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  • Did you really like the analogy? Thanks, I impressed myself with that one.

    Posted by FHdogs
    on October 3rd, 2007 at 5:13 pm

  • I’m a sucker for a good analogy, as well as for a Vacation series reference. By the way, I’ve searched for the awful song that plays during that scene with absolutely no success.

    Posted by Steve
    on October 3rd, 2007 at 5:15 pm

  • That song is “New Looks” by Dr. John! My fiancée would kill me if I didn’t know it. I won’t let her know that you called his works awful. I’m still trying to get a video clip for those who haven’t seen the movie. Oh look at that I found it on You Tube when searching for the song itself.

    I’ve update the post on my blog for everyones viewing pleasure.

    Posted by FHdogs
    on October 3rd, 2007 at 6:42 pm

  • Actually, I did some more research on that myself earlier, and I discovered it was Dr. John — I hadn’t known. I do like some of his other songs, but that one, you gotta admit, is pretty bad, which is why you never hear it in any context other than replays of that movie on TBS. “It’s no, and it’s old”?

    Posted by Steve
    on October 3rd, 2007 at 9:59 pm

  • Don’t worry Steve, I’m not a big fan of his, or the song. It’s all about the clothes nobody is going to buy.

    Posted by FHdogs
    on October 4th, 2007 at 8:01 am

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Central Queens hot-topic roundup

Posted by Steve on Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007

Sure seems like a lot has been going on around these parts lately, but what can I cover that hasn’t already been done so well by Forest Hills 72? In no particular order, let’s take a look at a few, bullet-point style. Discuss!

  • You can say goodbye to the trees along the Long Island Rail Road tracks. They’re pretty but cause service interruptions for reasons that are so arcane you’ll just have to read the article to find out. The damage to the neighborhood’s character will be severe, assuming you live on Burns Street — otherwise you never really go down that way anyway, now, do you?
  • Queens renters say they’re not staying. Heh, good luck renting that swank Chelsea pad at Kew Gardens prices, buckaroos.
  • “Via Veneto” is coming soon to Austin Street. Mike of Mike’s Notes is dead on with his National Lampoon’s European Vacation analogy.
  • In Forest Hills Gardens, even the sex offenders are upper-crusty. (I should probably point out here that nothing has been proven, though the Post does do something I was taught never, ever to do in journalism school when it writes that the guy was arrested “for child sex” (emphasis mine). The Post also disappoints by not branding the alleged offender a “perv,” as it usually does.