Friday, May 28, 2010

BOOKISH ! PETE HOLLY'S LIST OF 35 ESSENTIAL BOOK'S

by Pete Holly

1."Middle Age"-Joyce Carol Oates
2."Gertrude"-Herman Hesse
3."Underneath the Wheel"-Herman Hesse
4."The Stranger"-Albert Camus
5."Homage to Calatonia"-George Orwell
6."The Perenial Philosophy"-Aldous Huxely-Non-Fiction
7."Secrets of Selling Yourself to People"-James Mangan-N.F.
8."Either/Or"-Soren Kirkigaard
9."The Red Pony"-John Stienbeck
10."Sophies Choice"-James Styron
11."The Treasure of the Sierra Madre"-B. Traven
12."The Great Gatsby"-F. Scott Fitzgerald
13."The Tin Drum"-Gunter Grass
14."The Incredible Lightness of Being"-Milan Kundrea
15."Three Day Blow"-Ernest Hemingway-Short Story
16."On The Road"-Jack Kerouac
17."Catch 22"-Joeseph Hellar
18."Slaughterhouse Five"-Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
19."One Flew Over the Cukoo's Nest"-Ken Kesey
20."The Death Ship"-B. Traven
21."East of Eden"-John Stienbeck
22."The Invisable Man"-Ralph Ellison 23."Be Here Now'-Baba Ram Dass-N.F.
24."The Dharma Bum's"-Jack Kerouac
25."The Complete Poems of Emily Dickenson-Emily Dickenson-poet
26."Farenhiet 451"-Ray Bradbury
27."Nijinsky's Diary"-Nijinsky-N.F.
28."The Seven Pillars of Wisdom"-D. H. Lawrence
29."Alice's Adventure's in Wonderland"-Lewis Carrol
30."Through the Looking Glass"-Lewis Carrol
31."The Wizard of of Oz"-Frank L. Baum
32."The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"-Mark Twain
33."The Letter's of Vincent Van Gogh"-Vincent Van Gogh-N.F.
34."Heart of Darkness"-Joeseph Conrad
35."Diary of a Rock Star"-Ian Hunter-N.F.

{All book's listed are Fiction unless otherwise noted}

List compiled by Pete Holly-All Rights Reserved-Copyright-2010-5/28/2010

The Way We Were-Pete Holly-Pete Holly and the Look's

#.1"We liked the same music-we liked the same bands-we liked the same clothes"
-"Bobby Jean",Bruce Springsteen and the E-street Band-Born in the U.S. A.-

#2."Somewhere,Somehow,Somebody must have kicked you around Some"
-"Refugee"-Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers-Damn the Torpedo's

#3."I knew it must have been,some big set-up,All the action,just would not let up"
"Friction"-Television-Marqee Moon

#4."6:oo O'clock in the morning,i finished recording,feelin' alone and,no place is home"
"That i Remember"-The Dwight Twilly Band-Twilly Don't Mind

#5."I'm sittin' here wonderin',if a Matchbox will hold my clothes"-"Matchbox"
-Carl Perkins

#6."and me,I'm in a rock 'n roll band"-"Sweet Jane"-Mott the Hoople-Composed
by Lou Reed

#7."Remember me,to one who lives there,for she once was,a true love of mine"
"North Country Girl"-Bob Dylan

#8."Made up my mind,i'll make new start-Goin' ta California with an ache,in my Heart"
-"Goin' to California"-Led Zepplin-IV

#9."There must be some kinda way out of Here,said the joker to the thief"
All Along the Watchtower"-Jimi Hendrix-composed by Bob Dylan

#10."Blue Sun,Lookin' at you,We got nothin',left to do,give me a reason,i'll pull
on thru,Blue Sun,I'm Lookin' at You !"-"Blue Sun"-Pete Holly
and the Look's-Live at Desmond and Mollies

#11."But i wish that you could see them,but now it's geting so dark,I'm down here,
at the end of this pier,and i'm Feedin' all the Shark's"-"Feedin' All The Sharks"-Pete Holly and Primordial Soup-
composed by Pete Holly

#12."Tax Collectors Vacant-Make it-'till you give it up-do anything you want you
know-cause i can't get enough"-"Can't Get Enough of Nothin"-Pete Holly and
The High Tops-composed by Pete Holly

#13."The Moon Come's up,the sun goes down,I'm on the street,I'm on the Prowl,
All thru the day,i hear them Cry,and now i know,the reason why"-
"Dark Black Night"-Pete Holly-"Riverside Drive" also Pete Holly and the Hightop's
-Live Performance-composed by Pete Holly

#14."Every town i go,there's a street,name of the street y'all,Funky Funky Broadway"
"Funky Broadway"-Otis Redding

Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Once upon a Time/Things you might Need

One day,many years ago,i and my new girlfriend were walking down a
sidewalk in the East Village,in N.Y.C...A number of people had set up little area's
where they were selling all kinds of odd's and ends.Nothing very valuble,
just a total mish-mash of pretty ragged looking stuff.Just as we were about
to turn away i noticed the vendors sign-"THINGS YOU MIGHT NEED"and for some reason the phrase seemed very funny to me and my girlfriend and we started to
laugh.The vendor started to laugh too ! Because of that sign we had one of the
best afternoons of our live's.We laughed alot and we loved even more.



pete holly-2010-copyright-all rights reserved

Saturday, May 22, 2010

TOP SELLING PETE HOLLY MP3'S IN THE UNITED KINGDOM ON AMAZON.CO.UK

THE TOP THREE MARKETS FOR POP/ROCK MUSIC IN THE WORLD
ARE-THE UNITED STATES-THE UNITED KINGDOM-AND JAPAN-

HERE IS A THE LATEST TOP TEN LIST OF THE MOST DOWNLOADED PETE HOLLY
MP3'S IN THE UNITED KINGDOM

1.EVERYBODY CALL NOW-SUN VALLY
2.STRANGER IN TOWN-WIZARD OF GARAGE
3.JESUS LIVES IN SAN BERNADINO-RIVERSIDE DRIVE
4.ROCK 'N ROLL GIRL-THE BALLED OF PETE HOLLY
5.CATBIRD CANES-RIVERSIDE DRIVE
6.CHASE THE NIGHT-WIZARD OF GARAGE
7.JANE DAY-SUN VALLEY
8.LET IT RIP-THE BALLED OF PETE HOLLY
9.CATBIRD CANES{VERTIGO OF LOVE}-
THE BALLED OF PETE HOLLY
10.TRUELY DELICATE NATURE-"III"

THANKS TO ALL THE FANS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM
WHO DOWNLOADED THESE SONGS AND FOR SUPPORTING
MY MUSIC.

ALL THE BEST,

PETE HOLLY,
LOOK'S MUSIC INTERNATIONAL

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Movies on Dvd-"The Scarlet Letter"-1934

by Pete Holly

This movie "The Scarlet Letter" made in 1934,star's Colleen Moore,who
at the time was one of,if not Hollywoods biggest female star.Believe it
or not-this is the only other adaptation of Nathaniel Hawthorne's amazing
and extremly famous novel of the same name beside's the more recent version
in which actress "Demi Moore" play's the story's central figure,"Hester Prynn".
Unfortunatly for Demi Moore,her attempt to give the "Hester Prynn" charactor
a more modern touch not only bombed at the Box Office-but with the critics
as well.There was simply nothing in the modern film version that engaged the
audience with the charactors in the film.So many liberities were taken that
deviated greatly from the essence of the original Hawthorne novel that the
story made little,if any sense,and the actors performances tended to reflect
the pointless screenplay by apprearing aloof,unengaged and worst of all,boring.
While this 1934 version of "The Scarlet Letter" is not perfect.It's very
entertaining and it does stay true to the Hawthorne novel.It's somewhat
surprizing that a sound film made in the 1930's seems to be in perfect shape.
There isn't one visual or sound flaw in this old film.It play's perfectly.
Someone obviously took very good care of this film and we,the audience,
are the benifactor's of thier determination to keep the film in perfect condition.
It's simply a "Great Movie" and a very respectable interpretation Nathaniel
Hawthornre's timeless novel.


written by Pete Holly-2010-copyright-all rights reserved

Thursday, May 6, 2010

Poetry

by Pete Holly


In the trunks of old car's-found in San Fransisco,
Chinese Swords and Big Thick Dragon Vase's,Red and Dragon Black
and Gold-
We lost the sword in a move but held on to the Dragon Vase-
Once as i lay choking to death by blood-
My face a bloody Battered Death mask-gasping for air !
as hands choked off my last breath of air-i died-went unconsious-
To the other side-
When i awoke the heavy body on my chest-Had vanished !
The blood ran down my face-a sharp cracking pain-where the back
of my head had been bashed over and over into the expensive-
Spanish Tile-till my brain felt broken' into little pieces-rolling around in my
Skull-Brain matter slammed into bone-
The tiles now splattered with blood-as i started to breath again-
and stars flew away-shooting away death-forcing me to breath-
And bringing me to back to Life-My head collapsed Sideways-in pain
and exhaustion-and there in front of my eye's came slowly into focus-
The Chinese Dragon Vase-broken like a skull-laying there-the sharp-
cutting corners-of Life-crushed inside my Brain-through the Skull-
To stay locked inside for eternity-a balance-force-that will not disappear-ever






written by pete holly-copyright-2010-all rights reserved
5/07/2010

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

LEARNING HOW WE LEARN FROM EXPIERIENCE

"A Boy in the 60's-Growing-up in Anderson,California"

by Pete holly

I remember as a young boy-i liked to go for walks along the banks of the Sacremento
River-we lived right on it's bank's.I'd walk along the river banks and through the Quiet Suberban streets of Anderson;a town of only 2000 people ! Some times i'd walk to a little store that was about a mile away.It had every kind of candy on earth.For just a nickel and a dime you
could buy more candy than you could eat.
One day i was walking around the closest block to our house and it was a really hot quiet
day{115 was not unusual in the summertime}.Not a single person seemed to be at home or
around.Suddenly,i thought of the very first time i had walked around this block about 5 years
earlier.I noticed something strange however.Even though the nieghborhood hadn't changed
at all,something made it look differant to me.Then,i had a clearity of thought.The niegborhood
didn't look the same to me-because i had changed.Alot had happened over those 5 years.I knew
most every family in the niegborhood and they knew me.I also knew all thier secrets-or a least enought of thier secrets that could no longer see the the Block the way i did when i didn't know
anyone or anyhing about them.I knew there were people who lived on the block who had serious
problems.In the 60's-even in a sleepy little town in northern California-Anderson-people had
serious problems.Some had son's that had died in vietnam-some drank to much-one of my best
friends mother seemed like she did nothing but drink all day long.But she wasn't mean or any- thing like that that-in fact i remember her being quite nice.Everyone was nice but the times were not nice-and we all knew it.Nobody talked about it.I was fasinated by the way people didn't talk about anything serious.Nobody asked questions when someone had "the Flu"."Oh yeah-
it's going around,thats what i hear"-and that's what children heard too.But i think most of us,
even alot of the kids-knew it wasn't "the Flu".It was something more serious,so we didn't talk
about it.But it was strange how it made the neighborhood look differant.That was really a
revelation to me at age 10.

written by Pete Holly-Copyright-2010-all rights reserved