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Knox Bronson—Amber Light (and what Amber Light Means to me)
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in EsotericaWhy the color amber is important to me. An excerpt from my memoir, The Rise and Fall of the HoneyBun Empire One quiet Monday night, when I was about five months sober, I sat in the chair to meditate. No one was screaming, anywhere. My mantra was “Relieve me of the bondage of self” from…
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Knox Bronson—Rachael By The Fire
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in iPhonismKnox Bronson—Celeste (Donovan cover) Here I stand acting like a silly clown would, I don’t know why Would anybody like to try The changes I’m going through ? A hidden lie would fortify Something that don’t exist But it ain’t so bad, I’m just a lad, So many more things to do, I intend to…
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Knox Bronson—From The Moment You’re Born, They Make You Feel Small
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in iPhonismJohn Lennon—Working Class Hero As soon as you’re born they make you feel smallBy giving you no time instead of it all‘Til the pain is so big you feel nothing at all A working class hero is something to beA working class hero is something to be They hurt you at home and they hit…
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When Gamblers and Newspapermen Ruled The Cool Grey City of Love
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in EsotericaPlease visit the Secret History of FRISCO website and join us at Patreon, as well!
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[votd] Sally Stanford, San Francisco’s Most Notorious Madam
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[votd] The Disappearance of Oscar Zeta Acosta (Dr Gonzo)
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A friend of mine married Oscar Zeta Acosta’s nephew. She never met Oscar: he had disappeared many years before. She did, however, meet Acosta’s parents, her husband-to-be’s grandparents. When they arrived at the tiny East LA house, the grandfather greeted them at the front door and demanded that they bring him two cases of Miller…
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[votd] Did The World End In 1999?
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in EsotericaNot sure what to think beyond this was rather enjoyable.
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[sunday] Robin Robertis—that rainy day
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in iPhonismPears by Catherine Bowman Just three days into autumn in this forgotten garden the branches so beast-laden and heavy with beast-pear that they bow almost to the ground offering up a be-jeweled lair of pear-milk for the deer. Dusky green, knobbed and knotted sugar fists, squat, the color of an old tackle box. Not bin…
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[votd] Disaster 1906
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in ErrataMy father wrote the book, “The Earth Shook, The Sky Burned,” on which this movie was based. As a boy, I used to go to Denver Sutton’s Studio 16 with him in San Francisco’s North Beach and hang out while they worked on the movie. Incidentally, it WAS the first ever movie to utilize the…