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In More Wine More Truth

March 1, 2011 – 9:38 pm

Last night I was invited to a dinner in the East Village. AP, my landlord/friend was impressed by my energy. It was 8:30. My usual bedtime was a little past 11. This detour from my pillow was at the request of the greatest B-movie actor in the history of punk rock. I bid AP good-night, […]

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The Amnesia of You

October 23, 2010 – 1:12 pm

“As you get old you forget. As you get older you are forgotten.” The other day a woman sent a query to my Facebook page. “Are you who I think you are?” Cheyne had worked at the Milk Bar as a waitress. Cute mulatto singer from London. 21. I remembered her well. I wrote back […]

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Martha Stewart to the Rescue

June 28, 2010 – 7:25 pm

Uncle Carmine was born on the Lower East Side. His wife Jane hailed from Maine. She called Cumberland Falls the last place God created. It’s a good 10 hours drive from East 11th Street. Carmine’s death wish was to be buried overlooking Schoonic Bay on Columbus Day. Jane’s old man gave up the ghost in […]

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From Kiev with Love

May 12, 2009 – 3:50 am

The Kiev Restaurant opened in the late-70s. 24 hours. We went there after CBGBs, Max’s, and the Mudd Club. Bacon and eggs as the dawn broke the morn. It was a scene. I had a fight over a tape recorder with Samo and discussed a photo-roman with Klaus Nomi. They went from obscurity to fame. […]

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Quote of the Day – Mae West

March 26, 2009 – 11:01 pm

“It ain’t no sin if you crack a few laws now and then, just so long as you don’t break any.” – Mae West Uncle Carmine was in agreement, although he felt, “it ain’t breaking the law as long as you only break one at a time.”

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