Monthly Archives: November 2022

Loss Of America

November 7, 2022 – 8:44 pm

On September 13, 1926 30,000 white-robed KKK members marched down Pennsylvania Avenue. The second wave of the Klan had been nourished by Woodrow Wilson, an adamant racist from pre-bellum Georgia. No police barred their progress through the predominantly black city. Warren Harding had been poisoned by Klaven assassins to prevent his resistance to the Klan, […]

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Vote Early Vote Often

November 7, 2022 – 11:27 am

“Vote Early and vote often.” Those words issued from the mind of James Michael Curley, Boston’s legendary mayor, representing the working classes against the rich of Beacon Hill throughout the early half of the 20th Century. He used graft to finance projects such as hospitals, schools, parks, and the public transportation. James Michael Curly also […]

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ODE TO LOUIE LOUIE – JOURNAL POE 1981

November 4, 2022 – 8:16 pm

ODE TO LOUIE LOUIE “Ah, Louie Lou-ii oh no….” Maybe 1964 or 1965 I don’t remember those days to good these days, but I was in the Boy Scouts of America Trying to get a merit badge for swimming. Camp Adams Pond New Hampshire The counselor shouted “20 laps, one underwater.” “The counselors were strange. […]

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LOUIE LOUIE by Richard Berry

November 4, 2022 – 6:58 pm

The origin LOUIE LOUIE was released by Richard Berry in April of 1957. Over 55 years ago and the 45 sold 40,000 copies. There was no fuck in it like the later cover by the Kingsmen. Berry sold his rights to Flip records for $750. And they stole all his money. You know who ‘they’ […]

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