Great New Yorkers: John Coltrane
When I was a kid, long before I came to New York, John Coltrane was the man. Never as colorful [...]
Marting Luther King: Beyond Vietnam
On Martin Luther King today, a chance to look back at that remarkable figure, and a time when America produced [...]
Looking back: New York in the 70′s
What always interested me about NY when I first came here was how, like London, it was essentially a [...]
Beautiful NYC Images of the 60′s: James Jowers
St. Mark’s Place Reader Chris sends this in: From Flavorwire: Beautiful Black and White Photographs of New York in the [...]
Sunday Video: John Coltrane Playing ‘Naima’
What a performance. One of my boyhood heros, one image of NY long before I came to NY: the great [...]
Gil Scott Heron RIP
I discovered Gil Scott Heron the summer of 1991, after I returned to Montreal following five riotous months in NYC. [...]
New York 1960′s:
Got busy this week and no time to write anything up. So this is Video Wednesday as well. Home movie [...]
Pilgrims: A Novel
'Pilgrims' is set in 1991 New York. The background is New York at the end of the First Gulf War, with the crack epidemic raging across the city, and the beginning of the East Village's gentrification. The first chapter can be seen in Sensitive Skin Magazine.
