Category Archives: 60s

Happy 70 Joni Mitchell

November 7, 2013 – 7:15 pm

I love Joni. It took me many years to admit that love, but there it is. Happy 70th Birthday, Joni To hear BOTH SIDES NOW and THE CIRCLE GAME please go to the following URL http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTVjCWekS1Qx

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SANBIKI NO SAMURAI or THREE OUTLAW SAMURAI 1964

November 2, 2013 – 2:04 pm

After a several month binge of BREAKING BAD, THE SOPRANOS, WALKING DEAD, DEADWOOD, and BROADWALK EMPIRE, I once more abandoned Hollywood’s TV offerings by forgetting the password to HBO and Netflicks. I read books again, but last month I watched Sergio Leone’s epic THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY. A suggested film was labeled […]

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The Punch Bowl – Boston

October 16, 2013 – 8:00 pm

From http://archive.guidemag.com Steps away from Park Square, in Bay Village, gay patrons poured into Mario’s, a restaurant with an upstairs bar; Jacques, a drag venue that still exists; Cavana’s, a boisterous women’s bar; and, in a former speakeasy space, the more formal Napoleon Club. Not far away, straddling the block between Providence and Boylston Streets, […]

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Early Phone Sex

October 15, 2013 – 9:12 pm

In the summer of 1968 I worked in a Boston phone exchange. There were hundreds of cable banks corresponding the working numbers. My friend and I would eavesdrop on thousands of conversations. Few people said anything of importance, but one couple practically invented phone sex and spoke at the same hour every day. One afternoon […]

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TIN TIN DEO – RAY BARRETTO

September 19, 2013 – 7:09 am

I love this song from the 1969 FANIA LP TOGETHER. Baretto’s band rocks. Bass – Andy Gonzalez Bongos – Tony Fuentes Congas – Ray Barretto Piano – Louis Cruz Timbales – Orestes Vilato Trumpet – Papy Roman, Roberto Rodriguez Vocals – Adalberto Santiago To hear TIN TIN DEO please go to the following URL

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