Category Archives: NEW YORK

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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THE LAST GO-GO BOY by Peter Nolan Smith

May 8, 2012 – 6:42 pm

Americans tend to judge the nation’s fiscal well-being by the rise and fall of the Dow Jones Index, even though Wall Street’s accumulation of wealthy has mostly a negative effect on the vast majority of workers. Bonuses were paid out in January without adding to the buying power of consumers buried under debt and corporations [...]

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Gone With The Scream

May 2, 2012 – 7:26 pm

The Scream by Munch went for $107 million. I lost $20 to Rals. My hunch of $245 million wasn’t even close, proving once more that I don’t know shit. And happy to admit it.

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$20 On The Scream

May 2, 2012 – 5:41 pm

Tonight Edvard Munch’s The Scream will be auctioned off at Sotheby’s in New York. Experts are estimating the final hammer price at $80-100 million for the 1895 pastel. A friend attending tonight’s extravaganza called me on his walk to the auction. “I think it will go for $245 million.” This ‘Scream’ is one of four. [...]

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I’M GOOD IF YOU’RE GOOD by Peter Nolan Smith

May 2, 2012 – 5:13 pm

Opening a jewelry store in the Plaza Hotel seemed like a good idea in the Spring of 2008. I was dead broke after my arrest in Thailand for copyright infringement and my wife Mam was pregnant with our son. The Plaza was one of New York’s premier destinations. Wealth was in my cards. Richie Boy [...]

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