Category Archives: Activities

Free The Weed

The war on drugs has been lost by the governments of the world. Reefer dealers make house calls in New York City and I’ve done cocaine in Thailand. Both act are criminal under the present laws, however the time has come to legalize drugs. Not decriminalize. Legalize as suggested in Ben Elton’s HIGH SOCIETY a […]

AUGUST 17, 1978 – JOURNAL ENTRY – EAST VILLAGE

The coke deal falls apart. What else is new? Mark was too greedy and put another $300 atop the $2200. His friend Arthur, rightfully balked at paying so much, even though I hadn’t stepped on the blow. The entire venture reminded me of why I never got into dealing. Friends are fools and their thinking […]

IN ABSENCE OF AMNESIA – Chapter 7 By Peter Nolan Smith

After the New Year I returned to Manhattan committed to seek solace as a bachelor. Life was comfortable. My job at a Arthur’s nightclub paid my rent and more. Friends were fun. No highs or lows. The sameness of the days could last forever in most of America, but not New York. In late April […]

Steve Strange, A Friend To Strangers.

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. […]

SEPTEMBER 2020

September 2020 was a horrible month. Forest fires torched California and Oregon. Trump gathered his devotees to maskless rallies and claimed Covid-19 was nothing to worry about as long as you rejected science in favor of the absolute beleif in the Almighty. Everyday our troops fought in Iraq, Afghanistan, Yemen, and scores of nations across […]