Category Archives: 70s

Oh No No Sex

May 10, 2012 – 5:45 pm

Witches were fearsome creatures in my youth. These wanton women consorted with Satan and their roaming succubi seduced the souls of pure men. Throughout the 70s and 80s I ran into their decadent descendants finally meeting Elena, a Spanish flamenco dancer. We lived together in my East Village apartment for several months. My bed became [...]

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AM I BLACK ENOUGH FOR YOU by Billy Paul 1972

May 9, 2012 – 9:20 pm
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SONIC REDUCER by the Dead Boys

May 9, 2012 – 8:14 pm

Every Memorial Day Weekend the radio stations spun the top 1000 hits of rock and roll. The #1 song for decades was Zeppelin’s STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN or else the Beatles HEY JUDE. SATISFACTION came close to reaching # 1, but Led Zeppelin’s rip-off of Spirit’s TAURUS has proven too strong to be knocked off the [...]

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Buff Naked At Black’s Beach

May 9, 2012 – 7:28 pm

In the summer of 1974 I visited Black’s Beach in San Diego, which was the most popular nude beach in the United States. While nudity remains against the law in the city of San Diego, the Torrey Pines State Park has allowed ‘clothing optional’ for sun-worshippers from the Torrey Pines Gliderport north to the steel [...]

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BLACK’S BEACH BLUFF by Peter Nolan Smith

May 9, 2012 – 4:03 pm

The next morning I was awoken by noise from the kitchen. My nose caught a whiff of brewing coffee drifting out of the bungalow onto the porch and I wiggled out of my sleeping bag to pull the bath robe tight around my body. The day was starting out cold for summer in Southern California. [...]

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