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NOVEMBER 11, 1978 – JOURNAL ENTRY – EAST VILLAGE

November 11, 2023 – 10:35 am

Kenya, the River Platte, Flanders Vienna, Istanbul, Berlin Versus Moscow, London, and Paris 1914 to 1918 An assassination in Sarajevo to the Treaty of Versailles World War I Machine guns, trenches, blood Airplanes, Zeppelins, blood Gas, barbed wire, blood Death in a thousand fields Verdun Gallipoli Tannenburg Emperors’ armies Nations’ will Men’s blood Victory and […]

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October 11, 1978 Journal Entry – East Village

October 11, 2023 – 7:14 pm

I woke early for a change. The clock said the time was 7:19. Alice is asleep after a long night at CBGBs. I nuzzled her neck. She mumbled, “Not now.” “I’m going out to eat.” My usual breakfast was a coffee and bagel at Veselka, but I dress thinking maybe someone from the scene was […]

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MAY 27, 1978 BLEECKER STREET J ENTRY

October 10, 2023 – 7:48 pm

An incredible quadruple Gemini birthday party at Kim and Kyle Davis’ apartment on Bleecker Street. Sean Hausman, Eric Goode, and Kim had hung blue and white balloons overhead. They had plastered xeroxed fotos of the four natal celebrants on the wall and illuminated the living room with a modulating blue lights. Punk and funk music. […]

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HUNG by Peter Nolan Smith

June 13, 2023 – 9:59 am

The Village in New York had always attracted a kaleidoscope of radical, deviant, and perverse characters considered abhorrent by mainstream America. The Reds of the 40s gave way to the beatniks of the 50s, who in turn evolved into the hippies of the 60s before surrendering the shattered counterculture ghetto to the junkies, artists, punks […]

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May 3, 1978 – Journal Entry

May 3, 2023 – 5:51 pm

Blondie closed out the Johnny Blitz Benefit at CBGBs with a cover of a Donna Summer hit. The benefit packed the house each night, despite rumors of funds being siphoned off for a continuous party. At least their drummer survived the attack and will be back with the Dead Boys soon. New York remains our […]

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