| Richard Orchard 31.07.2018 18:54 |
From Lee Nolan/Thor Arnold some of Freddie's friends: I am trying to publish a book with over fifty never-before-seen photos of Freddie Mercury's time in New York City (1981 to 1983) and in London visits(1986-1991). Also, I have written chapters that recount Freddie, the down-to-earth, generous and caring man enjoying himself with his close American friends (of eleven years) right up to his unfortunate death. In his real life, Freddie enjoyed fitting in and just being "one of the boys" Early 1980's New York provided this for him. The book is finished and being reviewed by a literary agent. Publishing this book as a "coffee table book" will cost a good amount of money. This book is timed with the opening of the new docu-drama "Bohemian Rhapsody" which is sure to reignite interest in everything Queen and everything Freddie. A free, autographed copy by the authors (I have a co-author who was also part of our group of close friends in New York and beyond) will be provided for any donation over $50.00. This book will definitely sell, but a refundable donation (once the book is published, available and selling) can be provided. The title of the book will be "Freddie Mercury in New York - Don't Stop Us Now!" I thank any donators in advance who might help us to make this project become a reality. YOU are the Champions! Link to donate: link Thor and Lee have shared some of their memories of Freddie in the General Discussion Forum. |
| andres_clip 31.07.2018 21:31 |
Sounds interesting. Will buy the book but dont understand the donation bit? |
| andres_clip 31.07.2018 21:34 |
Now I get it. Nevermind hehe |
| Star* 02.08.2018 18:04 |
Love to buy the book and i appreciate everything Freddie stood for. |
| emrabt 02.08.2018 18:11 |
Did you donate? |
| Star* 02.08.2018 18:44 |
no but buying the book will be my donation |
| happywheelsasz 07.08.2018 02:20 |
I think this is an informative post and it is very useful and knowledgeable. I really enjoyed reading this post. big fan, thank you! - happy wheels |
| SmokyQuartz 10.08.2018 22:51 |
Done. Cannot wait for the book! |
| Freddieswaitress81 24.08.2018 12:44 |
I am an older fan, 70's... Saw Queen at Madison Square Garden NYC in '77 & '78, Boston in '77. Left MSG concert with Roger Taylor's beat up drumsticks from their set that night. I waited on Freddie and two NY friends, where I worked as a waitress circa 1981 in NYC at Sarge's Deli Restaurant... Freddie was so sweet, shy and lovely to me. I also have tried to place the faces of his two friends, then when I saw a photo of Thor, I had a feeling this could be one of them from that wonderful memory! Freddie graciously signed the Sarge's placemat at his table for me, which I still have,today with all my original 70's memorabilia. What an incredible Era it was! I'll never forget...NYC... |
| The Fairy King 24.08.2018 14:20 |
Freddieswaitress81 wrote: I am an older fan, 70's... Saw Queen at Madison Square Garden NYC in '77 & '78, Boston in '77. Left MSG concert with Roger Taylor's beat up drumsticks from their set that night. I waited on Freddie and two NY friends, where I worked as a waitress circa 1981 in NYC at Sarge's Deli Restaurant... Freddie was so sweet, shy and lovely to me. I also have tried to place the faces of his two friends, then when I saw a photo of Thor, I had a feeling this could be one of them from that wonderful memory! Freddie graciously signed the Sarge's placemat at his table for me, which I still have,today with all my original 70's memorabilia. What an incredible Era it was! I'll never forget...NYC...Cool story! :) Welcome! |
| Star* 24.08.2018 14:31 |
Freddiewaitress81 Wow what a lovely story and you actually met Freddie! I could only dream of that but now i suppose i will have too! I knew he would be a lovely person but many people on here said he was a nasty person in particular (Embadt) who spouted off days ago that Freddie was a nasty horrible man, where these people get that trash from i do not know. Freddie was also a very generous man and we never hear about where he has gave money too as he requested total discretion. |
| Freddieswaitress81 28.08.2018 15:48 |
My experience waiting and chatting with Freddie as his waitress was lovely. He was shy, and very polite. I was 21 years old, a Queen fan, at work, and had Freddie next to me while I wore a brown, likely food stained polyester waitress dress, very 80's... totally caught off guard and had to be cool. He was very down to earth, no fuss. My clearest memory was walking with him to the front cashier. He was quite petite, and I kept remembering how tall and Iconic he looked onstge, at my concerts! I will never forget his shyness, and how he was so gracious when I asked if he would sign the placemat. Nothing negative about that night... I was in heaven... My fondest work memory! |
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| HelloDelilah 16.08.2019 08:44 |
Freddieswaitress81, thank you for sharing your experience with Freddie. What a memorable story! |
| ParisNair 16.08.2019 14:19 |
Did this coffee table book come out? Thanks to the troll account for bumping the thread, missed it the first time around. |
| Galileo1564 16.08.2019 16:42 |
You can follow the progress of the book here: http://www.gofundme.com/freddiemercury-bk-w-50-unseen-pics The latest update was 10 days ago. |
| CourtneyTodd 13.02.2020 13:59 |
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| CourtneyTodd 13.02.2020 13:59 |
I am so glad these all books are now available, for me, it is one more source for analyzing. I am writing my paper and making the research on Queen's music and song lyrics. For this paper, I found a lot of useful information from https://samplius.com/free-essay-examples/art/ this project which I have explored for myself a few days ago. There are so many free art essays, which helped me to remind so important things in my paper. So, I am a big fan of Queen!) |
| CourtneyTodd 13.02.2020 14:00 |
Great! |
| brENsKi 13.02.2020 15:30 |
Galileo1564 wrote: You can follow the progress of the book here: http://www.gofundme.com/freddiemercury-bk-w-50-unseen-pics The latest update was 10 days ago.bearing in mind that the target is 8k - which implies it will require that amount to go to print: if this doesn't reach it's target, what does the creator actually do with the donations? |
| matt z 13.02.2020 16:06 |
*hopefully Thor will answer that, again?... ...Cause *as far as i know* they'd ALREADY reached their goal but had upped the price range twice or something so far after securing the rights/hiring a book agent and now are in the finalization stages of the design etc. I believe part of that reasoning was to stay in touch with contributors And another part of it was to allow others to spread the word and/or "get in on the ground floor" (*i.e. offer fans an opportunity to get a signed copy by the authors instead of the likely alternative of having to attend a book signing etc) That's just my take because it seems that they're doing their best to ensure it's a quality product and meets THEIR (and Lee's apparently flair for photography/design) requirements& approval. As far as the rest goes: it's been stated repeatedly that if anyone feels like it's not worth the wait or (gulp) they're being "scammed" then they can request their money back at any time. At least that's what i gather from this |
| CHEVYMAN 10.10.2020 20:25 |
Awesome!!!!! |