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𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗮 𝗥𝗼𝘄𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗇𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋 𝗐𝗈𝗇 𝖺 𝖼𝗈𝗆𝗉𝖾𝗍𝗂𝗍𝗂𝗏𝖾 𝖠𝖼𝖺𝖽𝖾𝗆𝗒 𝖠𝗐𝖺𝗋𝖽.𝖳𝗈 𝖻𝖾 𝖿𝖺𝗂𝗋,t𝗁𝖾 𝖠𝖼𝖺𝖽𝖾𝗆𝗒 𝖽𝗂𝖽 𝖿𝗂𝗇𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗒 𝗀𝖾𝗍 𝖺𝗋𝗈𝗎𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝗉𝗋𝖾𝗌𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝖺 𝖧𝗈𝗇𝗈𝗋𝖺𝗋𝗒 𝖠𝖼𝖺𝖽𝖾𝗆𝗒 𝖠𝗐𝖺𝗋𝖽 𝗂𝗇 𝟤𝟢𝟣𝟧,𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖿𝖺𝖼𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝖽𝗂𝖽 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝗐𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖡𝖾𝗌𝗍 𝖠𝖼𝗍𝗋𝖾𝗌𝗌 𝖮𝗌𝖼𝖺𝗋 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗔 𝗪𝗢𝗠𝗔𝗡 𝗨𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗥 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗜𝗡𝗙𝗟𝗨𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝗂𝗌 𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗇𝖾𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝗄𝗇𝗈𝗐 𝖺𝖻𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖠𝖼𝖺𝖽𝖾𝗆𝗒. 𝖳𝗁𝖾𝗒 𝗃𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽𝗇’𝗍 𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗈𝗐…

Two old friends, hanging out on the curb. One is just a shell of what it once was, but not yet dead, it has a note which tells us it’s still operational. So it’s still lingering on, years passed its shelf date, and still available, if ever needed. The other must know it’s in the…

The great Dabney Coleman is no more. Dabney Wharton Coleman passed away yesterday, May 16, 2024, at the age of 92. I was supposed to finally meet him last month at Chiller in NJ, but two weeks before the weekend he had to cancel due to doctor orders. I did get to see him once,…

Sitting at the counter in the last arcade left on Daytona’s Boardwalk, with Dylan and the Doors and Frampton and the Brothers Allman and the Led Balloon guys providing the soundtrack. There are worse places to find yourself at mid-day on a Friday. But all is not well at the World’s Most Famous Beach. I…

Well, the 𝗞𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗰𝗸𝘆 𝗗𝗲𝗿𝗯𝘆 is over for another year, someone won, everyone else lost. That’s about the level of my interest. In my book there was only one Kentucky Derby that mattered, the 1970 installment, and then only after the fact. That’s because it was the event in which 𝗛𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗦 𝗧𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗽𝘀𝗼𝗻 and 𝗥𝗮𝗹𝗽𝗵 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗺𝗮𝗻…

I just saw a ghost walk out of Johnny’s Bar. Rail thin, dark as night, wearing nice clothes and a very wide brim fedora, he floated past, giving me a knowing nod and a just barely perceptible hint of a smile. There had been a brief pause when I think he was considering coming over,…

The Underground Gods are hungry my friends. First 𝗣𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗶 𝗔𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿 passed away unexpectedly earlier this week, and today we find that on April 2 one of the original 𝗖𝗢𝗖𝗞𝗘𝗧𝗧𝗘𝗦, 𝗥𝘂𝗺𝗶 𝗠𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗯𝘂 (𝘑𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘉𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘵) also passed away. I’d exchanged a few emails with Rumi about 18 months ago and got my copy of 𝗘𝗟𝗘𝗩𝗔𝗧𝗢𝗥 𝗚𝗜𝗥𝗟𝗦 𝗜𝗡…

Today is Shirley Jones’ 90th birthday, and to honor this milestone I’ll share once again the story of the brief intimate time she and I spent together in those last halcyon days of the previous century. Oh Shirley, I remember it like it was yesterday. It was at Disneyland, I’d just gotten off Small World…

1It’s 𝗦𝘁 𝗣𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗸’𝘀 𝗗𝗮𝘆, a day I never much cared for. Back when it mattered I looked disparagingly at St Patrick’s Day like I looked disparagingly at 𝘊𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘰 𝘋𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘺𝘰 and 𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘠𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘌𝘷𝘦: a pitiful excuse for amateur drinkers to invade the domain of those of us who kept those bars and lounges and…

The great 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝘃𝗲 𝗟𝗮𝘄𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 has passed. Farewell Steve, and thank you for recording one of my favorite songs of all time, “𝗜 𝗚𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗮 𝗕𝗲 𝗠𝗲”. I can remember the exact night I first heard the Steve Lawrence version of “I Gotta Be Me”. It was a hot summer night in NYC, I was sitting at…