Category Archives: NEW YORK

If Bruce Came to My House

June 13, 2021 – 7:17 am

In April 2008 I lived nowhere. My apartment in the East Village had been taken over by the faceless management company. I lived with my wife and daughter in Pattaya until this April. We had good times and bad times. It was home, then again I considered anyplace home once you buy a roll of […]

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Clicking Your Heels Will Not Get You Home or Kansas

May 25, 2021 – 1:46 am

In the Spring of 1962 my father had business in New York City. My grandmother volunteered to take care our my younger brothers and sisters, allowing my older brother and me to accompany our parents to the great city to the south of Boston. Upon our arrival my father drove to the southern tip of […]

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THE WRITING OF HISTORY by Peter Nolan Smith

May 11, 2021 – 11:58 am

The dead never come back to life and I know that since I’ve almost died on several occasions from motorcycle accidents, beatings, and chemical misjudgments, although none of these near-fatal incidents must not have been too serious, because my soul was never enveloped by the tunnel of light. When I returned to the USA from […]

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Billy’s Topless

March 26, 2021 – 2:58 pm

New York was a different city in the last century. Neighborhoods were populated by native New Yorkers. Stores served their needs. Bars dotted the avenues as a refuge from the daily wear and tear of urban living. One of my favorites was Billy’s Topless on Avenue of the Americas. The cozy strip club had been […]

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Robo-Dog NYPD

March 12, 2021 – 12:13 pm

Since 9/11 billions of dollars have been funneled to police departments across America to militarized their tactics. The Hebrew security company Shin Bet has trained thousands of cops in anti-terrorist tactics. Their ranks have always been racist. We are the enemy. Now New York City’s mayor deBlasio hs greenlighteed a singleRobot dog in the Bronx. […]

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