Monthly Archives: May 2024

May 30, 1978 – East Village – Journal

May 30, 2024 – 5:55 pm

Alice is very disturbed the progress of her senior project THE GENTLEMEN FROM VERONA at EST. She hates everyone. Mostly herself. She started on me, as we walked away from CBGBs. She had once more been made to pay. I never did. I had wanted to stay to see Patti Smith, but Alice was still […]

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Reno Nevada Blackjack May 29, 1974

May 29, 2024 – 8:32 am

In 1974 my 21st birthday was spent driving across Nevada with Andy, a pot-smoking pianist, and Carole, a blonde co-ed heading to the West Coast. We had made good time in the rent-away station wagon up to this point and I decided to celebrate my coming of age by gambling at every desert town along […]

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May 29, 1995 – LA – the Milk Bar

May 29, 2024 – 6:28 am

1995 Los Angeles Beverly Hills to be exact. May 29. My birthday. No cake. No candles. My life was not BEVERLY HILLS 90210, but the stars from the popular TV show came every night along with many others. The Milk Bar was something no one had seen in Los Angleles for a long time. Grace […]

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May 26, 1978 – East Village – Journal

May 26, 2024 – 9:42 am

I named my son Fenway. Red Sox Nation. Fenway Park where baseball is still baseball and not a distraction for the shopping mall under the seats No blaring ads, no hoopla, no fake audience noise. Baseball. My first game there was in 1962. Sox versus the Kansas City Athletics. With my brother and my father. […]

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May 24, 1978 – Kiev Diner – Journal

May 25, 2024 – 9:58 am

Alice woke up screaming. She had been trapped in a cerebral remake of THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE. She shuddered in my arms. Poor darling. THE KIEV DINER A Ukrainian diner Sitting with Clover Only sixteen A friend. Punk customers After CBGBs 4:28 AM Mindless No one caring about the mindlessness Rejects from destiny Cups of […]

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