Monthly Archives: October 2019

Cockroach Holocaust

October 27, 2019 – 8:21 am

My old house on Moo 9 in Pattaya had all kinds of birds, butterflies, snakes, and insects. My East Village apartment only had mice and cockroaches. The latter badly infested the tenement flat in 1995 like Israelis taking over Palestine. The management sprayed my place and the old Puerto Rican lady’s apartment with a deadly […]

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Only the Strong Survive

October 25, 2019 – 8:41 pm

Junkies have traditionally been the strongest members of society. Addicts survive the ravages of a drug existence with guile and sleath. Their bodies survive the catastrophic demands of heroin as if they were impervious to death and now an American woman is trying to exterminate this dominant gene group from rebirth by offering junkies $300 […]

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You Can’t Put Your Arm Around A Memory

October 25, 2019 – 7:02 pm

In May 1984 I ran into Johnny Thunders in Paris. He was playing at the Gibus club outside Republique. His manager was a German drug dealer. I owed Chris $200 for an 8-ball I had bought in 1982. It hadn’t been half-bad. “You have to pay me.” The German thought he was a tough guy. […]

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BEAR SEASON by Peter Nolan Smith

October 22, 2019 – 10:51 am

Hunting season along the Hudson River opened in mid-October. Bow and arrows only. Guns weren’t allowed until November, so I felt relatively safe walking in the woods wearing a neon-orange hooded sweatshirt. No animal in that color existed north or south of Troy, New York and during the shooting season non-hunters drape their bodies in […]

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# 45 Impeachment Odds

October 17, 2019 – 10:30 am

Back in August of 2017 the odds for Donald Trump’s impeachment stood at $500. The pseudo-POTUS’ actions over the last two years has dropped that payday to $125. The White House and GOP have battled against any requests for records or transcripts or tax returns, however after the latest phone call to the Ukrainian president […]

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