Category Archives: PARIS

Bullet Holes A Les Bains-Douches

December 14, 2015 – 6:00 pm

The entrance to Les Bains-Douches was at the top of stone stairs on Rue Le Bourg l’Abbe. Heavy wooden doors contained thick glass provided protection for the clientele and our security force or Blck Jack, Mark, and me, the physionomiste ie doorman. Every night hundreds of Parisiennes and foreigners stood on the sidewalk waiting for […]

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Liberte A La France

December 7, 2015 – 4:36 pm

Back in 1984 French students in Paris rebelled against the education edicts of President Mitterand’s socialist government. The protestors emptied the Sorbonne and took control of St. Germain. The police called on the CRS, the fascist SWAT squads, to deal with the manifestations blocking the Left Bank’s most traveled boulevard. Students anticipated an afternoon attack, […]

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Vive La Bataclan

November 20, 2015 – 1:57 pm

Back in 1989 I worked the door at the Bataclan nightclub in Paris. Every Sunday for Serge Kruger. We all went there. It was a place for everyone and I let anyone in who was looking for a good time. There were a lot of us. Better the Bataclan than any house of worship. And […]

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Le Ville Des Lumiere

November 20, 2015 – 1:51 pm

Last week Paris was systemically attacked by a gang of Islamic militants from the French and Belgium ghettos. Three teams armed with AK-47s and explosive suicide belts struck the Stade de Paris, the Bataclan nightclub, and several cafes in the 11th arrondisement. Paris was a battle zone for several hours until the police had killed […]

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Edwige Belmore RIP

September 22, 2015 – 7:17 pm

Edwige Belmore arrived on the Paris scene in 1978 to become the doorperson at La Palace. Blonde, punky, and lesbian her haughty demeanor put the Parisiennes in their place and served as Jean-Paul Gaultier’s muse in that age of chaos. I met her in 1982 when I worked the door at lE Rex. Her friends; […]

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