Monthly Archives: September 2015

EVOLUTION OF MAN by Peter Nolan Smith

Last month Jamie Parker and I were sitting on Pattaya Beach. We hadn’t seen each other in five months. “Do you miss living here?” Jamie had been trying to open another go-go bar. The owner of the Carousel off Walking Street was dead broke. The go-go bar sounded like a good investment, except neither of […]

HEY JUDE by Wilson Pickett and Duane Allman

While I don’t Love Paul McCartney of the Beatles, Wilson Pickett’s HET JUDE is a killer. Eric Clapton said that Duane’s guitar solo is the best he heard.

IMAGINE by John Lennon

I deem IMAGINE by John Lennon to be the greatest song of my lifetime. THe words never lose their power. I f only people could imagine. To hear IMAGINE please go to this URL

Give Peace A Chance

Back in the last century Richie Boy, Ronnie D, and I were surfing in the Hamptons. The day ended with beers on the beach. A fire from driftwood warmed our bones and we rehashed old stories, as the sun sank over the salt marsh. Richie Boy’s girlfriend asked us to pose for a picture. We […]

Why? Aylan. Why?

Damascus has been continuous occupied for over five thousand years. The lands around Syria have supported innumerable civilizations throughout the millenia. After the collapse of the Ottoman Empire Greater Syria was mandated under French control and at the end of World War II France granted the ancient lands freedom. Most of its following history has […]