Category Archives: youth

You Bet I Would # 64

November 11, 2016 – 10:20 am

If only to hold hands with Charlotte Rampling, I would love to have a time machine.

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Too Much Too Soon

October 1, 2016 – 12:39 pm

His last words were passing out was a mumble. “I’ve fallen, but don’t worry I’ll get up again.” Too much fun is sometimes too much to take in one sitting.

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A Not Very August Afternoon – The Beacon Street Union

August 28, 2016 – 11:34 am

Back in 1968 the two best Boston bands were Ultimate Spinach and Beacon Street Union. My best friend and I attended several of their psychedelic Saturday concerts on Cambridge Commons near Harvard. The longhaired coeds dressed like peasants. None of the hippie girls were fat and few wore bras. Chuckie and I hadn’t been to […]

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Muay Fenway

June 4, 2016 – 11:06 am

Muay Thai is featured every Sunday on Thai TV. As a young boy my son Fenway and his Uncle Nai watched the telecasts from Lumpini Stadium and other boxing venues in a mesmerized state. After the victors and losers were declared for the day, Fenway is encouraged to show what he has learned from the […]

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May 29 1966 Velvet Underground/Mothers Filmore West

May 29, 2016 – 10:50 pm

May 29 1966 was my 14th birthday. A few days later I graduated from the 8th Grade of a Catholic grammar school south of Boston. I was no hippie. I wouldn’t hear the Velvet Underground until 1968. ROCK AND ROLL on the radio. I never saw the group play. To hear ROCK AND ROLL, please […]

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