Monthly Archives: February 2013

THE LAUGHTER OF THE MAESTRO by Peter Nolan Smith

February 9, 2013 – 2:27 pm

Last week I was walking home through a snowstorm. Turning the corner toward Fulton I called Cecil Taylor, who lived in the last unrenovated brownstone on that street. We knew each other from back in the 70s. The jazz pianist’s manager James Spicer had been a mutual friend, until the silver-haired impresario ripped off my […]

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Drones Over DC

February 7, 2013 – 9:25 pm

It’s winter in the Hindu Kush. The high temperature in Kabul will hit 42 F around noon. Sunny skies will afford the US drone operators excellent down-ground vision over Taliban territoryty. They are also seeking targets throughout the world to exact a deadly toll on the enemies of America with a lethal tool. According to […]

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Snow Ball

February 7, 2013 – 8:54 pm

The aging process has you firmly in its grasp if you never get the urge to throw a snowball. – Doug Larson I have thrown snowballs during each snowfall in New York this year. There have been two. My age is only a date. In my head I’m 15. Winter, spring, summer or fall.

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Snow Coming

February 7, 2013 – 7:49 pm

Meteorolgists are predicting a monster snowstorm for the East Coast with up to two feet of accumulation in the Boston area. New York is supposed to get a foot. Looking out from the Fort Greene Observatory, the skies are gray and a touch of the window says it’s cold out there. Perfect conditions for a […]

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Ersatz Lip Synch

February 4, 2013 – 10:36 pm

Beyonce wowed her fans at the Super Bowl, but her lipsynching performance had me questioning whether the time has come to rethink stripping Milli Vanilli of their Grammies. At Frank’s Lounge the bar crowd defended the pseudo-diva, even though she had faked sining at Obama”s inauguration. “She’s dancing and sining.” “James Bown never lipsynched, except […]

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