Theatre Organs, Vintage movie palaces, vintage broadcast microphones, old time radio, collecting movies on film, collecting 78rpm 20's and 30's dance band records.
Music
Great American Songbook, Chopin, Cole Porter, dance bands of the 20's and 30's. Theatre Organ recordings/concerts.
Movies
Silents, early talkie musicals, period films. Films by Jean Cocteau, Ramon Novarro.
Heroes
Peter Mintun, Jim Riggs, Paul Whiteman, Sid Grauman, Fanchon and Marco, Herman Kersken, Ramon Novarro, Maurice Chevalier, William Powell, Peter Botto, "Roxy"
About me: Sending email to me via Myspace email links will not work, as it has changed. To reach me via email:
Matias1735@yahoo.com
Who I'd like to meet: You!
Why not join me at the most fabulous place on earth... Oakland California's Paramount Theatre!
It is my great pleasure to guide a tour through Timothy Pfluger's Art-Deco masterpiece of architecture from 1931. 2 hours of splendor amid almost 3,000 seats in one of the few remaining movie palaces in the United States is yours for just $5.00 on the 1st and 3rd Saturday of the month, 10am sharp. Meet me at the 21st street Box-Office vestibule. 2025 Broadway @ 21st Street, Oakland.
HOORAY! It’s Independence Day…even for Warner Brothers
actors who have been isolated on location for the past two months. Freedom at
last, if only for one weekend! I so want to wish all of my beloved gals and
pals a crackling good holiday; have yourselves the best darned Fourth of July
ever!!
Golly! Nothing says Happy New Year like having a strangle-hold upon one's beloved's throat, sitting on a snowy ledge high above the city, with a sharp edged broken bottle nearby, drunk on your butt. With that thought in mind, I want to wish you an insanely Happy 2009, Matias!
Enthusiastic, yet non threatening holiday hugs~ Ross
Matias Bombal, s'been awhile my friend. Hey, if you're so good at being an MC why don't you just announce a message my way sometime, huh? Haha. I hope you're doing well, man. Talk to you later, hopefully. (James)
Hello gals and pals! Jack Warner calls, I must obey, so it's back to sunny California I go. Saw some interesting sights from my train compartment window...
Not being fond of fishing (I oft times pity anything caught on a hook, including Warner contract players), nothing about these guys changed my mind about the ol' rod and reel.
It's reassuring that America's farmland is thriving so well.
I knew Texas grew *everything* big, but this takes the cake. And would eat it too (and probably your arm as well.) Still humming 'My Little Bunneroo'...apologies, apologies.
But Texas ain't got nothing on California's peaches!
Home at last; now it's just a matter of fighting the heavy traffic back to my San Fernando Valley ranch to have time to hug each and every one of my animals and rest up for tomorrow's 6:00am set call. Oy.
GREETINGS FROM BROOKLYN! I've been back East, visiting my birthplace, just checking in with old friends and places....
I wandered the campus of Erasmus Hall High, where I attended but *didn't* graduate.
Drove across Brooklyn Bridge just to ensure that it hadn't been sold.
I was only six when old Washington Park was demolished and Ebbitts Field was built, but I remember it like it was 94 years ago. So I dropped by, hoping to catch the Brooklyn Bums, but the day I was there, the Dodgers had taken a powder...
The beach was a little over crowded; I'm the one in blue shorts.
Spent last weekend at Coney Island; the Steeple Chase still crosses my eyes.
Next I'll be spending some time in NYC and then on to Rochester to see my folks. Will be writing again soon. Hope these cards find you doing and feeling swell, Matias!
Hello Matias! I've been visiting a lot of old haunts with my pals and gals from Broadway.
Stayed at the Sherry Netherlands facing Central Park. As usual, we're the tall one in the middle. ..
I enjoyed a great deal of time visiting, seeing some shows and just talking shop with the gang. Didn't know I'd miss the theatre district so much...Times Square never looked so good.
It wouldn't have been a stay in town without catching the latest at Radio City Music Hall.
And of course a day in Chinatown... Love the atmosphere, love the food and as soon as I leave, in an hour I want to go back!
Spent part of Sunday with the boss; figured it couldn't hurt. ..
And now I'm off to Rochester to celebrate the 4th with my folks! ~Ross
Hey there buddy...I'm sending you some love on your birthday...Ahhh...what a relief eh?...We're getting older Mijo but wiser too...don't fret...everything will be alright...hang tight...I miss you dearly...I hope to see you soon...kissess & squeesy hugs....
Hello there my beautiful friend! Well, I want to be the first one to wish you a happy birthday! I miss and love you very much. I am still down here in Michoacan. Start my job in Puerto Vallarta on the 27th of June. Before then, however, I might be headed out to China for a couple of days con un empresario, como interprete.
Hi there, Matias! I've been spending this week working in my garden at my ranch, challenging the small weeds, pretending to trim the larger ones. Thinking I was alone, I suddenly had the oddest feeling that I was being watched....
But it was when these two stared me down and threatened to wrestle away my clippers, that I surrendered and mustering as much dignity as possible, retreated to my patio and a pitcher of chilled wine. And it is there where you shall find me in the late afternoon for the remainder of the week.
Do feel free to join me, dear friend and help me to ignore both the weeds and their rude occupants.
Oh Matias! Thank you for adding the photos! You're such a dapper man and it's been such a long while since I've seen you in person! Wishing you well :)
Spring has definitely sprung here on my Encino ranch....everywhere I look there are buds, blossoms and flowers.
And weeds.
Lots and lots of lovely weeds and sage brush in the back acreage. Good thing I'm buried in up to my neck with my manuscript so I can ignore them.
But I can't ignore you, my friend! Hope you'll be enjoying a truly wonderful upcoming week, Matias. What a wonderful surprise to hear from you....hope everything is all well and swell in your corner of California. Thank you *so* much for dropping by; know that you're always welcome!
Here in sunny San Fernando Valley, we tend to forget how cold it can get in Southern California during winter. But a trip to Mt. Wilson certainly serves as a quick reminder....
Hi there! Been enjoying my favorite Christmas gift. It's heaps of fun, even though watching it endlessly go in circles reminds me of contract negotiations with Jack Warner. Hope all is well and that this year will be the best ever for you, Matias!
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