Monthly Archives: October 2021

Deja Vu From Holyoke

October 19, 2021 – 11:49 am

Several years ago I visited Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts for the first time in decades. My sister, her husband, and daughter slowly inspected each and every painting, while I sought out Northeast classics such as Fitz Hugh Lane’s OWL’S HEAD, Winslow Homer’s THE FOG, and Childe Hassam’s BOSTON COMMONS AT SUNSET. I have admired […]

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Bucky Fuckin’ Dent

October 18, 2021 – 2:28 am

Several years ago my friends warned me not to wear this shirt to Yankee Stadium. I ignored their pleas and wore everything I had. I rode to 161st on the D. A Yankee fan from VA told me that I was brave. His wife said I was stupid. We spoke about Bucky Dent. Exiting from […]

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SQUARES by Peter Nolan Smith

October 18, 2021 – 2:14 am

Who here has shot at someone? Who here has been in jail? Who here has been beaten by the police? Who here has cried after a mother’s death? A father’s death? A friend’s death? The birth of a child? Who here listens? Who here sees? Who here speaks? Who here feels? We all have these […]

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Better By You, Better Than Me Judas Priest

October 17, 2021 – 6:31 pm

This weekend I went on a Judas Priest binge. HEADING OUT ON THE HIGHWAY, DIAMONDS AND RUST, ROCKA ROLLA etc, until YouTube popped up the lead singer’s testimony in a 1990 Nevada civil suit accusing the group of inciting two Reno teenagers’ suicide pact via subliminal words ‘do it’ in their reprieve of the Spooky […]

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BREAKING THE LAW – Hayseed Dixie

October 17, 2021 – 1:45 pm

My online search for Judas Priest led to this cover of BREAKING THE LAW by Hayseed Dixie. I can only blame my ignorance of this bluegrass heavy-metal band on my seven-year self-exile in Thailand. To see their cover go to this URL:

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