bluhammock lounge has everything!

...not unlike "Forrest Gump."

I don't actually think that "Forrest Gump" has everything but my dad's friend who used to help us do all kinds of handy things around the house loved "Forrest Gump" and said "'Forrest Gump' has everything" so whenever I hear that something "has everything" I think of our favorite handyman and his love for Tom Hanks (who actually probably has just about everything). Anyway...

I attend a panel discussion about music and film colliding! Crash!


Discussing said collision is “Chops” director Bruce Broder, “Kurt Cobain: About a Son” director AJ Schnack, “Great World of Sound” director Craig Zobel, “Silver Jew” director Michael Tully and “The Killer Within” composer Roger Neill.

Don't be fooled by these upstanding-looking gents - their perceptions and ideas about film and music are colliding before your very eyes! Look closely or you might miss it.

Ironically, the men are hard to hear at first because humans shriek, etc., outside of the Colony House and behind us someone tries to get the all-important bar together by pouring a bunch of loud ice into some container.

Once I can hear them, though, the guys talk about some interesting tidbits. Craig Zobel explains how they got a lot of the local musicians' performances into his narrative feature “Great Wall of Sound.” Like the characters in the film, Zobel and cohorts placed a newspaper ad stating something to the effect of “Record producers in town one week only! Do you have what it takes? Come down and find out!”

So the people who showed up thought they were going to get famous. After their performances were filmed they were taken into another room and told the real story – that this was a fictional movie – and asked if they wanted to be in it. Most of them did.


My gal pal Becky Pineo hydrates in style thanks to Dasani and Mercury!


The lovely and comfortable bluhammock filmmakers lounge.

After the panel discussion is a welcome happy hour. It is amazing how different Colony House looks with ‘er new digs. I must commend whoever designed the clean, comfortable indoor space, rife with palm fronds and birds of paradise. And there are hammocks, if you haven't noticed. You can actually relax in a hammock and listen to a modestly-stocked MP3 player. They are also giving away cards that allow one to download twenty-five free songs. (Everything!)


I watch this watcher watch Philly’s Jim Boggia play some tunes and make some jokes. (Everything!)


Power to the people, behind the palm fronds.


Hungry but still beating that Atkins horse? Don’t worry – there’s antipasto nearby. But seriously, who doesn’t love a big bowl of bread? (Everything!)


The Newport "In The Buff" no-oak Chardonnay is very, very nice. It’s a touch sweet but not for a moment cloying. We go back for more. Good thing we hydrated! Thanks, Diet Coke Plus. (Everything!)

In the basement of the Colony House where the bathroom looms stand stacks and stacks of Diet Coke Plus fridge packs among other ingestible items. Suddenly soda hydrates, according to the text? “Whether it’s your first can of the day or an afternoon pick-me-up” it reads, paraphrased. First can of the day? That ought be le commode.