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November 3, 1978 – East Village – Journal Entry

November 4, 2023 – 12:25 pm

Last night at THE NEW WAVE VAUDEVILLE SHOW at Irving Plaza was a great success, but a debacle for me. Klaus Nomi was the headliner along with a horde of starry-eyed rockers and artists. I was asked to be the security with my friends. None of us were paid, but we guaranteed free drinks . […]

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May 3, 1978 – Journal Entry

May 3, 2023 – 5:51 pm

Blondie closed out the Johnny Blitz Benefit at CBGBs with a cover of a Donna Summer hit. The benefit packed the house each night, despite rumors of funds being siphoned off for a continuous party. At least their drummer survived the attack and will be back with the Dead Boys soon. New York remains our […]

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BEATEN BY BLONDIE by Peter Nolan Smith

May 20, 2019 – 9:31 am

Two boys bullied me the last year of grammar school on the South Shore. The daily beating were witnessed by friends and classmates. Joe Tully and Mark Scanlon were not in good shape. They stopped after a few minutes and everyone wandered home to watch WHERE THE ACTION IS. No one ever tried to stop […]

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RIDERS ON THE STORM RAPTURE – Jim Morrison with Blondie

April 17, 2009 – 9:31 am

Jim Morrison’s tomb is in Paris’ Pere Lachise cemetery. Every day Doors fans enter the 19th Century necropolis on a pilgrimage to the Lizard King. MORRISON LIVES is graffitied on neighboring graves and for decades a persistent rumor has been whispered by the devoted that Jim Morrison never really died, but is living in Spain. […]

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