Category Archives: 90s

ROUGH ROAD by Peter Nolan Smith

December 11, 2011 – 4:50 am

Peru sucked in 1995. The capitol city Lima sucked even more. I had spent the better part of two days trying to score a bag of cocaine. The airport police had fingered me as a user. They weren’t wrong. An undercover squad had tailed my ventures into the slums. Their obvious presence had scared off […]

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Thailand on $10 a Day

August 3, 2011 – 12:40 am

Early backpackers traveled the world in search of pristine beaches, staggering beautiful scenery, ancient temples, good food and decent accommodations. The vast majority were on shoe-string budgets and these globe tramps set up a chain of low-cost ghettoes across Asia. Indonesia, India, Nepal, and Thailand became favorite destinations over the years and a guide book […]

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Oral History Of Presidential Fellatio

May 17, 2011 – 5:44 am

On January 17, 1998 Matt Drudge broke the news that President Clinton had asked Newsweek to kill a story about his affair with an intern. Her name was Monica Lewinsky. The Big Press ignored the scoop from an Internet free-lancers, however the story featuring President-pizza-intern-cigars-sex created its own audience. “Mr. President, if there is a […]

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Pieces of Shit / BET ON CRAZY by Peter Nolan Smith

December 30, 2010 – 8:46 pm

My opinion of people is based on the premise that we are all the same. Everyone wants good for themselves, their families, and friends. Adolf Hitler is the exception instead of the rule, however my boss on 47th Street holds people in a different regard. The year was 1994. All people are pieces of shit.” […]

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BET ON CRAZY 6 Schnorrer

June 16, 2008 – 1:36 pm

Forever Everyday: A Diamond Dealer’s Diary, Parts 4 and 5 by Peter Nolan Smith Part V. After I made a sandwich at my desk, Richie Boy grabbed a slice of salami. Our sharing more than food throughout our twenty-year friendship didn’t deter my protests against his poaching. “I see you have no shame in being […]

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