Category Archives: Nightlife

Bible Reading Stripper Pool Party – 1995

December 31, 2024 – 10:02 am

Scottie Taylor Joel Bernard and me in LA BBQ for a Strip Club in North Hollywood 1995 Easterners – New York City, Haiti, New England imported for color. The months I was in LA, I never heard a joke or a good story, but the three of us had a good time. Scottie and I […]

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Train Travel By Night – July 27, 1983 – Paris – Journal

August 23, 2024 – 1:25 pm

Night time Someplace in America Friday night Travel by night o fun Nothing to see, but Darkness Sometimes passing through small town. The semi-blue TV glow In the living room window Marking the passing houses Upstairs All the children asleep___ Mom and Dad have gone out For dinner, for drinks, with their friends In the […]

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It’s Da Shoes

July 26, 2024 – 10:01 am

As a doorman in New York, London, Paris, Hamburg, le Sud de France, and Beverly Hills from the 1970s I to the 1990s the bosses always asked about my criteria for admission. Many other doormen said, “Shoes.” Me, it was a look. A look like you wanted a good time without any trouble, although I […]

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May 29, 1995 – LA – the Milk Bar

May 29, 2024 – 6:28 am

1995 Los Angeles Beverly Hills to be exact. May 29. My birthday. No cake. No candles. My life was not BEVERLY HILLS 90210, but the stars from the popular TV show came every night along with many others. The Milk Bar was something no one had seen in Los Angleles for a long time. Grace […]

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Good for the Bad – Milk Bar 1986

May 23, 2024 – 5:05 am

Written 2009 Eternally bad behavior has been endemic in bars and nightclubs. Drinking tended to assholize many people, myself included, and drugs exacerbated the dilemma. The problem covers all stations of life from the very rich to the very poor. My years of working security at Hurrah, the Jefferson, Bains-Douches, Milk Bar et al had […]

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