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Willis Reed – The Knicks Legend – RIP

April 4, 2023 – 9:47 am

Willis Reed, the New York Knicks’ greatest player, passed last week. With him at center the Knicks won two won championships. The team has been cursed under the ownership of the amateur guitarist, James Dolan, but Knicks fans old enough had to have shed a teat remembering Reed walking out of the dressing room before […]

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FASTER PUSSYCAT KILL KILL / Tura Santana

May 21, 2021 – 10:13 am

The South Shore Drive-In was located off 128 outside of Boston over the Blue Hills from my suburban development of split-level houses. No one went to the twin screens in the daytime, but on summer nights my father drove my mother and their six children to the open-air theater, where we watched THE TEN COMMANDMENTS […]

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Azzadine Alaia Ride The Stars

November 19, 2017 – 7:35 pm

Azzadine Alaia was born in Tunis, Tunisia, an ancient city dating back to Carthage. His family were wheat farmers, but his glamorous older sister nurtured his love of fashion and his mother’s friend gave the young man VOGUE magazine. Elegance extraordinaire. After studying at Tunis’ École des Beaux-Arts Azzadine lied about his age and migrated […]

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Amber Rayne – A Late RIP

September 6, 2017 – 4:19 pm

From 2004 to her retirement from the Adult Video Industry in 2015 Amber Rayne ran wild as a goddess of lust over the screen of TVs and computers. Her performances covered every genre from lesbianism, no holds barred, and her heart’s delight, bondage. Sadly Amber passed from this Earth in 2016. A victim of a […]

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Brian Saltern RIP

July 3, 2017 – 8:27 pm

Brian and I met at the Jefferson Theater where I was doorman at the Weinstein’s fabulous after-hours extravaganza in 1980. We remained friends through the years. He let me in where he worked and I did the same. He was a gentleman on every occasion. Sadly he has left this mortal coil at the tender […]

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