Monthly Archives: July 2021

THE AMNESIA OF ME by Peter Nolan Smith

July 23, 2021 – 11:32 am

Eight years ago I was sitting on Pattaya’s notorious Soi 6 listening to SOMEBODY TO LOVE. As I grooved to the Jefferson Airplane’s hit, a trio of sub-20 Thai girls had invited me to visit an upstairs short-time room. “You sexy man. How old you? 40?” asked the youngest. Even through beer goggles my mirror […]

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The First Words On A Telephone

July 23, 2021 – 10:40 am

On March 10, 1876 Alexander Graham Bell said the first words on a telephone to his assistant, Thomas Watson, “Mr. Watson–come here–I want to see you.” Five years later the native of Salem Massachusetts resigned his position with Bell to farm stones in East Braintree, then became a successful Shakespearean actor until founding the Fore […]

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A Few Steps With A Ghost

July 20, 2021 – 1:34 pm

Walking back from High Falls Quiet sang in the woods Opposite the abandoned Philmont mill Dusk swooned over the western ridge The sun was fare-welling day With a final offering a glow of neon orange. In my sixty-nine years I have seen over twenty-thousand sunsets Many of them alone But not tonight. A spectral figure […]

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Francoise Sagan Quote

July 19, 2021 – 8:06 pm

To jealousy, nothing is more frightful than laughter. Brilliant.

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Steve Strange, A Friend To Strangers.

July 18, 2021 – 6:23 pm

In 1982 I took time off from working the door of the Bains-Douches to visit friends in London. They ravved about the Camden Palace and and the New Romantic scene. We were granted entry, but once inside I realized that at 30 I was the oldest person in the club. Leigh Bowery was on stage. […]

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