Category Archives: PARIS

Faster Than Hell

December 7, 2011 – 8:59 am

Back in 1984 a Paris friend bought a fiendishly fast KZ 1100 cc bike. Our connection was drugs. One evening we were sitting at La Savanne, an African bar serving the last dregs of the night. Cocaine and Heroin. On night sitting at an African transvestite after-hour bar in Les Halles, le Savanne, Francois dangled [...]

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Better Than The Louvre

December 5, 2011 – 6:08 am

Helmut Newton – Genuis

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The Touch Of Art

December 5, 2011 – 5:22 am

Famed ad exec and art collector Charles Saatchi lambasted the present hideousness of the art market on the UK Guardian’s commentary pages on the art market. “Art critics mainly see the shows they are assigned to cover by their editors, and have limited interest in looking at much else. Art dealers very rarely see the [...]

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THE ONLY YEH YEH GIRL By Peter Nolan Smith

November 23, 2011 – 7:40 am

The 1960s were a time of idols for the youth of America. TV, radio, and movies brought stars to the youthful eyes, ears, and souls of my three red-light suburb south of Boston. While Marilyn Monroe, James Dean, Jayne Mansfield, and Buddy Holly were worshipped as reincarnations in our fantasies, our generation’s fervent devotion to [...]

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Brain Worm

November 20, 2011 – 5:07 pm

My abandonment of God has not lessened his influence on the people in my life. They attend church and pray to Their Master for guidance and assistance and thanks. Their belief is a source of comfort in a life fraught with worry. I restrained myself from challenging the existence of a bearded deity in a [...]

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