The Paltry Sum: Detroit Richards
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Waiting For My Man/Metal Machine Music: Lou Reed is the King of Noise.
This is what the inside of my head sounds like on a good day. If Lou had stuck a microphone into my mind and pressed record, he could not have got it any closer. Noise. The metal machine music diatribe against beauty without context, pleasure without pain, reality versus the angels of self-destruction. The torture […]
MoreThe Spirit of ’21
OK, so it is not quite the summer of love out there, but San Francisco was rocking some definite party vibes this afternoon. There was a spring in people’s steps, the sun is shining, the weather is verging on hot – positively heatwave- like for this city of fog and marine layer coolness, the Giants […]
MoreKeith Richards Wishes Jerry Lee Lewis A Problematic Happy Honky Tonk Birthday
Jeery Lee Lewis played a mean honky tonk piano, yes. Iconic. Wild man. Pedophile. He married his 13 year old first cousin, tried to lie that she was in fact 15, and pissed his career away indulging his perverted desires. His two other wives died in mysterious circumstances – one drowned in a swimming pool, […]
MoreDon’t Mistake me For Somebody Else
Today was one of our days off. We went out to baseball. Sat in the park. Went for a walk. We both really needed to hang out together and try and adjust to our new lives. There is not much to do but try and fight off the fear that this blissfully happy time together […]
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