Such a weird morning!

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Sorry I’m getting such a late start, but my morning started out great, but then got so weird.

But only in terms of my phone. Is it just me, or has every phone app imaginable just suddenly changed??

I won’t list all of them, but it’s like nearly every app that I use all the time has suddenly updated. So I have to hunt & peck around, trying to figure out how to get the info I usually got in a nanosecond…

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Okay.

Anyway!!

Happy Saturday!!

This happened yesterday, but I forgot to post it!!

Tickets are on sale now!!

Nick Cave In Conversation, US 2027! Buy tickets HERE!

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And this wasn’t easy to find — because so many people are fucking assholes, if you will excuse my French — but Johnny Depp’s new movie “Ebenezer” is doing perfectly FINE at the fucking US box office (and no one gives a flying fuck about Amber Heard….!!!) (Thank you for your attention to this matter!!)

From Deadline Hollywood (the only Hollywood news outlet that didn’t bring up the Amber fucking Heard garbage and simply reported the numbers):

Johnny Depp Pic ‘Ebenezer’ Opening To Spirited $20M+ U.S. after a $7.1M Friday/previews– Box Office Update

“….a $20M beginning for any Hollywood star-driven vehicle is surely no bah-humbug. The Ti West directed movie is booked at 3,535 theaters and will hopefully be further fattened like a goose from its availability in Dolby Cinema, PLFs, 4DX and D-box….”

Photo by Paramount

And this doesn’t count the box office numbers from Europe…

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All righty!!

If this isn’t an indicator that the day is fucking weird…

Here’s all I’ve got Nick Cave-wise, from Instagram and Facebook combined!!!

WTF??!!

What the fuck is the matter with people?? Don’t they know I need more than THIS to work with??!!

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Meanwhile–

Here’s this!

From Facebook!!

Keith and Brian in London in 1968, but they don’t mention the most important thing!!

Keith is eating AN APPLE!!! When have we ever fucking seen THAT??!!

What is the matter with people this morning? Do I have to do everything my fucking SELF??!!

Keith is eating an apple!!

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At least we have Bad Seed George Vjestica remaining on top of everything!!

It’s just him! With a Paisley Telecaster and an empty arena in Berlin!!

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And here’s this!!

Shane MacGowan, smoking!!!!

And just FYI — I bought the 2-CD collection option (because it is way cheaper than the vinyl option). And it arrived yesterday evening!! Yay!!

And here’s Madra Salach with their contribution to the collection! “Turkish Song of the Damned”:

And also — here’s Steve Earle, with his contribution to the tribute collection!! “If I Should Fall From Grace With God”:

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Okay–

On other topics!

From yesterday —

“Diane Goettel of Black Lawrence Press, EJ Colen of Tupelo Press, Maya Marshall of Haymarket Books, and Abigail Beckel of Rose Metal Press will discuss the mission and role of small presses in the literary landscape. What can authors expect from small presses? What are the biggest differences between small presses and larger houses? Go behind the scenes of four thriving small presses and bring your own questions for the panel!”

The Writer’s Chronicle Live! Behind the Scenes of Small Press Publishing (1 hr):

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And over the years, I have taken some really great online courses from Jeff Benner. All of the courses I took with him were to brush up on Hebrew and to learn Paleo Hebrew (ancient Hebrew).

But here’s this!

“Some of my ramblings while in a meet-up on zoom discussing such topics as: Adam, Cain, ancient civilizations, simple and complex thinking, and how understanding the ancient Hebrew perspective can completely change the way we read the Bible.”

Jeff Unfiltered | Some Thoughts That Might Challenge How You Read the Bible (12 mins):

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And!!

The brand new flash-fiction collection, The Junk Merchants — William S. Burroughs: The Funeral Director’s Cut, edited by Alex S. Johnson, is now available both in print ($15) AND eBook ($3) from Amazon US!

Order HERE!

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And I think that is it for now!

Today starts one of those 3-days-off-in-a-row things again. So here’s hoping I will be joyful, serene, productive — and write rather than do any of my usual angst-ing.

We shall soon see!!

Meanwhile, enjoy your Saturday– if at all possible in this weirdly turbulent time — wherever you are in the world, gang!

Thanks for visiting.

I love you guys! See ya!

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Let’s close with the “real thing” for now!

Since we’re inching into the Christmas season, here’s the incredible classic from Shane MacGowan (himself) and The Pogues!!

“Fairytale of New York”. It still brings tears to my eyes, even after hearing it a zillion times… Enjoy, gang.

“Fairytale Of New York”
(feat. Kirsty MacColl)

It was Christmas Eve, babe
In the drunk tank
An old man said to me
“Won’t see another one”
And then he sang a song
‘The Rare Old Mountain Dew’
I turned my face away
And dreamed about you
Got on a lucky one
Came in eighteen-to-one
I’ve got a feeling
This year’s for me and you
So, Happy Christmas
I love you, baby
I can see a better time
When all our dreams come true

They’ve got cars big as bars, they’ve got rivers of gold
But the wind goes right through you, it’s no place for the old
When you first took my hand on a cold Christmas Eve
You promised me Broadway was waiting for me
You were handsome, you were pretty, queen of New York City
When the band finished playing, they howled out for more
Sinatra was swinging, all the drunks, they were singing
We kissed on a corner, then danced through the night

The boys of the NYPD choir were singing “Galway Bay”
And the bells were ringing out for Christmas Day

You’re a bum, you’re a punk, you’re an old slut on junk
Lying there almost dead on a drip in that bed
You scumbag, you maggot, you cheap, lousy faggot
Happy Christmas, your arse, I pray God it’s our last

The boys of the NYPD choir, still singing “Galway Bay”
And the bells are ringing out for Christmas Day

“I could have been someone”, well, so could anyone
You took my dreams from me when I first found you
I kept them with me, babe, I put them with my own
Can’t make it all alone, I’ve built my dreams around you

The boys of the NYPD choir, still singing “Galway Bay”
And the bells are ringing out for Christmas Day

c – 1987 Jeremy Max Finer, Shane Patrick Lysaght Mac-gowan

How the heck can it be Friday already??!!

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Wow.

The week just flew by.

I was planning to scurry over to the Cineplex at the mall after work today, to see Johnny Depp’s “Ebenezer” but now the showtimes are all different from what they’d originally posted. So I probably won’t get to see it until next week.

Before I forget–

This will be happening on Sunday! It almost sounds like it’s going to be a “live” interview — I thought it was going to be pre-recorded and then would air later in the week. We shall see!

Alex S. Johnson posted this lovely announcement yesterday on Facebook. The interview will be this Sunday, starting at 3PM Eastern Time:

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And speaking of interviews–

I also heard from Zak Winters last night, that the interview he did with me regarding my memories of the late photographer, filmmaker, and likely serial killer, RC Horsch, will probably be uploaded to YouTube sometime next week.

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Thinking of those 2 things happening so close together, made me remember the long ago days when I used to do interviews all the time — for TV, radio, and the Internet.

And then that made me go find one of my favorite interviews I did on YouTube– it was from 2012. My dear friend and long-time colleague, Michael Hemmingson interviewed me mostly about Twilight of the Immortal (!!) and my experiences with writing that novel.

There was so much I’d forgotten about researching the novel. What an incredible experience it was to write that book.

A lot has happened since that interview — including Hemmingson’s murder back in 2014.

The interview is age-restricted but you can watch it from the link below.

The Art of Dreaming – Interview with Marilyn Jaye Lewis – May 30, 2012 (1hr 46 mins):

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Okay!!

I did speak with Sandra yesterday and it is OFFICIAL!!

Sandra’s 75th Birthday Cabaret at The Laurie Beechman Theatre in NYC will happen Weds. January 20th at 7PM!!

The Cabaret will essentially be an intro to our musical play about Sandra’s life, “The Guide to being Fabulous”.

I will be in NYC from Tuesday Jan 19th through Friday Jan 22nd! My birth mom agreed to come back here and take care of the cats again!!

And I will be staying at this legendary Times Square hotel:

The Hotel St. James!! Founded in 1901 !!

It is legendary because — as Wayne politely reminded me on WhatsApp yesterday — it used to be a notorious cruising spot for gay hustlers. It’s only a couple blocks down from where I used to live, on W.45th Street.

And if you didn’t see this amazing film — “Cruising” — it was really popular with the gay crowd when it first came out in 1980 !

This is seriously age-restricted but you can watch the whole movie free on YouTube!! (The Hotel St. James features prominently in the film, but it has since changed owners, been remodeled, etc. But I told Wayne: “I sure hope the walls can talk!!”)

Cruising (1980) Full Movie (1 hr 40 mins):

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Okay!

I did have a nice time at the lunch with my co-workers yesterday. However, I didn’t really have anything to say, since they all have kids and grandkids and mostly talked about their families.

So that was kind of sad for me, since I basically have no one anymore. But it was good to get out and just be with them.

And here’s this!

While we weren’t in Granville yesterday, it is a town where I have spent a TON of time since moving out here to the Hinterlands in 2016!

Beautiful Granville in the fall, yesterday! From their Instagram page!

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And speaking of beautiful, here’s this!

Keith in LA in 1969!!

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And from Phyllis Stein!!

Richard Hell and Johnny Thunders in NYC in 1981! (Photo by Roberta Bayley)

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And here’s something else that’s lovely!

Rowland S. Howard, 1977. (Photo by Peter Milne)

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Here’s Marc Bolan, in 1971!!

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A bunch of beauties together!!

Longtime pals, Stevie Nicks and Tom Petty!!

And Nick Cave and Blixa Bargeld!!

And Nick Cave and Lydia Lunch, in 1982!!

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And, actually, that’s all I have time for today.

I gotta scoot!!

Enjoy your Friday the 13th, wherever you are in the world, gang!

Thanks for visiting.

I love you guys. See ya!!

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Let’s close, hurriedly, with this!!

This popped up on my driving-to-town playlist yesterday.

A real heartbreaker for me, gang, still:

I was waiting in my mom’s car, while she was in the psychiatrist’s office, getting the results from my EEG, after my suicide attempt in the summer of 1975.

The love of my life, Greg, had been dead for just under one year at this point. I listened to this song on the car radio, alone, and my heart just shattered.

Then my mom came back to the car with even more shattering news — I was being committed to a mental hospital. Immediately.

All that stuff just comes roaring back whenever I hear this song (which, thankfully, is not often!). But it’s still a beautiful song.

From the album, Have You Never Been Mellow, Olivia Newton-John’s, “Please Mr. Please.”1975. Enjoy, gang.

“Please Mr. Please”

In the corner of the bar there stands a jukebox
With the best of country music, old and new
You can hear your five selections for a quarter
And somebody else’s songs when yours are through

I got good Kentucky whiskey on the counter
And my friends around to help me ease the pain
‘Til some button-pushing cowboy plays that love song
And here I am just missing you again

Please Mr. please, don’t play B-17
It was our song, it was his song but it’s over
Please Mr. please, if you know what I mean
I don’t ever wanna hear that song again

If I had a dime for every time I held you
Though you’re far away, you’ve been so close to me
I could swear I’d be the richest girl in Nashville
Maybe even in the state of Tennessee

But I guess I’d better get myself together
‘Cause when you left, you didn’t leave too much behind
Just a note that said, “I’m sorry” by your picture
And a song that’s weighing heavy on my mind

Please Mr. please, don’t play B-17
It was our song, it was his song but it’s over
Please Mr. please, if you know what I mean
I don’t ever wanna hear that song again

c – 1975 John Rostill / Bruce Welch

The way it looks right now!

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It’s looking like I won’t be able to post today, but we shall see.

My co-workers and I are all meeting for lunch today, but now we’re meeting really early — 11AM. In town. After the lunch, I’m going to grab the groceries since I’ll be there in town.

And at some point, Sandra is going to be calling from NYC. Either before I head out or, later, when I come home.

Plus, I have the usual to do today: laundry, do yoga, wash hair.

If I don’t have time for a real blog post today—

Have a great Thursday, wherever you are in the world!

Thanks for visiting .

I love you guys. See ya!🙋‍♀️🥰

Happy Veteran’s Day!!

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Well, on Veteran’s Day, I usually post old photos of all the men in my family who served in the various wars, but for some reason, I could not find the folder that has all those photos.

Here’s one of my birth dad in 1973, on Midway Island during the Vietnam War, though. (I’ve posted it here on the blog a bazillion times!!)

However, while trying to find those other photos, I found a bunch of other stuff!! And then I had to sort of remind myself of the time– I still gotta leave for work here soon!

But here’s this!!

The legendary CBGBs, back how it still looked when I was hanging out there with my other musician friends in NYC!! (It’s gone now.)

And here’s this!!

My first husband, Chong, on his birthday back in 2020! He’s 64 here, and in Seattle–

Here’s this again!

West End Avenue in NYC! That lower building, in the middle there on the left, is where Wayne and I lived when we were married. He still lives there:

And here’s Rudolph Valentino and his infamous wife, Natacha Rambova, as Rudy is putting her on the train in Los Angeles. They are merely “posing” for the press, though, because in reality, they never saw each other again. She was leaving him and they divorced.

And YES!!! You can still download the eBook edition of my novel about Rudolph Valentino, Twilight of the Immortal, for free on Amazon, today & tomorrow!!

Download it HERE! Suitable for mature readers!!

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And that’s it for Memory Lane right now….

I have to say, gang, I had that Lymphatic Drainage Therapy after work last night (by our in-house therapist), and WOW!!! It was incredible.

I was doing it in order to be able to tell customers what it’s like, what to expect from their sessions. I am so glad I did it.

I have never experienced anything like it before. It was beyond relaxing. It involves very little “massage”, it is mostly energy work. With targeted hands-on, gentle pressure in key areas — for me, it was mostly around the head and neck.

When it was over, I had never felt so sharply focused and so emotionally grounded in my life. Honestly, it was incredible.

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Okay!

Here’s this!

From Phyllis Stein!

Johnny Thunders in Paris in 1983!! Smoking!!!

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And here’s Sir Rod Stewart!! Getting fit for his final tour next year — he is retiring from touring for health reasons.

And here’s this because I love him!! Rod Stewart singing “You Wear it Well” in 1972 on England’s Top of the Pop’s TV show!! (And Ronnie Wood’s in there, too!!)

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Next year will be the 100th heavenly birthday of poet W.S. Merwin!

Please check HERE for all the many celebratory events they have in store:

“…These include the publication of The Poet’s Garden: W.S. Merwin’s Palm Forest, forthcoming with Timber Press; the launch of The Merwin Conservancy Books, an imprint of Copper Canyon Press; public programming presented with organizations across Hawaiʻi and the continent; a podcast with Hawaiʻi Public Radio; and more. “

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And let’s close with this!!

This first one is actually from Instagram, finally!!

Nick Cave!! Beautiful in black & white!!

And from Facebook!!

This made me really smile–

And this did, too, for different reasons!!

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And now I seriously gotta scoot!

I spent way too much time here this morning, looking at old photos, and now I’m gonna be late getting to town.

Have a wonder-filled Wednesday, wherever you are in the world!!

Thanks for visiting.

I love you guys. See ya!

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Let’s close with this!!

Another really great one from the “new” CD, honoring 50 years of Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, No Sleep ’til L.A. (2026)

I just love this song. It is from over 50 years ago, but has just now been released.

“Unheard of Kind of Hero”. Enjoy, gang!!

“Unheard Of Kind Of Hero”

It’s just a matter of time
For she opens up her eyes
And finds me here
Standin’ here with a sweat on my head
Dirt on my hands and a 3 day beard
A travelin’ drummer down in Mexico
Say they ran into a woman with a baby too
On her back in a shack 3 days from here
There’s a picture on the wall
That looks a lot like you

So if half are gone and payroll
An unheard of kind of hero
Go back across the rio

Doctor said when he met me at the door
It’s good to see you boy
I’m glad you made it through
I must’ve admit you surprised us all
Except the man with a badge was expecting you

He called me unheard of kind of hero
Said it almost liked to let me go
But there’s a lawman dead in Waco

Then he said that my wife was asleep
He thought I ought to know I had a boy here too
He’s been alive for about an hour now
And from the poster they sent me
It looks a lot like you
And you’re wife said he told you so
And all the money that you stole won’t help your soul
Boy you never should’ve left Mexico

It’s just a matter of time
For she opens up her eyes
And finds me here
Standin’ here with a sweat on my head
Cuffs on my wrists and a 3 day beard

c – 2026 Tom Petty Estate

How about a short one?

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I don’t have too much to post about this morning, since my post yesterday was kinda late in the day, for me, and I don’t have much new stuff to post about yet.

But I want to start off by saying again: THANK YOU!!!

The sales ranking on Amazon this morning, for my eBook Twilight of the Immortal, made me so happy!!

#125 in Gay Fiction, and #310 in Historical Fiction!! Yay!

If you’re new to the blog — I self-published this novel in 2011 (it was published by a very small university press in 2010, but I withdrew it from them immediately because it was published with tons of typos that weren’t even in the original manuscript that I’d given them).

But before that, every publisher my agent submitted my book to, turned it down. And not because I presented Rudolph Valentino — “The World’s Greatest Lover” — as openly bisexual, but because there were “too many lesbians” in the book and they didn’t know how they would market it!

It was so fucking frustrating.

Anyway. It got great reviews when I first self-published it, and it sold okay for me at first, but this recent flurry, all these years later, makes me really happy. Even though it’s a free download, and I don’t make any money off of it, it still makes me happy to think that people are actually reading the book. To say I put my heart into writing it is such an understatement, gang.

Thanks everybody! You can still download it HERE for free until Thursday Nov. 12th.

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Okay!

This coming Sunday afternoon, November 15th, I’ll be doing an interview for YouTube with Alex S. Johnson for his “Kandy Fontaine Show”.

I’ll let you know when it will actually air. I’m looking forward to doing the interview.

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And this evening, at the close of work, I’m getting a free introductory appointment with one of our in-house massage therapists. This one is for lymphatic drainage massage and energy flow!

I’m very curious to see how it goes, since I’ve never done anything like it before. I’m doing it to be able to tell customers what it is and what to expect.

It should be really interesting!

Me! At work! Even when I’m not hanging out in the spa!!

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And Friday after work — if possible– I’m going to hurry over to the Cinemaplex at the mall that is literally 3 minutes from the store, to see this!! (Well, the film, I mean! Not the premiere in London…)

Here’s Johnny Depp at the world premiere of “Ebenezer” in London yesterday!!

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And the only reason I probably won’t be attending this in Zurich, is because my German is not too great, gang. Even though I did study German many, many years ago. I only remember about 3 words…

But here’s Blixa Bargeld!! He’s giving a poetry lecture in Zurich next week!!

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And from Facebook!!

It’s another really great day to be alive!!

Nick Cave!! Onstage!! Singing into a microphone!!

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And, yes! That is it for today.

I did speak with my best friend Valerie in Brooklyn briefly and she is really thrilled with the results from the first cataract surgery. She was finally able to take the patch completely off in the daylight and she could actually see again! I am so happy for her!!

And on that note…

Have a terrific Tuesday, wherever you are in the world, gang!

Thanks for visiting.

I love you guys! See ya!

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Let’s close with this!

I did indeed receive the new CD yesterday, No Sleep ’til L.A., commemorating Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers’ 50th anniversary year.

So far, this song is my favorite! They recorded it somewhere between, like, 1973-1975 (?). Not really sure exactly. But until now, it was never released.

“Sin City”, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, No Sleep ’til L.A.

“Sin City”

Come here and cuddle up next to me baby
Don’t get too close, aye
Just might strike

I just wanna hiss in your ear
Baby’s goin’ underground
You know it’s kinda silly
But you walk among a snake
When you live in sin city
Small town underground, you know that it’s a pitty
But you walk among a snake
When you live in sin city
Cities goin’ underground thinkin’ it’s a pitty
But you walk among a snake
When you live in sin city

Don’t get too close, I just might strike
Ain’t no one alive
That could live through my bite

Small town underground, thinkin’ it’s a pitty
But you walk among the snake
When you live in sin city
Got down, look around, couldn’t find daddy
But I walked among the snake
When I lived in sin city
That’s right, every night of the week

Baby’s in the nose down
And thinkin’ it’s a pitty
But you walk among the snake
When you live in sin city
Well we got down, looked around
Couldn’t find many
You walk among the snake
When you live in aim city

You took it from me
I gave it to you
Give it back
You took it from me
I gave it to you
Give it back

Baby’s in the nose down
And thinkin’ it’s a pitty
But you walk among the snake
When you live in sin city
Well we got down, looked around
Couldn’t find many
You walk among the snake
When you live in aim city

Sin city to me, sin city to you
Sin city to me, sin city to you

Baby’s in the nose down
And thinkin’ it’s a pitty
But you walk among the snake
When you live in sin city
Well we got down, looked around
Couldn’t find man
You walk among the snake
When you live in aim city

c – 2026 Tom Petty Estate

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He was quick, efficient, and you’ll never guess what the problem was!!!

YES!! That’s correct!!

One of the cats had chewed through a cable…

But the tech guy installed an enclosed box on the wall, so now the cats can’t get at any of the cables…

Unbelievable.

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Okay. Well, since I’ve been collecting “here’s this’s'” for several days now, this post will be a big sort of random collection.

First!

Let me say THANK YOU!! Again!!

The eBook edition of Twilight of the Immortal is now ranked at #176 in Gay Fiction, and #418 in Historical Fiction, on Amazon!! Thank you so much!!

It is FREE to download until Thursday, Nov. 12th!

And just for your reading pleasure, yet again — here’s a mere portion of another review my novel got on Amazon when it first came out in 2011:

“Believe me, this is much more than a historical novel about Rudolph Valentino. Rosemary McKisco is both a well-developed and fascinating character AND a fantastic device to give us access to everyday life in the WWI and Roaring 20s era and a “fly on the wall” kind of passport to the inner workings of Broadway and Hollywood in those years. The book has been researched thoroughly and paints these pictures in infinite detail. One of my favorite scenes involves Rosemary visiting the home of a wealthy bachelor in 1916. Rosemary tells us with awe of the things she saw there, including the up-to-date kitchen with appliances painted with white enamel, so different from the old black stove in her own home. I love this kind of detail! So now I know when kitchen appliances were making the transition from the old cast iron items of the Victorian era to the whiter, brighter stoves and ice boxes we saw on The Waltons. Maybe you don’t care for this kind of historical detail, but I love it. There are countless examples of this kind of accurate detail in Twilight of the Immortal. Another favorite documentation of mine is the description of the railroad cars the characters take cross-country. If you are interested in fashion, you’ll be in heaven as Rosemary describes the many dresses her first fiancée buys for her.”

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And here’s this!

A first look at the cover art for the upcoming William Burroughs tribute anthology!! Burroughs: The Funeral Director’s Cut. Edited by Alex S. Johnson,

And I have to say, gang, since my Internet was down, I managed to WhatsApp Wayne a copy of my flash fiction piece for the Burroughs anthology.

His comment after reading it: “JESUS!! Wow. You may have a future, kid.”

That really made me feel great!!

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Okay.

Sadly, this happened on Saturday:

RIP, Richard Lloyd.

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And yesterday was the 50th Anniversary of the release of the first album by Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers–

And in honor of that, a TON of merch has been released from Tom Petty Official. Among them is the CD below, which will be arriving here at my humble abode sometime today!! “No Sleep til L.A.” Contains never-released tracks from 50 years ago!!

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And I believe this anniversary happened yesterday!

And let’s listen to this again!! This song blew my fucking mind when I first heard it on the AM radio in my bedroom — I was 12 years old. “Walk on the Wild Side,” Lou Reed. 1972.

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And speaking of glam rock–

From Phyllis Stein!

I actually had never known that the New York Dolls had a different drummer when they started out — Billy Murcia. He passed away on November 6, 1972. (I didn’t start listening to the New York Dolls until late 1973 — when I was first able to find one of their records in a local department store!! I was thrilled!!)

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And here’s this!

Another Jack Kerouac quote!

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And this is rapidly coming up!!

In honor of Gram Parsons’ recent 80th birthday, he’s being inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame!! (November 11th).

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And speaking of Gram Parsons’ best friend–

Here’s a couple of Keith!!

Smoking!! In France!! Around 1973!!

And here, he’s offering us a cigarette! On a Lear jet!! In 1979!!

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And, well, a few from Facebook…

First — my expression every day now, since Nick Cave announced his next “In Conversation” US Tour and I realized that I won’t be able to attend:

Meanwhile–

It really still is a great day to be alive…

Nick Cave, smoking!!

And Nick Cave!! Smoking!!

And Nick Cave sent out another Red Hand File this morning. Very interesting, indeed. Especially since I had just been to that fantastic art exhibit yesterday, wherein there was no AI or computer-generated art whatsoever, and it really just took my breath away.

The RHF discusses a couple different aspects about art and artists, including songwriting — and AI. He says, in part:

“…But song generator platforms are, in my view, indicators of this nascent technology’s demonic potential to hollow out human endeavour and sever our connection to the divine. They mock creation itself by rendering humanity unnecessary, taking the fruits of human striving and reducing them to mere products. It is, perhaps, our final, most soul-destroying humiliation….”

You can read it in full HERE.

DAVID WITH THE HEAD OF GOLIATH BY CARAVAGGIO, CIRCA 1607

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And that is it for today, and yesterday, and Saturday evening…!!

I hope you’re having a magnificent Monday, wherever you are in the world!!

Thanks for visiting!!

I love you guys. See ya!

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Let’s close with this!!

It popped up on someone’s Instagram post yesterday. I haven’t heard this song in forever — “I love it when you call me Big Poppa” — and I always just LOVED this song!!

The Notorious B.I.G. – “Big Poppa“, 1994, from the album Ready to Die. Enjoy, gang!!

“Big Poppa”

Uh, uh, check it out (yeah), uh
Junior M.A.F.I.A., uh (he-he)
Uh (I like this) yeah, yeah
Nine-fo’ (keep bangin’)

To all the ladies in the place with style and grace
Allow me to lace these lyrical douches in your bushes (uh)
Who rock grooves and make moves with all the mamis?
The back of the club, sippin’ Moët is where you’ll find me (what?)
The back of the club, mackin’ hoes, my crew’s behind me (uh)
Mad question askin’, blunt passin’
Music blastin’, but I just can’t quit
Because one of these honeys Biggie got to creep with (that’s right)

Sleep with, keep the ep a secret, why not? (Uh)
Why blow up my spot ’cause we both got hot?
Now check it, I got more mack than Craig, and in the bed
Believe me, sweetie, I got enough to feed the needy (come on)
No need to be greedy, I got mad friends with Benzes
C-notes by the layers, true fuckin’ players (uh)
Jump in the Rover and come over, tell your friends jump in the GS3
I got the chronic by the tree, cuz (let’s go)

I love it when you call me Big Poppa
Throw your hands in the air if you’s a true player
I love it when you call me Big Poppa
To the honeys gettin’ money, playin’ niggas like dummies
I love it when you call me Big Poppa
You got a gun up in your waist, please don’t shoot up the place (why?)
‘Cause I see some ladies tonight that should be havin’ my baby (uh), baby (uh)

Straight up, honey, really I’m askin’
Most of these niggas think they be mackin’, but they be actin’
Who they attractin’ with that line (what?), “What’s your name? What’s your sign?”
Soon as he buy that wine, I just creep up from behind (that’s right)
And ask you what your interests are, who you be with?
Things that make you smile, what numbers to dial
You gon’ be here for a while? I’m gon’ go call my crew, you go call your crew
We can rendezvous at the bar around two (come on)

Plans to leave, throw the keys to Little Cease (uh-huh)
Pull the truck up front, and roll up the next blunt
So we can steam on the way to the telly, go fill my belly (G)
A T-bone steak, cheese eggs and Welch’s grape
Conversate for a few, ’cause in a few we gon’ do
What we came to do, ain’t that right, boo? (True)
Forget the telly-, we just go to the crib
And watch a movie in the jacuzzi, smoke Ls while you do me

I love it when you call me Big Poppa
Throw your hands in the air if you’s a true player (come on, yeah)
I love it when you call me Big Poppa
To the honeys gettin’ money, playin’ niggas like dummies (uh)
I love it when you call me Big Poppa
You got a gun up in your waist, please don’t shoot up the place (why?)
‘Cause I see some ladies tonight that should be havin’ my baby, baby (uh)

In mansion and Benzes
Givin’ ends to my friends, and it feels stupendous
Tremendous cream, fuck a dollar and a dream (heh)
Still tote gats, strapped with infrared beams (that’s right) (what?)
Choppin’ Os (uh-huh), smokin’ la in Optimos
Money, hoes and clothes: all a nigga knows (all a nigga knows)
A foolish pleasure? Whatever
I had to find the buried treasure (for what?), so grams I had to measure
However, livin’ better now, Coogi sweater now
Drop top BMs, I’m the man, girlfriend

Yeah, honey, check it
Tell your friends to get with my friends
And we can be friends
Shit, we can do this every weekend (that’s right), alright?
Is that a’ight wit’ you?
Yeah, keep bangin’

I love it when you call me Big Poppa
Throw your hands in the air if you’s a true player
I love it when you call me Big Poppa
To the honeys gettin’ money, playin’ niggas like dummies (uh)
I love it when you call me Big Poppa
You got a gun up in your waist, please don’t shoot up the place (why?)
‘Cause I see some ladies tonight that should be havin’ my baby, baby (uh)

Check it out
Nine-fo’ shit for that ass, uh
Puff Daddy, Biggie Smalls, Junior M.A.F.I.A.
Represent, baby, baby, uh

c -1994 Christopher Wallace / Christopher Jasper (and the Isely Brothers — Rudolph Isley / Ernie Isley / Marvin Isley / O’kelly Isley / Ronald Isley)

Me, again!!

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I just wanted to jump on here and thank everyone who’s downloading the FREE ebook edition of my novel “Twilight of the Immortal”!!

Even though my Internet has been out all day, so I couldn’t post a reminder anywhere today, it is currently ranking #343 in gay fiction!!! And the novel was published 15 years ago!!!

So, thanks everyone!💖

Hopefully, I will be able to make a regular post sometime tomorrow afternoon.

The world of author Marilyn Jaye Lewis