Gil Scott Heron RIP
I discovered Gil Scott Heron the summer of 1991, after I returned to Montreal following five riotous months in NYC. [...]
The Warriors
Deleted opening scene from The Warriors: The Warriors gather force on the Coney Island boardwalk. I saw the Warriors, the [...]
The Urban Eye: Video Time Capsule of mid-90′s New York
Over the holidays, reader Jerry Rio sent me this charming doc about changing mid-90′s New York: The Urban Eye. This [...]
Video of the Week: KISS!! (Tomorrow Show with Tom Snyder)
I hadn’t thought about Kiss for years. Until I saw this interview. Like most of the kids of my generation, [...]
Smoking in Bars
The ability to smoke in bars was not confined to New York. But the subject came to mind recently after [...]
Cheap Hotels Now Long Gone . . .
Back in ’92, ’93, I found my way into the city through an institution now almost disappeared from New York: [...]
NY Memories: Gringo (Story of a Junkie)
Photo source: Flaming Pablum I first saw ‘Gringo’ (also known at ‘Story of a Junkie’) shortly before I moved to [...]
NYC Memories: Car Alarms
Whenever I am irritated by people talking loudly on their cellphones in public places – and anybody who knows me [...]
New York Memories: Johnny Thunders
My first stay in New York City ended with the death of Johnny Thunders. Not that there was any connection [...]
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.
