Monthly Archives: May 2013

1970s Boston Bruins Fight Song

May 19, 2013 – 12:25 pm

3pm the ref will drop the puck for the Boston Bruins versus the New York Rangers in game two game of the Stanley Cup quarterfinals. THE NUT CRACKER by the Ventures rocked the original Garden in the 70s. Go # 4 and let’s not forget the great Derek # 16 And now # 63 Brad […]

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Go ZomBs

May 19, 2013 – 12:17 pm

Faced with elimination by the Toronto Maple Leafs the Bruins rallied from a 4-1 deficit in the third period of the seventh game. I counted them out, but continued to listen to the WBZ broadcast to hear the ZomBs rise from the grave to score three goals to tie the game and then win the […]

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PROM QUEENS CRY by Peter Nolan Smith

May 18, 2013 – 8:49 pm

Few loves are more true than that of a high school sweetheart. Sophomore sessions of kissing on sofa were upgraded to petting during junior year and pledges of eternal devotion for the final year of high school. I was lucky enough to find myself in such a situation in the Spring of 1970. Kyla Rotta […]

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Failed Artist

May 18, 2013 – 7:18 pm

My wife called from Thailand. Mam needed money for Fenway’s school. I told her that I’d sent some in the morning, which wasn’t quick enough and she started crying about having married an artist. “I’m not an artist. I”m a failed writer.” Artists are just as poor in Thailand as they are in the USA, […]

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Guns And Kids

May 18, 2013 – 6:58 pm

Back in 2006 Bryan Le Bouef, a rodeo painter from Lousiana, emailed this letter. Mom sent me a photo depicting my brothers and me when we had yet to face the most troubling parts of life. I was much younger than the others. I believe that I had just been introduced to hard drugs the […]

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