Monthly Archives: October 2022

HALLOWEEN / Dead Kennedys

October 31, 2022 – 7:01 am
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Cowboy Versus Batman

October 31, 2022 – 5:52 am

My friend Haoui Montauk bequeathed me a Paul Smith suit in his will. We had worked at a punk nightclub together in the late-70s. He had collected the cash and I had worked the door as a bouncer. Haoui liked to call me ‘rough trade’. He wasn’t wrong. I liked a good fight now and […]

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Top 5 Halloween Songs

October 31, 2022 – 3:26 am

My top 5 Halloween songs; THE MONSTER MASH by Bobby “Boris” Pickett HAUNTED CASTLE by the Kingsmen THRILLER by Michael Jackson I PUT A SPELL ON YOU – Screaming Jay Hawkins HALLOWEEN – The Dead Kennedys And the winner FIRE by Arthur Brown To hear this monster hit please go to the following URL I […]

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Jews For The Orange Jesus

October 29, 2022 – 12:29 am

After the recent Shabbas I met with my Hassidic and Conservative Jewish friends. All of them had met in prison. For the most part their crime was fraud and I didn’t consider them criminals. Ex-cons yes, but not criminals. They were drinking kosher wine and whiskey. I stayed with water, as I was waiting for […]

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AMONG THE REDWOODS by Peter Nolan Smith

October 2, 2022 – 2:42 pm

The noon sun shimmered off Monterey harbor. The moored sailing boats bobbed with the light breeze and hundreds of pleasure craft wavered on the wake of a departing fishing boat. A middle-aged man took a photo of his wife before a large trawler tied up to a forlorn dock, while I walked toward Cannery Row. […]

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