Category Archives: myth

LOUIE LOUIE by Richard Berry

April 23, 2012 – 6:58 pm

The origin LOUIE LOUIE was released by Richard Berry in April of 1957. Over 55 years ago and the 45 sold 40,000 copies. There was no fuck in it like the later cover by the Kingsmen. Berry sold his rights to Flip records for $750. And they stole all his money. You know who ‘they’ [...]

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TWO SECONDS LEFT WITH THE BALL IN MY HANDS by Peter Nolan Smith

April 13, 2012 – 11:39 am

Every high tide deposited beer bottles, oil containers, fishing lines, shiny candy wrappers, and plastic bags onto the sloping shoreline of Jomtien Beach. At low tide I harvested the trash into sea-worn rice bags. Within a half-hour the sand was devoid of any human refuse and I could smugly regard the pristine strand with pride. [...]

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Origin Of Boob

April 5, 2012 – 4:10 pm

Some words have simple explanations, because we are simple people.

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MEMORY LOSS by Peter Nolan Smith

March 27, 2012 – 1:19 pm

The Catholic Church and other derivatives of the Judeo-Christian faith extol monogamy as the true state of man and woman, then explain sex through the mystery of the birds and bees. Actually my parents never lectured their children on that subject, although they spoke about the stork whenever a new brother or sister arrived unannounced [...]

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Burning Money For Quiet

March 26, 2012 – 1:20 pm

Last January Jamie Parker and I were drinking at a bar on Soi Bukhao in Pattaya. Several sound systems competed for our attention and Jamie said, “I’ve never see a people more allergic to silence than the Thais.” “The TV in my house is always on.” Thais love their soaps. “What about the loudspeakers in [...]

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