Category Archives: NEW YORK

LITTLE GTO / NEW YORK BLONDES

February 17, 2012 – 4:34 pm
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VAN RONK / Tom Russell

February 11, 2012 – 2:58 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MTnKO_eUc8 Van Ronk was the best of the best. I was blessed to have seen him in Harvard Square many times and Tom Russell’s elegy touches my soul with his elegant reincarnation of one man’s gift to an era and a world. Excuse me, but this old man has dust in his eyes.

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GO PATRIOTS

February 5, 2012 – 12:37 pm

In 2008 I watched the New England Patriots play the New York Giants in Superbowl XLII from halfway around the world in Pattaya. My team had coasted to a 19-0 record and were looking to close out a perfect season. Destiny was thwarted by a late drive in which the Giants QB miraculously connected with […]

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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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Asshole of 2011

January 19, 2012 – 4:17 am

TIME magazine’s Person of the Year was the protestor. Governments in Egypt and Tunisia were ousted by people fed up with the status quo of the few rich ruling of the many poor. The western media attempted to portray this change as the seeds of democracy, but were surprised by faceless protestors in America assailing […]

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