• Knox Bronson—Amber Light (and what Amber Light Means to me)

    Knox Bronson—Amber Light (and what Amber Light Means to me)

    Why 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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  • [sunday] Clint Cline – Next | Deux

    [sunday] Clint Cline – Next | Deux

    Igor Stravinsky—Agon Spring Night by Sara Teasdale The park is filled with night and fog, The veils are drawn about the world, The drowsy lights along the paths Are dim and pearled. Gold and gleaming the empty streets, Gold and gleaming the misty lake, The mirrored lights light sunken swords, Glimmer and shake. Oh, is…

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  • Wendell Peek – The Economist

    Wendell Peek – The Economist

    Bob Dylan—Ballad of a Thin Man (Live—composite footage) From the YouTube creator: Here’s something I’ve been working on for a couple weeks. I took footage from Martin Scorsese’s “No Direction Home,” D.A. Pennebaker’s “Eat The Document,” and some European news reels, then paired them with the matching soundboard recordings. There is footage from three different…

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  • Knox Bronson—Rachael By The Fire

    Knox Bronson—Rachael By The Fire

    Knox 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

    Knox Bronson—From The Moment You’re Born, They Make You Feel Small

    John 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

    When Gamblers and Newspapermen Ruled The Cool Grey City of Love

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  • [votd] Sally Stanford, San Francisco’s Most Notorious Madam

    [votd] Sally Stanford, San Francisco’s Most Notorious Madam

    Join us at The Secret History of Frisco website or join for free at our Patreon page and receive a free eBook, “Secrets of Pisco Punch Revealed.”

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  • Barbara duBois – Life at the Hedge (2013)

    Barbara duBois – Life at the Hedge (2013)

    Stelvio Cipriani – Mary’s Theme (1969)  

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  • [votd] The Disappearance of Oscar Zeta Acosta (Dr Gonzo)

    [votd] The Disappearance of Oscar Zeta Acosta (Dr Gonzo)

    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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