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- Fri Apr 14, 2023 11:06 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: casting call - Hydra
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2645
Re: casting call - Hydra
Probably, the 2020 film collapsed for lack of funding and/or the film rights expired. Many films don't make it to the finishing post. This 2020 trailer seems particularly weird: why set the conversation with the bronzed Greek on a towpath when it took place at a bank in central London? And I don't r...
- Mon Apr 10, 2023 7:14 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: Suzanne Vega's teenage obsessions
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2197
Re: Suzanne Vega's teenage obsessions
Suzanne Vega opened for Leonard at Wetbridge.
- Mon Apr 10, 2023 7:07 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: casting call - Hydra
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2645
Re: casting call - Hydra
I really don't think this is for us. Filming wiiI, I suspect, take a long time at an inappropriate date. We've all got better things to do.
- Thu Sep 23, 2021 10:19 pm
- Forum: Hydra Meetups 2023, 2019, 2017, 2015, 2013, 2011, 2009, 2007, 2005 & The Event in 2002
- Topic: Hydra video on Youtube
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5346
Re: Hydra video on Youtube
The island is frequently used as a backdrop for music videos. Although this song is not related to Leonard, I think its depiction of the island is worth passing on to you.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8NzB7Z ... rt_radio=1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8NzB7Z ... rt_radio=1
- Fri May 28, 2021 6:55 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: New movie filmed on Hydra: So Long Marianne
- Replies: 20
- Views: 4682
Re: New movie filmed on Hydra: So Long Marianne
I suspect Suzanne Verdal's image has been placed there mistakenly, for Suzanne Elrod. A lot of people get the two mixed up. I left the island on 16 October 2020 but didn't see any filming, though I do recall that Douskos was closed one day for no apparent reason. Most intrigued to see dear Bill Cunl...
- Mon Oct 14, 2019 9:17 pm
- Forum: Comments & Questions
- Topic: Marianne's son
- Replies: 9
- Views: 86840
Re: Marianne's son
Nick Broomfield's documentary Marianne and Leonard: Words of Love proved to be much better than I expected, not a saccharine paean like so many previous works, but a hard-hitting critique which revealed in passing who really suffered from the selfishness of the Beautiful Losers: the children. I arri...
- Sun Jan 13, 2019 12:39 am
- Forum: Hydra Meetups 2023, 2019, 2017, 2015, 2013, 2011, 2009, 2007, 2005 & The Event in 2002
- Topic: Round Island Trip
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5555
Re: Round Island Trip
Ask him. I went twice in 2018, and each time there were about two dozen people aboard, which is the right number as you can socialise without feeling cramped.
- Sun Jan 13, 2019 12:31 am
- Forum: Hydra Meetups 2023, 2019, 2017, 2015, 2013, 2011, 2009, 2007, 2005 & The Event in 2002
- Topic: Round Island Trip
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5555
Round Island Trip
Back in the nineties you coould go round the island on a caique. It was rough and ready (no food) but fun. Then the service stopped. For years I muttered to anyone who would listen that there was money to be made by a skipper who had the gumption to organise it again. Finally, last year, my lobbying...
- Sun Nov 05, 2017 9:03 pm
- Forum: Leonard Cohen 80 years on September 21, 2014
- Topic: Bench updates
- Replies: 170
- Views: 116422
Re: Bench updates
The real problem is the lack of shade. I have seen people sitting on the nearby ordinary wooden bench rather than on Leonard's simply because the former is shady. The bench is north facing, so a tree planted behind it would really help.
- Sat May 20, 2017 10:58 pm
- Forum: Hydra Meetups 2023, 2019, 2017, 2015, 2013, 2011, 2009, 2007, 2005 & The Event in 2002
- Topic: Greek strikes
- Replies: 1
- Views: 5931
Greek strikes
The island has just emerged from four days of isolation due to a prolonged General Strike in which no Flying Dolphins ran. If this should happen to any of you, there is now a €7 service four times a day from Ermioni to the island. Ermioni is on the mainland northwest of the island. It can be reached...
- Sat May 20, 2017 10:48 pm
- Forum: Leonard Cohen 80 years on September 21, 2014
- Topic: Bench updates
- Replies: 170
- Views: 116422
Re: Bench updates
Lakis reports: "The Office has informed them that the original plan will not be accepted because there are no similar objects on the island."
This is untrue. There are two maybe three similar stone benches (albeit linear) on the road to Mandraki.
This is untrue. There are two maybe three similar stone benches (albeit linear) on the road to Mandraki.
- Wed May 17, 2017 6:13 pm
- Forum: Hydra Meetups 2023, 2019, 2017, 2015, 2013, 2011, 2009, 2007, 2005 & The Event in 2002
- Topic: Where to eat on Hydra
- Replies: 2
- Views: 37280
Re: Where to eat on Hydra
Every-one has their favourite of course (and I won't mention mine) but I also like Psaropoulos which moved last year from the front to overlooking the port on the far west side. I particularly recommend their seafood salad. Crypto Limani (The Secret Harbour) is tiny but much appreciated by locals: o...
- Wed May 17, 2017 5:57 pm
- Forum: Hydra Meetups 2023, 2019, 2017, 2015, 2013, 2011, 2009, 2007, 2005 & The Event in 2002
- Topic: Hydra is ready for us
- Replies: 1
- Views: 6048
Re: Hydra is ready for us
For those unaware, the Roloi (where I am typing this right now) was Katsika's grocery store. The doorway was where Leonard first invited Marianne to join his table.
- Wed May 17, 2017 5:47 pm
- Forum: Leonard Cohen 80 years on September 21, 2014
- Topic: Bench updates
- Replies: 170
- Views: 116422
Re: Bench updates
I am on the island now and there is no sign of anything happening. Just two days of General Strike and rain.
- Wed Feb 08, 2017 2:25 am
- Forum: Hydra Meetups 2023, 2019, 2017, 2015, 2013, 2011, 2009, 2007, 2005 & The Event in 2002
- Topic: Travel Hints to Hydra
- Replies: 1
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Re: Travel Hints to Hydra
The aerial view is very helpful, but here are some further points. The X96 bus approaches from the bottom right hand corner of the aerial view. Rather than getting off at E, there is a stop alongside a very imposing Byzantine style building which looks like a cathedral but which I think is a museum....