I met him in a bathroom under the West Escalator in Grand Central. That’s a shitty place to meet a guy (no pun intended) but he was cute. In a masculine way, which I like. I was never into guys who were consumed with their femininity. There’s women for that, after all, if that’s what… Read more

The first music I got into was the Beatles’, followed soon after by Bob Dylan’s. It was an easy transition from Magical Mystery Tour to Highway 61 Revisited but when I picked up The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan that was a little different. This wasn’t rock music. It was called folk. In the wonderful way that… Read more

I was listening to Elliot Smith the other day and this was just too beautiful a tune not to ruin. Or pay homage to. It’s a thin line, really. I’m in love with the world Through the eyes of a girl Who’s still around the morning after We broke up a month ago I grew… Read more

The lyricism of the conductor’s voice as he says, “this is the 5:22 to Greystone, making all local stops,” was an incredible comfort to Keith after a long day’s work. He liked the sound of it, local stops, and could picture both the stops and the locals. The local train had the soothing advantage of… Read more

A List Of 25 Things You Should Never Do:(feel free to print a mirror image and staple to your forehead for ready reference) First, the obvious things you should never do: 1.     Staple anything to your forehead2.     Kill someone3.     Take something that doesn’t belong to you4.     Betray the trust of a loved one (or a… Read more

Before Late Model Humans there was Racy Dates. And before Racy Dates there was S&M. S&M was me and Rick Myers. Back then he was called Sal Iva so Sal and Mike made S&M. For reasons that escaped our understanding, Mike was S and Sal was M. In the mid-eighties Racy Dates went into the… Read more