Monthly Archives: June 2024

Mandy

Hey Mandy, when I called you with my ridiculously lame excuse, I didn’t realize it was a ridiculously lame excuse, but that was probably because I was ridiculously lame at the time. Shit, if in the intervening years, since… the … Continue reading

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If’n

If you get caught red-handed with the drug-pile and find a way to blame it all on someone else, or if you accept blame but somehow work it so that another victim takes the pelts. Or, say you commit the … Continue reading

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To That Teach For America Dude at UCLA

When we lived together, six to a room you asked me and our other roommates to vacate so you could have your girlfriend over for the weekend. As I recall, the other guys acquiesced. As you recall, I did not. … Continue reading

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“I Was the Beat!”

Paul Collins led The Beat in the US after he was a member of the Nerves with Jack Lee and Peter Case. They did “Hangin’ on the Telephone,” which Blondie liked enough to make a hit. Dave Wakeling led The … Continue reading

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Who’s Better Than EC?

The question is raised every now and then: Who is better than Elvis Costello? Now the question can be answered: (At fighting the British Empire in India) Mahatma Gandhi (At dancing the frug in black and white) Patty Duke (At … Continue reading

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