Monthly Archives: August 2012

Shut Down 2012

August 20, 2012 – 1:16 pm

The Beach Boys released SHUT DOWN on the B-Side of their 1963 single SURFING USA and according to Wikipedia the lyrics detail a drag race between a Super-Stock 413 cu. in.-powered 1962 Dodge Dart and a fuel injected 1963 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray. The chorus was a simple boast “Shut it off, shut it off Buddy, […]

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Sunday Sunday

August 19, 2012 – 12:45 pm

1PM on a Sunday afternoon in New York City. It’s quiet in Fort Greene. There are no people in sight. The sky is grey and I’m all alone on the top floor of the brownstone. The telephone hasn’t rung all day and I haven’t received any emails. It’s almost as if I didn’t exist or […]

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MAYBE TOMORROW – A novel by Peter Nolan Smith Chapter 2

August 18, 2012 – 10:17 am

The clouded horizon buried the autumn sun and a moonless darkness soon smothered the Connecticut Hills with a wolfish gloom challenged only by the funnel of holiday traffic on the Interstate. Few travelers noticed the rundown motel hidden in the woods off exit 74. Its neon sign had been out of order since the summer. […]

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Corbusier In Camouflage

August 17, 2012 – 2:55 pm

Le Corbusier or Charles-Édouard Jeanneret has been universally recognized as one of pioneers of modern architecture, yet every genius has been undeified as demonstrated by the transformation of the Villa Besnus or “Ker-Ka-Ré” in Vaucresson, France. The villa was built in 1922 in a Paris suburb and le Corbusier incorporated many of his Purist ideals […]

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Nyet To Dancing In Church

August 17, 2012 – 2:10 pm

Music has been associated with religion since time immemorial. Hindus have sung songs to their pantheon of gods, Sikhs ragas are an integral part of their worship, and the the ancient Temple in Jerusalem rang with the voices of Levitical choir. Even Islam allowed melodic chants in Mecca, however this week a Moscow court had […]

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