion espanola on the net. i'm currently trying to do a paper on montreal's 1960s bohemia and more precisely on its meeting spots. these places are often mentioned by nostalgics, but i have a really hard time to find anything else than a name. i know this post is dated and i don't know if you would be interested in answering a few questions i have ... but if you are, please let me know. it would be incredibly appreciated. Hello,

I’ve run into this page while searching infos about the suiss hutte and the associacion espanola on the net. i’m currently trying to do a paper on montreal’s 1960s bohemia and more precisely on its meeting spots. these places are often mentioned by nostalgics, but i have a really hard time to find anything else than a name. i know this post is dated and i don’t know if you would be interested in answering a few questions i have … but if you are, please let me know. it would be incredibly appreciated.

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