Monthly Archives: March 2018

Still Winter In March

Last week I braved a Nor-easter snowstorm and crossed Brooklyn to lunch with Dave Henderson in Williamsburg. I had thought winter was over. I was wrong. My clothes were soaked by the slushy rain and the vortex sculptor asked opening his studio door. “How is it out there?” “Wet, heavy, and white like a check-out […]

Sirens of Soi 6 # 6

The rain cascaded from plastic pipes onto Soi 6. The sewers were clogged by plastic and the overflow gurgled from the gutters to flood the street with an ankle-deep puddle. Not a single farang have braved the deluge for an hour. The street was empty. Not a single girl had gone short-time. Some tried to […]

Hello It’s Me

The train tracks from Boston to New York were laid through the western pine barrens of Rhode Island in the 19th Century. The pine forests grow on deep sand deposits left over from the glacial melting of the Ice Age. This desolate region has resisted civilization, however on a winter afternoon in 1979 I was […]

Farrah is a Betty

Don’t we miss her. For a related article click on this URL https://www.mangozeen.com/2009/07/01/rip/goodbye-farrah.htm“

WHO DO YOU LOVE – Tom Rush

This cover of a blues classic was played on WMEX. Electronic. A growling voice. Tom Rush “A little bitty chimney made of human skulls.” Go to this url to hear WHO DO YOU LOVE For a related article click on this URL https://www.mangozeen.com/2010/03/10/travel/tennyson-walk-the-isle-of-wight-1985.htm“>