Monthly Archives: August 2013

Happy Birthday Andy Warhol

August 7, 2013 – 7:13 am

Happy Birthday Andy. He would be 85 today.

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Once Upon A Time by Slim Aarons

August 6, 2013 – 7:35 pm

Few photographers captured the rich at ease as did Slim Aarons in the 50s,60s, and 70s. It was a world onto itself. And the rich loved him, for Aarons knew everyone and said in 2002, “They would invite me to one of their parties because they knew I wouldn’t hurt them. I was one of […]

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ROADS OF THE FLYOVER Part 5 by Peter Nolan Smith

August 4, 2013 – 8:11 pm

Brock Dundee and I returned to New York. We had no problem with our flight to JFK. The Scotsman stayed a day to see our friend Dannatt put on a show with Eric Mitchell, an infamous B-movie persona. Brock paid me the performance. “I want to get back to London. I hope this helps you […]

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ROADS OF THE FLYOVER Part 4 by Peter Nolan Smith

August 4, 2013 – 2:41 pm

Heading north we passed rivers on the verge of bursting their banks. “Last year Cedar Rapids was inundated by a flood, but we should be all right.” The sky held no promise of rain and the radio weatherman forecasted a pleasant day for Northern Iowa and Miinnesota. I stepped on the gas. Everyone on I-380 […]

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Late Summer Reading List

August 4, 2013 – 1:06 pm

PRETTY MAN OVEREXPOSED LUST CAN’T HIDE We have entered August. Summer has a month to run. This Sunday people are relaxing at the beach with book in their hands. Mostly best sellers, but I prefer LUST CAN’T HIDE, OVER-EXPOSED, and the PRETTY MAN, for nothing gets a conversation started faster than reading pulp fiction amongst […]

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