Monthly Archives: January 2024

December 29, 1978 – East Village – Journal Entry

January 23, 2024 – 10:31 am

Disco was king on 1978 AM airwaves. Rock and roll came a distant second and punk barely scratched the airwaves. Everyone was into Disco. Donna Summer, a Dorchester native, struck platinum with MacArthur Park and Last Dance, Chic took over # 1 in December with Le Freak. The shout for Disco echoed across the country […]

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-10 Centigrade

January 23, 2024 – 10:24 am

-10 Centigrade On Myrtle Avenue Me Warm within winter wear Old Sol 93 million miles away Solar waves on my face It’s real wintah I might not be ready For the North Pole But I’m ready For Wintah on Clinton Hill.

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JE T’AIME Brigitte Bardot et Serge Gainsbourg

January 23, 2024 – 8:34 am

The Americans love to dismiss French music and that’s because they don’t know ‘merde’.

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HISTOIRE DE MELODIE NELSON by Serge Gainsbourg

January 23, 2024 – 4:50 am

Music sucked in Pattaya. Old farangs sing HOTEL CALIFORNIA and bar girls dance to boy band love ballads, while Thai bands play dinosaur rock for drunken tourists. Nothing was wrong with a bad reprise of SMOKE ON THE WATER, except I once hung out in nightclubs and bars in which music meant more than a […]

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Quote of the Day Feb 9 2009

January 23, 2024 – 4:37 am

“Ugliness is in a way superior to beauty because it lasts.” Serge Gainsbourg (04/02/1928 – 03/02/1991) French singer

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