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Open City declared Peter Nolan Smith an underground punk legend of the 1970s East Village. The New England native spent many years as a nightclub doorman in New York, Paris, London, and Hamburg. The constant traveler has lived for long periods of time in Europe and the Far East. After a forced retirement from the Schmatta trade in Thailand, Peter Nolan Smith returned to New York to work in the international diamond trade. At summer’s end he resumed the life of a writer. The world’s leading leisureologist is currently based in Sri Racha, Thailand, Fort Greene, Brooklyn, and Luxembourg City. He has no address.

All Ears

June 17, 2013 – 8:09 pm

According to Wikipedia the National Security Agency is a cryptologic intelligence agency of the United States Department of Defense responsible for the collection and analysis of foreign communications and foreign signals intelligence. The NSA employs 40,000 people at various locations and its annual budget is a secret, although intelligence analysts have estimated the per annum [...]

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Father’s Son

June 17, 2013 – 4:10 pm

Franka played baseball in our hometown on the South Shore. His father worked in Boston. Franka asked our father to drive Franka to the games. My old man got him back and forth without a problem. He was a good man as was his grandson. Franka is on his way to LA to try his [...]

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EVERYWHERE by Peter Nolan Smith

June 16, 2013 – 6:33 pm

My older brother and I went everywhere with our parents. We drove from Hingham to Maine, Watchic Pond to Boston, Falmouth Foresides to the South Shore. There were thousands of trips with my mother and father. Nowadays Frunk and I live far apart. We haven’t been in a car together for over ten years, but [...]

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Horace Silver SONG FOR MY FATHER (1964)

June 16, 2013 – 12:32 pm
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Father’s Day Gift

June 16, 2013 – 12:31 pm

My father came around the world to see me and Angie in Thailand. Most of the time he had no idea where he was. It was the start of his decline. He was the father a son could have. He will always be in the here-now with the love I carry for him into the [...]

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