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Lotus
Benignly Resisting Authority
By: - Apr 25th, 2015Breaking away from repression she spent several years in the Orient. Returning home there was a harrowing conflict during a holiday dinner.
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Summer of Love
Rescue of a Runaway
By: - Apr 25th, 2015During the Summer of Love Scott McKenzie sang "If you're going to San Francisco wear some flowers in your hair." In the Lower East Side we rescued a Flower Child from the reality of an escape from suburbia.
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Fence
Back Yard Barbecue
By: - Apr 25th, 2015The landlord Mr. Padziba provided a delivery of old doors. With my pal Gerry we created a fence enclosing the patio behind my storefront in the Lower East Side.
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Harry Bikes
Slandered by Rolling Stone
By: - Apr 25th, 2015It was a setup. Bill Cardoso sent his roommate David Felton to interview me about Mel Lyman and his Fort Hill gang of zealots. In the Rolling Stone cover story Felton wrote about me as an ersatz political thug and Lyman foe dubbed Harry Bikes.
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Making Art
Risking the Human Toll
By: - Apr 13th, 2015This morning listening to an interview to an interview on art,. criticism and the relative values of art education. Dark introspection for what it's worth over morning coffee. Tennessee Williams, Jackson Pollock and Francis Bacon, to name a few, died for their sins. As John Patrick Shanley told me when I asked "Nothing is off limits."
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Easter
Reluctant Matchmaker
By: - Apr 13th, 2015Everyone loved Suzie now gone these many years. Cardoso insisted that I make the introduction. They married not long after. My fault.
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Beauty of the Beast
Negotiating the Labyrinth of Self
By: - Apr 13th, 2015Mythology of the Minotaur the beast that must be fed human sacrifices. The artist in the labyrinth looking for self and a way to unwind its thread.
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Killing Time
On the Bridge
By: - Apr 11th, 2015On the bridge in literal transition. Dropped my watch into the frozen Charles River.
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Out of the Blue
An Afternoon with Dennis Hopper
By: - Apr 08th, 2015Justin Freed was screening a low budget Canadian film Out of the Blue at the Coolidge Corner Theatre. There were half hour interviews set up with the star and last minute director Dennis Hopper. Making the most of my slot he kept leaving to do more blow.
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Sisyphus Now
Rock Climbing
By: - Apr 07th, 2015Existential metaphor for the cycle of life. Pushing the boulder up the hill.. Letting it roll down, Over and over. Different metaphor for a life ordinary but lived.
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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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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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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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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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