Monthly Archives: July 2010

The Junkie Priest

July 18, 2010 – 11:02 am

1985 I was working at a nightclub in Paris. Willie had played the Olympia. His guests included several of my friends. Count-no-Count, an actress, and her American husband. They were heading to Jurgen’s atelier in Montmatre. I was supposed to join them after the club closed. No one answered the phone at dawn. Later that […]

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Chinese Rocks / The Heatbreakers.

July 17, 2010 – 10:40 pm
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THE SUMMER OF LUST By Peter Nolan Smith

July 17, 2010 – 10:09 pm

May 1974 My friend Andy Kornfeld, a blonde co-ed from BU, and I were cross-countrying in a drive-away station wagon. Boston-Sterling, Colorado-Thompson Canyon-the Id Lounge in Roosevelt Utah before hitting the Stateline of Nevada around noon. Several small casinos lined the two-lane highway. It was my birthday. Age 22. “I’m feeling lucky.” I veered off […]

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TRIED SO HARD / Gong

July 16, 2010 – 8:08 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-D00Vxdnxik

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April Fool’s Galore

July 16, 2010 – 6:45 pm

Keep it above the belt, stop short of total humiliation and, if possible, mix in some irony, some drama, maybe even a bogus call from the person’s old flame or new boss. A good prank, of course, involves good stagecraft. But it also requires emotional intuition. “You want to play on people’s weaknesses or dislikes, […]

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