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You Can’t Put Your Arm Around A Memory

October 25, 2019 – 7:02 pm

In May 1984 I ran into Johnny Thunders in Paris. He was playing at the Gibus club outside Republique. His manager was a German drug dealer. I owed Chris $200 for an 8-ball I had bought in 1982. It hadn’t been half-bad. “You have to pay me.” The German thought he was a tough guy. […]

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MAYBE TOMORROW on Kindle

March 2, 2014 – 5:36 pm

Several years ago I went to a Nan Goldin show at the Whitney Museum with a Park Avenue divorcee. Claudia came from a good Philadelphia famiily and the black and white photos were a shock to her upper-class sensibilities. “These people look so tragic.” Her assessment of Nan Goldin’s subjects was true, but I knew […]

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CHINESE ROCKS – Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers

September 21, 2013 – 12:40 pm

Nothing says 1970s Lower East Side better than Johnny Thunders performing the classic CHINESE ROCKS. “I’M LIVING ON CHINESE ROCKS. ALL MY BEST THINGS ARE IN HOCK.” He was a legend on the Lower East Side. “I take smack because I enjoy it. I enjoy all it makes me feel. I don’t do it to […]

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Chinese Rocks 2008

December 26, 2008 – 2:50 pm

Unbelievably Johnny Thunders is making another ‘last tour’ with the New York Dolls along with David Johansen and guitarist Sylvain Sylvain I love their version of ‘Chinese Rocks’. “I’m living on Chinese Rocks all my best things are in hock.” Back from the Dead. Date: Saturday, December 27, 2008 Time: 9:00pm – 11:00pm Location: The […]

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