Category Archives: East Village

In More Wine More Truth

March 1, 2011 – 9:38 pm

Last night I was invited to a dinner in the East Village. AP, my landlord/friend was impressed by my energy. It was 8:30. My usual bedtime was a little past 11. This detour from my pillow was at the request of the greatest B-movie actor in the history of punk rock. I bid AP good-night, […]

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THE POWER OF PUSSY – Bongwater

January 5, 2011 – 10:56 am
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FURY FORGOTTEN by Peter Nolan Smith

November 7, 2010 – 8:01 pm

After the bank crash New York City became concrete hard for anyone over 50. Successful friends moved out of your pay bracket and your old slot was replaced by twenty year-olds willing to work for less. Faced with faltering income expectations middle-age men and women looked beyond the borders of the five boroughs and contemplated […]

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The Amnesia of You

October 23, 2010 – 1:12 pm

“As you get old you forget. As you get older you are forgotten.” The other day a woman sent a query to my Facebook page. “Are you who I think you are?” Cheyne had worked at the Milk Bar as a waitress. Cute mulatto singer from London. 21. I remembered her well. I wrote back […]

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Hurrah Video Link

September 2, 2010 – 7:26 am

Hurrah’s nightclub existed from 1977 to 1981. Once its disco era was ended by the opening of Studio 54, the owners refashioned the second-floor club into a showcase for punk and new wave bands. I worked at the door with Howie Montauk and Jack Flood. The DJ was Shaun Cassette. The bands were the Dead […]

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