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IN ABSENCE OF AMNESIA by Peter Nolan Smith on Kindle

December 15, 2016 – 9:53 am

Most relationship end at the same point and throughout the 1980s my romances t-boned with fate in New York and Paris. I fell in love time and time again with the right women in the wrong places, but also never realized what I had until it was gone. My long novella IN ABSENCE OF AMNESIA […]

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Donald Trump Idiot Idiot

July 22, 2016 – 9:45 pm

In the fall of 1986 I stood at the door of the Milk Bar with Big Bernard. The 7th Avenue nightclub was popular with he downtown set, so we were surprised to see a full stretch limo stop on Leroy Street. A tall blonde man got out of the luxury car. Bernard whispered, “Donald Trump. […]

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Making An Entrance

December 4, 2014 – 4:57 pm

Area on Hudson was one of New York’s most popular nightclubs in the 80s. Every night hundreds of people waited beyond the velvet ropes for entrance. Admission wasn’t a given. But in this photo the baldish man in the foreground was headed to the bar to order a cognac and coke. It was his drink. […]

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Ila Jaheem Ma’ik

October 5, 2014 – 10:25 am

Ila jaheem ma’ik means ‘go to hell’ in Arabic, which is what Arabic men might feel about the recent surge in satanizing Islam. Firstly most Arabs are not terrorists. Secondly some Arab men drink beer. Lastly the majority of American men would rather stand and fight a thousand al-Qaada warriors than spend the night with […]

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Passing Paper

September 1, 2012 – 1:54 pm

Back in the late 80s my friend worked as a narcotic detective for the NYPD. The 27 year-old Brooklyn native belonged an elite squad trained to raid crack houses and dealers’ apartments in Red Hook, Brooklyn’s biggest housing project. His job was simple, but dangerous. Once their battering ram smashed down the reinforced door, Rocco […]

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