Buzzing through from Mass. and on into Providence Rhode Island. Rhode Island has a long name but it is the smallest state. I had brunch just outside the state line and my neighbour suggested I make my way to Newport. The strange thing is that I have not seen a single foreign tourist, possibly because all the hire cars have US license plates so it is harder to distinguish them.… More...
On the way to NY I stop at Whispering Pines in Rhode Island.
New York New, New Jersey, Newark, Rahway, Long Island.
Double A rating on wall street for Nassau County but still the MS13 gangs go on killing sprees. The $4 million mansions sit next to neighbourhoods where the unemployed and uninsured roam, a single policeman is posted to patrol the divide on a 24 hpour basis.… More...
‘King Of the Underground’ as Outsider Musician R Stevie Moore describes himself. Undoubtedly a pioneer in DIY pop with his groundbreaking cassette tape club which has been going since the end of the seventies. I struggled to find the RSTV castle – I was three hours late to see the legendary man and his partner Krys (Krystine).… More...
Did the show on WFMU after a hearty breakfast at the Flamingo cafe next door.
My waistline is expanding again <sigh>
Watched girls playing baseball in a park on the lower east side, very good game
Sat around and then discussed life with an ex punk called Harris, bought a book off his stall “How to be Cool”.… More...
After a night in a motel on the 1 and 9 highway north – my room had no windows but I did not care because I was so grateful to find a refuge from the lunatic driving, lack of road signs and enormous potholes that typifies the New York and New Jersey area.… More...
I would like to thank a few people, some of who I really would have found things a lot more difficult without them or made the journey lonely and with no purpose.
So, In no particular order either of precedence or time:
Manny and Greg of Burnaby Kawasaki in Burnaby, Vancouver for sorting out the chain and correcting the handling.… More...
