diana ross | diana ross
Dec.22.2012
When I was nine, and my sister seven, we shared a bedroom in the attic of a Victorian house, in New England. We loved that pink triangular room, and the imaginary line that equally divided her side and mine, and it was not lost on us, that we were far removed from our extended paternal...
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Aug.27.2011
Some philosophies claim that the eyes symbolize such qualities as the gift of prophecy, intelligence, and conscious awareness. In her Chakra Bible, Patricia Mercier describes the eye “chakras,” or centers of spiritual energy, as those which “feed the brain but can develop to detect extra-sensory...
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Sep.04.2010
"Dreamgirls" is featured at the Curran Theatre during September 2010. My review appears at http://sidewalkstv.com/blog.
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May.21.2010
When I want to put a bounce in my step. Abba singing Mamma Mia does the trick.
In my defiant moods, I turn to Bruce's Born to Run. Cranked up.
To scream from the pit of my soul, I unleash Joe Cocker's Unchain My Heart.
To bring back to life my dearly departed friend Mary Levesque. I move to...
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Jul.06.2009
Michael and I share a lot. We are close in age. We like music. We are both huge San Francisco 49er fans. So I, along with the rest of the known universe (and beyond), was shocked when Michael passed away late last month, much too young. (Please take note, God. Michael was 50-years-old—younger than...
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Jun.11.2009
DISCO FEVER
NEW YORK, July '73... Discos have exploded out of the hard partying gay sub culture. Everybody wants to wear glitter...Get loaded...Dance with wild abandon...
Everybody but me. I want to get a pastrami sandwich and go to the James Cagney festival at the Bleecker Cinema.
It's a drug...
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May.20.2009
THE HOTTEST SPOT IN TOWN
July '73, Times Square, New York...There's a recession on, but you can't tell by me. I've got a bar job-- twenty-seven bucks a night and all the goldfish I can eat. It's at the Hotel Diplomat, an SRO on 43rd. St. and Sixth Ave. We call it "the Roach Motel"...
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