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Big Easy
On Bourbon Street Every Day is Mardi Gras
By: - Apr 05th, 2015It starts to crank up around noon. By midnight the throngs in beads with Hurricanes in each hand stagger along Bourbon Street. Nearly nude women entice guys into strip clubs.Con artists work their scams. Life in the Big Easy.
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Tennessee Williams Hotel Plays
Close and Compelling
By: - Apr 03rd, 2015The Hermann-Grima House is a vintage mansion in the French Quarter. In groups of about 25 we rotated through the rooms for performances of brief vignettes by Tennessee Williams. It was unique and evocative with the familiar themes of human degeneration and bad luck.
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Pip
Little Sister Getting Older
By: - Apr 03rd, 2015Birthday greetings to Mary Louise Giuliano my sister Pippy or Pip. Nine years younger incredibly she is getting older. All these years she has been an intimate and insightful best friend.
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The Contentious Playwright John Patrick Shanley
Sparring with a Tony, Oscar and Pulitzer Winner
By: - Apr 03rd, 2015Growing up as an Irish kid in the Bronx provided playwright John Patrick Shanley with inspiration from tough love and hard knocks that earned him a Tony, Oscar and Pulitzer prize. Exuding the street wise persona of a made man he read and discussed his works during the annual Tennessee Williams New Orleans Literary Festival.
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Divine
Pay to Play on Bourbon Street
By: - Apr 02nd, 2015On the road looking for adventure the wild ones hit Bourbon Street. Grope in the dark until the bloke hit the ropes.
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Trees
Tough Competition
By: - Apr 02nd, 2015Astrid hugs trees. Darting off to photograph one we were late getting to the museum. I asked a tough question.
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Bethel
Down on Max Yasgur's Farm
By: - Mar 23rd, 2015We made it back stage to hang out with musicians. Press perks with a surprising twist.
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On the Beach
Live Sex Shows in Copenhagen
By: - Mar 23rd, 2015The porn film I Am Curious Yellow was all the rage when I visited Copenhagen on the cheap. A tourist attraction featured an expensive live sex show . Our group went but I opted for another night of ballet. Seems I didn't miss much.
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Son et Lumiere
Midnight Spectacle at Versailles
By: - Mar 22nd, 2015At the memorable Bal a Versailles debutante Josephine was presented. Little sister Pi, responding to pomp and circumstance, wore her unique and humorous crown jewels.
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Bob Fowler
Ersatz Source and CI
By: - Mar 22nd, 2015The ersatz source Bob Fowler and everyman popped up in stories as a gonzo cabal and pact. Pioneering misinformation now all too ubiquitous in the media and government.
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Birth of Gonzo
Launch of the Word
By: - Mar 22nd, 2015While relating a lively tale with animation I uttered "It was gonzo man. Total gonzo." Bill Cardoso asked what it meant and subsequently claimed it as his own. This is the true story of the birth of gonzo.
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Dirty Snow
Winter's Charm Long Gone
By: - Mar 22nd, 2015First snow this year at Thanksgiving. Early warning of brutal record breaking winter. Huge mounds now ugly with dirt slowly melting.
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Harry Bikes
Rolling Stone Smear Job
By: - Mar 22nd, 2015With an introduction from my "friend" William J. Cardoso, AKA Dr. Gonzo, David Felton of Rolling Stone knocked on my door. In a story on Mel Lyman and Fort Hill he smeared me as Harry Bikes. I caught up with him in LA.
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Samson
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Chateau de Paraza
Harvest Time in Minervois
By: - Mar 21st, 2015The Romanian/ German artist, Dorothea Fleiss, invited Astrid and me to join her for a wee- long artists residence in the ancient village of Paraza along the Canal du Midi. It was hosted by Werner and Christine prominent members of the now multi-national community. We stayed within walking distance in the guest house of the artist Dirk and his wife Mireilla. There was round the clock work punctuated by home cooked meals, dialogue and song. There was a final exhibition at the local gallery next to the canal. I gave a speech and then was rushed to the hospital.
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Bistro
An American in Paris with Attitude
By: - Mar 21st, 2015Rafael asked where I had dined in the Marais near his loft. At the bistro around the corner. He was astonished. It's impossible to get a reservation. Not really I replied. I just walked in and demanded to be seated. You have to know how to talk to French women of a certain age. An American in Paris.
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Amigos
Mark of Zorro in the Berkshires
By: - Mar 21st, 2015Gulliver waking to discover being tied down by Lilliputians. Big city hipsters playing musical chairs in the Berkshires.
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Luck of the Non Irish
Wearing Pale Green
By: - Mar 17th, 2015On St. Patrick's Day everyone is Irish. Except to the Irish.
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Irish Spring
Mom's Favorite a Boiled Dinner
By: - Mar 17th, 2015All in one pot Mom's favorite a boiled dinner. Thinking of her today during lunch of corned beef and cabbage celebrating St. Paddy's Day.
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American Pie
The Day His Music Died
By: - Mar 15th, 2015Riding the crest of the hit American Pie there was a concert Symphony Hall. In bad weather I flew home from NY to cover the event. In a meeting with the media including live TV he proved to be less than gracious.
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Berkshire Fine Arts Presents on April 10
An Evening of Jazz and Poetry at Spectrum Playhouse
By: - Mar 12th, 2015There were 26 poets submitting 32 Elevator Poems in a contest sponsored by Berkshire Fine Arts. In an Evening of Jazz and Poetry there will be an awards ceremony at Spectrum Playhouse in Lee, Mass on April 10 from 7;30 to 10:30 PM. Music will be performed by the Richard Vinette Jazz Quintet. The Elevator poets who attend will be invited to read their compositions. The winners are Gail Burns, Astrid Hiemer and Stephen Rifkin. The contest was judged by Professor Mark Miller of MCLA.
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Monty's
Spring Break at the Boatyard
By: - Mar 09th, 2015Spring break alone at our house in Annisquam. Daily visits to Montgomery's Boat Yard. Diplomacy to get my boat down from the loft in the shed. Getting a slick bottom on the boat for summer racing season.
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March
When Winter Won't Quit
By: - Mar 08th, 2015Clocks set back last night. More snow for first hours of daylight caving time. No end in sight for record setting winter miseries.
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Sweet Dreams
Prayers Before Bed
By: - Mar 07th, 2015Prayers before bed. Mom tucked me in. Time for sharing secrets and dreams of growing up.
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Reverie
To Sleep Perchance to Dream
By: - Mar 07th, 2015Tales of the infamous Murder Building on University Road in Cambridge.
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