Monthly Archives: November 2008

The Truth About Whores

“Beware of whores that don’t want money. The Hell they don’t. What they mean is that they want more money.” William Burroughs. I miss seeing William Burroughs shambling through Grand Central Station in the late afternoon. I miss junkies too. The other night I was at Elk Gallery on Crosby Street. Jocko Weyland was curating […]

Let Me Eat Cake

Demel’s of Viennna opened a cafe in the Plaza retail collection. A basement mall designed to cater to the high-end tastes of a city on the verge of bankruptcy. Demel’s is not to blame for the current economic disaster, but since they opened the staff have decided that I’m their ‘oncle’, since I’ve been guiding […]

Without You Blues

Nick worked 3 months to save up money for his trip to Pattaya. 9-9 driving a taxi in a shitty English town. He flew over last week and sought to rekindle his love for the Last Babylon, but emailed me that Pattaya wasn’t the same without me. We were and will be drinking partners and […]

LA SPEEDBALLS by Anonymous

I have been arrested 3 times in LA, yes, that would be one too many and they wanted to lock me up for a year and a half. It’s a long and not so interesting story so I will spare you the details, but in a nutshell, here goes. The last boyfriend (or a walking […]

Cannibals have better taste than Nazis

Polish jokes usually depend on the premise that all Poles are stupid. We know that is not true, however the foreign minister reputedly made the following joke. “Have you heard that Obama may have a Polish connection? His grandfather ate a Polish missionary.” The Polish government has not denied the statement, but protested it wasn’t […]