Category Archives: East Village

Journal Entry December 29, 1977

December 29, 2020 – 10:58 am

1977 is almost finished. I was sitting with Georg at One-Fifth. His teen queen had just walked out on him. He raised his glass and said, “Here’s to 1978.” We clinked glasses and he added, “We haven’t fucked up a single of day of 1978.” “Not yet, and it won’t take long.” After finishing our […]

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Journal Entry December 28, 1977

December 28, 2020 – 7:32 pm

This afternoon I stopped into Dojo’s on St. Marks Place for a coffee. The waitress is Jaci, who has ignored my for months, but when I raised a finger for my check, the long-haired brunette said, “My boss isn’t here, so there’s no charge.” “If I had known that I would have ordered lunch.” I […]

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What Would Johnny Thunders Do?

April 1, 2020 – 11:54 am

What would Johnny Thunders do in these times? Sable Starr and a bag of Chinese Rocks. To hear CHINESE ROCKS by Johnny Thunders and Heartbreakers, please go this URL

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Belated Happy Birthday Cookie Mueller

March 10, 2020 – 7:28 am

Today Marcus Leatherdale wished the late Cookie Mueller happy birthday. The Baltimore-born starlette of many John Water’s films passed from this life back in 1989. Cookie exalted in her childhood home stuck between the woods, a state mental hospital, and the railroad tracks. “There was no way I could turn good against those odds.” The […]

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KLAUS NOMI LIGHTNING

March 10, 2020 – 1:36 am

A blizzard struck Manhattan on February 4, 1978. The snowstorm closed the city within the first hours. The streets became impassable for cars soon afterwards, as 100 mph winds buried the sidewalks under 5-foot drifts. My hillbilly girlfriend and I were trapped in our East Village apartment for days. The gas stove’s four burners prevented […]

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