Category Archives: friends

Kind Words From The Far Right

November 1, 2011 – 5:18 am

Thirty summers ago I was stuck in New York waiting for a doorman job in Gemany. My pockets were empty and my rent was a month late. Many of my friends worked at Danceteria on West 21st Street. I ate at the BBQ on the roof and drank for free. The owner was a fan […]

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If This Is Bruxelles, Then____

September 23, 2011 – 12:00 pm

On Saturday morning I left the residence in Luxembourg for Bruxelles. My lovely train ride through the southern forests of Belgium ended at a graceless capitol city’s graceless terminal, but my good friend, Vonelli was waiting outside in a Citroen Picasso mini-van. We hadn’t seen each other in a good decade and ten years was […]

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Memory Loss by Peter Nolan Smith

August 13, 2011 – 4:28 pm

The Catholic Church and other derivatives of the Judeo-Christian faith extol monogamy as the true state of man and woman, then explain sex with the mystery of the birds and bees. Actually I don’t ever recall getting that lecture from my parents, although the stork was mentioned whenever a new brother or sister arrived unannounced […]

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The All-Seeing Eye

June 30, 2011 – 7:31 pm

Young Catholic school children were taught by the nuns and priests and their parents that God was all-seeing. His Divine Eyes was more penetrating that Superman’s X-Ray vision. Our every thought and deed were an open book to The Almighty, but as the population of the world increased by billions, I as a non-believer detected […]

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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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