Tag Archives: punk

No Guns For Me

June 28, 2015 – 7:46 pm

When I first arrived in New York, a gay jazz pianist friend of James Spicer, offered me a .38 at a Christopher Street bar. “No, thanks.” “No, thanks?” CT was small. He carried a piece for protection. New York in 1977 was very dangerous for man, woman, and in-between. “Someone like you needs a gun.” […]

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TOMMY RAMONE RIP

July 15, 2014 – 9:09 pm

There are no more Ramones on Earth. Tommy Ramones joined his three brothers. I was lucky enough to catch them in 1976. On a winter night I was walking up the Bowery. I heard CALIFORNIA SUN from a bar. I walked inside. My life was changed forever. They were our band. Here is an excerpt […]

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Lisa Takes A Bath 1978

May 13, 2014 – 9:28 pm

My apartment at 256 East 10th Street was a relic of tenement living. There were no electrical outlets in the bedroom. A water closet had a pull chain for the overhead tank. Warped wooden floors spread to crumbling plaster walls traveled by tribes of cockroaches. Girls didn’t like the insects, but they loved the bathtub […]

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THE DARK SWARM by Andrix

November 22, 2013 – 7:45 am

Music from Andrix Words from MAYBE TOMORROW Please go to the following URL http://andrix.bandcamp.com/track/the-dark-swarm

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CHINESE ROCKS – Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers

September 21, 2013 – 12:40 pm

Nothing says 1970s Lower East Side better than Johnny Thunders performing the classic CHINESE ROCKS. “I’M LIVING ON CHINESE ROCKS. ALL MY BEST THINGS ARE IN HOCK.” He was a legend on the Lower East Side. “I take smack because I enjoy it. I enjoy all it makes me feel. I don’t do it to […]

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