Monthly Archives: August 2013

The Romance Of Blow

The 1970s were a beautiful time. And so were the 80s. And I liked it.

Waiting For My Man

The year was 1997. The night New Year’s Eve at the Helmuth Building on West 18th Street and 7th Avenue. The party was hosted by my good friend, Juliana, and music provided by her music fanatic ex-husband. A Chelsea loft filled with old jazz musicians, real estate moguls, and a crew of Italian visitors. The […]

The Mean Of Money from Tony Montana In SCARFACE

“In this country, you gotta make the money first. Then when you get the money, you get the power. Then when you get the power, then you get the women.” Tony Montana – cocaine dealer in Brian dePalma’s SCARFACE 1983 for more quotes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcHndOfbSaE

Don’t Run Don’t Walk

My position on drug legalization has been well-stated over the years, however I am not naive enough to ignore the problems besetting those using drugs in extreme or the people surrounding them, mostly innocent family members or neighbors. Pot is no longer pot. It’s turbo-powered skunk. I don’t smoke that mutant shit. Blow is a […]

cocaine.com

Last night I had nothing to do and searched cocaine.com online. The URL has nothing on it and obviously a free-thinking entrepreneur has bought the site in expectation of cocaine’s legalization. One day it will happen, for the armies of Tony Montana are ever-victorious. Tony Montana: You know what capitalism is? Getting fucked! And there’s […]