Category Archives: Palm Beach

Email response from Jocko Weyland

June 15, 2008 – 8:01 am

Sitting in the office overlooking Donald the Trump’s backyard. I almost spun X on the outside speakers, except the Blonde Sweep-over is far up north as Palm Beach is entering the off-season, when the exclusive barrier island is dominated by south-of-the-border migrant workers and ne’er-do-wells like myself. The competition for flim flam is tough, so […]

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Rainy Days on the Gold Coast

June 12, 2008 – 5:48 pm

The weather on the Gold Coast is a mystery. If I look out to the ocean in the mid-morning, the sky is clear. Turning around the horizon is crowded with ominous thunderheads aglow with lightning. This isn’t anything like Pattaya at the end of the hot season. This is Palm Beach. I quickly cross South […]

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Bitches Brew – Miles Davis

June 10, 2008 – 12:04 pm

Miles Davis record BITCHES BREW IN 1969. I was 17. I bought it in 1970. I was 18. I’m listening to the CD today in Palm Beach. I’m 56 and drinking beer at noon. Despite the album being chosen by Rolling Stone for its top 500 CDs in 2003 fusion jazz doesn’t really stand the […]

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