Monthly Archives: August 2009

Chappaquiddick Incident

August 30, 2009 – 11:24 am

The word ‘Chappaquiddick’ conjures up a drunken senator abandoning his lover to a watery death. The 1969 incident permanently damaged the youngest Kennedy’ chances to the White House. “When I got to the car. Mary Jo wasn’t there.” The famous accent said that sentence with conviction, however police divers found Mary Jo Kopechne in the [...]

By Peter | Posted in america, politics | Comments (0)

RIP Edward T Kennedy

August 30, 2009 – 10:29 am

Growing up outside of Boston in the 50s and 60s, the Kennedys were idolized by the voters. They could do no wrong. Sleeping with Marilyn Monroe was considered a good thing. A nuclear confrontation with Nikita Khruschev was an act of courage. JFK’s death broke our hearts, but the faithful placed their trust in RFK, [...]

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Tangled Wire Theory

August 30, 2009 – 9:55 am

Last night I put my headphones on the kitchen table. The leads were attached to my laptop. The power chord was separated from the headphone wires by several inches. I fell asleep to dreams of Thailand. I do miss my families. I woke early in the morning and went into the kitchen. The computer was [...]

By Peter | Posted in Magic | Comments (0)

Whence Comes the Storm

August 29, 2009 – 11:02 am

In 1978 I lived on East 10th Street with my girlfriend. A hillbilly from West Virginia. 3rd floor rear apartment. My bedroom was situated on the airshaft. An actor friend lived on the 5th floor. Every night the building shivered with the screams of a woman in orgasm. This cascade of cries of ‘oh god [...]

By Peter | Posted in East Village, semi-fiction | Comments (0)

Porno Graph

August 29, 2009 – 10:07 am

THE ITCH cannot be found on Google. This novel about sex no longer exists in the 21st Century except in the collection of pornophiles. I held it in my hands many times. Mostly my left hand. Certain pages were my favorites. A friend once borrowed THE ITCH to write about 1950s stroke books. He never [...]

By Peter | Posted in Sex | Comments (0)