A Few Thoughts. . .
Greetings. . . a few random thoughts. The artist, Jim Fitzpatrick, shared recently in a mailer that he was offering some of his prints and artwork at discounted prices – a pre-holiday special!. For those...
Category: The Western Front
A Saturday at Arlene’s Grocery
Saturday, October 28th. the Statues of Liberty returned to Arlene’s. First time in a while. First time in a couple years. I guess the last show they did was at Arlene’s around the holidays three...
The Precursor
The wonders of technology. I downloaded last night the Missing Peace onto my phone. Thru some Bluetooth speakers I play it now from my phone. Now I write this from my phone as I curse...
Midnight Crisis
There is a general sentiment out there in the lower east side, and in New York City in general that rock n toll is not what it was. No shit. There is a bunch of...
L.A. Guns – A Night at the Gramercy
I had been looking forward to this gig for awhile. I had seen it posted on Facebook by Alex Kayne, the L’Amour DJ. He was apparently going to be doing the music in between sets....
Mad Juana on St Patty’s Day Night in Berlin
Friday Night, March 17th, St Patty’s Day I made it back over to Berlin. It had been awhile. It is just a great little place. Hidden. Do they have a sign over the door...
A Wednesday Night in NYC. . .
So the last two or three weeks have been a challenge. Even with this mild winter, my desire has still been to just stay home. Doing nothing, playing on Facebook, which has become a very...
Jim Fitzpatrick, His Art, Dublin, and a Band called Thin Lizzy. . .
This essay “took a different slant and it works. No one bothers to try to tell the real story of myself and Philip and Dublin of the time and of our times as well as...
Jim Fitzpatrick – A Starting Point. . .
Those of you who know and listen to Thin Lizzy probably know Jim Fitzpatrick or at the least have some appreciation of his work. The man did most of the album covers for Thin Lizzy,...
Meltdown – Thanksgiving Eve at the Bowery Electric
Thanksgiving eve is typically a quiet event, but on those occasions when I do make it out, it has been rewarding. This year was one such occasion. So this Wednesday, I circled back to the...