Author Archives: Peter

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.

BETTING THE OTHER WAY / Bet On Crazy by Peter Nolan Smith

February 5, 2012 – 12:13 pm


Betting on the Superbowl has been an American tradition since the first game in 1967. Betting was another part of that tradition and for two weeks before the Big Game the diamond dealers and jewelers had been wagering bets on pools, the point spread, the over-under, which teams scores first, and the MVP. Some claimed [...]

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The Harp – Covent Garden London

February 5, 2012 – 9:42 am

Brock Dundee led the way to the Harp. “Last year it was voted the best pub in England Harp,” the Scot announced with proprietarily pride, as we walked through Covent Garden purpose. “Does that mean the beer is warm and the food bad?” Back in the 70s the East Village Social Club had a sign [...]

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George Washington In London

February 5, 2012 – 8:12 am

Last week I was waiting for Brock Dundee in Trafalgar Square in London. Tourists were mounting the four lions at the foot of Lord Nelson’s Column for photos and art lovers were queuing before the National Gallery to view the Leonardo Da Vinci exhibition, while busy Londoners strode across the square for various rendezvouses in [...]

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Ben Gazzara RIP

February 5, 2012 – 7:18 am

The actor Ben Gazarra passed away last week. He starred in TV and movies for over sixty years, but I will always remember him from his staggering honest role as a luckless LA strip club owner. The 1976 John Cassavetes film opens with Cosmo Vitelli paying off a gambling debt to a loanshark at a [...]

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Crises of Capitalism / David Harvey, economist

February 4, 2012 – 12:15 pm
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