Recap of Part II -1982, Dentist and cocaine entrepreneur Larry Lavin settles into a quiet Philadelphia suburb in the Main Line, one of the most exclusive neighborhoods in the United States, while recording artist Frankie Smith enjoys the meteoric rise of his hit record Double Dutch Bus. But Smith receives no royalties from record sales. Though […]
Tony Soprano is a man ruled by his consuming appetite. As such, he does not hunger so much as he craves. The result? He gorges and is obese. Still, he is attractive…Sort of. Likewise, he does not merely desire, he lusts. So he screws around on his wife. Prodigiously. Consequently they fight. A lot…But he […]
Recap of Part I: Life long Philadelphia resident and former Gamble and Huff songwriter Frankie Smith pens the funky novelty song Double Dutch Bus. Laid off from Gamble and Huff’s Philadelphia International Records, Smith pitches his song to WMOT Records with no inkling that WMOT is a money laundering front for The Yuppie Conspiracy that […]
Frankie Smith was worried about his mom. Her health was going down and he didn’t know how long she was going to be able to hold up to the shift work at the commissary of the Philadelphia Naval Hospital where she had worked for years. Of all the times for me to be out […]
Where does beauty come from? Is it a mere roll of the dice, a collaborative collision of nuclei, cells, chromosomes and genes? So completely accidental. So arbitrarily random. Is it purely chance, like discovering a vein of gold in a rock slide? Is that why we value it so much? Because it’s so rare? Wall-e, […]
Goblins, witches, Frankenstein monsters Sing a happy Halloween song Little children Up and down the street Ring the doorbell Saying trick or treat Leaves are blowing Soon it’s snowing Turkey, stuffing Pumpkin pie Lights a twinkling Hallowed evening Starry skies Sleigh bell rides Tis the season Of believing Counting moments […]
It’s easy to make assumptions about people. That’s because life has conditioned us for it. It’s reflexive, like muscle memory; like taking that little 15 foot jump shot from the key with barely a hand in your face. Purely routine. (Or, at least, it was before arthritis hijacked my kneecap. No more high impact […]
So I’ve been taking a break…Working in the office, doing some home improvement stuff…I’ve also been reading. One of the books I’ve been reading is The Mars Room by Rachel Kushner. I plan to post about it when I get back to blogging–Lord willing. It’s really good. It’s about a young woman–a stripper, actually– who […]
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