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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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Blizzardholes

December 31, 2010 – 12:40 am

The first disaster in the Bible is the Flood. 9/11 was a modern catastrophe meant to change the way America lives. No more SUVs. No more fast food. No more stupid fat kids. Unfortunately this was not the case and New York was laid open for a winter attack of snow this Xmas weekend by […]

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Bed-Stuy Goodbye

March 10, 2010 – 8:18 pm

Cities are considered dangerous by vast majority of Americans. They used to be right in New York. A wrong turn off I-95 could have led to a car jacking in the Bronx. A mistimed joke could have earned a stranger a baseball bat beating in Howard Beach and a walk down East 4th Street was […]

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Black At Last

February 22, 2010 – 11:22 pm

Frank’s Bar on Fulton Street is black. It’s not Black Panther ‘Black’ or Malcolm X ‘Black’ but it’s blacker than any other bar in Fort Greene. Since 1972 too. I’ve been hanging out there for the last year. I have never pretended to be anything more than what I am. A white boy from Boston […]

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