When I was making the documentary I started getting into Bellmore's history. In the early stages of production I entertained the idea of starting it off with a little history montage. I had read that when the railroad was built through the area in 1867 they arbitrarily named the station Bellmore, after a popular brand of whiskey of the time. I felt that was fitting.
Here's some images I had collected for the intro that never was...
Bedford Avenue
Bellmore Post Office
The Parkway Hotel
(The flip side of the postcard reads: Rates $2.00 and up.)
The Sunrise Bavarian Village
Here's another one in color…
The Sunrise Bavarian Village
The only vintage image I wound up using in Bellmore: The Unscene was an illustrated postcard of Long Island (at the top of this post). I used it in the intro with Big Roy...
Back in 2003 I finished a documentary on the music scene from my hometown of Bellmore, Long Island. But Bellmore: The Unscene only scratched the surface of the Bellmore scene. My intentions with this blog is to dive deeper into the music and people of Bellmore. I also don't expect people outside of Bellmore to care about this blog but just in case they're interested, they're welcome to browse and learn. This will largely be the place for the people of Bellmore to replace the copy of Colonel Bastard's Horny Left Nut Band they lost or to relive an old Intellectuals show at La Serayña... amongst other things Bellmore.
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