Category Archives: East Village

Hanging Sneakers

June 7, 2012 – 6:58 pm

Several years ago the BBC News broadcasted a report on the ‘Mystery of NYC’s Hanging Sneakers’. The sight of laced Adidas sneakers draped over telephone wires had befuddled the British and their research came up with several plausible reasons for the phenomena. One social worker attributed the occurrence to a sign of gangs. If you […]

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No Helicopters Over Brooklyn

June 1, 2012 – 10:26 am

Manhattan was a noisy borough. Sirens filled the canyons. Trucks and cars blow their horns, Helicopters fly overhead. There were even more noises from the alley behind my East 10th Street apartment. My windows were usually open. I didn’t believe in AC. My alarm clock for several years was a young Jamaican girl, who woke […]

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Oh No No Sex

May 10, 2012 – 5:45 pm

Witches were fearsome creatures in my youth. These wanton women consorted with Satan and their roaming succubi seduced the souls of pure men. Throughout the 70s and 80s I ran into their decadent descendants finally meeting Elena, a Spanish flamenco dancer. We lived together in my East Village apartment for several months. My bed became […]

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Klaus Nomi LIGHTNING STRIKES

April 18, 2012 – 11:47 am
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TOO MANY CREEPS / Bush Tetras

February 4, 2012 – 10:41 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qmn-P4qbIwo Stephania sent a photo of snow covering the landscape around her Rome studio. She explained that a freak storm had paralyzed the city and I sarcastically chided her of the usage of the word ‘freak’ being non-PC. She responded by saying there weren’t enough freaks. She’s right. Like Cynthia Sley sings in this song, […]

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