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May.15.2013
Here's an inside tip for you, straight from me: the news is always going to be bad. It doesn't matter what year, what era, or what the names of the players are, the news is just bad. So just hang out here instead.
I don't usually watch the news or read a newspaper; I get my news online. I...
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Dec.12.2012
All three of the stray kittens officially came indoors to stay today, gang!! And they came in of their own accord -- no lures, no traps, no tricks. And they are happy as little peas in a pod, down in my sun room. Partly because it is only 23 degrees Fahrenheit out there today!! They were some...
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Oct.31.2012
For those of you who are as old as me and still in possession of most of your faculties... The Rolling Stones -- who are currently celebrating 50 years of being together -- have yet another documentary coming out. This one is going to be available for purchase next Tuesday. (The other one is...
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Jul.14.2012
Great interview on the Gibson website with amazing rock photog Tom Wright, whose 2007 memoir, Roadwork: Rock & Roll Turned Inside Out, I had the immense pleasure of co-writing...
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Feb.19.2012
It’s all well and good to have had Messrs. Rotten and Vicious banging on about no future, safely back in the past, in free-speech Britain. Even The Rolling Stones were viewed as a threat to civilization further back in 1965 and did many of the same things as the Pistols: pissed in public, cussed on...
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Jan.14.2011
In winter darkness, can you close your eyes and remember the taste of a ripe apricot? Can you recall the bittersweet green scent left on your hand as you harvest a tomato an instant before the bursting-point?
I've reached the six-month point in my online dating experience, and it feels like a small...
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Dec.23.2010
Imagine you’re the DJ for a monster party celebrating your crazy life during the 1960s – the Beatles and Stones, the summer of love, the Vietnam War. What 100 songs would you play to bring it all back home? I’ve started the list below – tell me what hits I’m missing?
The background, and a few...
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Nov.16.2010
Here's my review, just posted at The Nervous Breakdown, of Keith Richards's autobiography, Life:
http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/jpsmith/2010/11/keef/
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Nov.08.2010
A few days ago, a wise friend told me, "You've really lost faith in everything, haven't you?"
But he had to modify the statement immediately. If faith means "confidence" or "trust," then I have plenty of it. I have what seems to be an unshakable faith in human...
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Sep.20.2010
I post monthly on a group blog, The Lipstick Chronicles, written by a gang of writers who are funny, irreverent, political, poignant, and who tell it like it is day after day. Last month, I wrote the following post for TLC and I’ve had a few requests to repost it here. Hope you enjoy it!
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