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Fashion’s Fury No Lights No Laws

November 4, 2010 – 9:23 pm

Fiorucci was the style center for the disco world circa 1977. The windows boasted the latest fashion from Italy. Wearing them guaranteed almost immediate entrance into Studio 54 or any other disco of that era. Joey Arias sold clothing and the rest of the employees haunted the night like ghost panthers. They only went home […]

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Hurrah Video Link

September 2, 2010 – 7:26 am

Hurrah’s nightclub existed from 1977 to 1981. Once its disco era was ended by the opening of Studio 54, the owners refashioned the second-floor club into a showcase for punk and new wave bands. I worked at the door with Howie Montauk and Jack Flood. The DJ was Shaun Cassette. The bands were the Dead […]

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9/11 Mosque A Go Go

August 23, 2010 – 8:35 pm

The NY Post, Daily News, and Fox News have wedge-geed a good segment of the American public’s shorts and panties tight up the crack of their ass. I have to admit that putting a mosque several blocks from the ‘hallowed’ site of 9/11, but I’ve also felt that nothing should have been built of that […]

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Few Are Chosen, Many Are Taken

July 23, 2010 – 8:32 pm

Paris Hilton recently double-hit the gossip headlines with stops for reefer in South Africa and Corsica. The former was on suspicion on marijuana possession during the Netherlands-Brazil World Cup. The hosts apologized for the incident. Someone else was smoking the weed. The blonde heiress was busted after French drug dogs sniffed out a gram of […]

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The Best of Wines

April 21, 2010 – 8:30 pm

My vintner sells a bottle of $10 Chardonnay. My palate torched by even more unpalatable wines appreciated the almond and citrus hints of this Languedoc vintage thanks to many summers spent in that southern region of France. My cousin, Runback, would consider this swill. His taste runs to wines of a better caliber. Financiers don’t […]

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