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Escape from New York; I Got Cut Off on a Flight to Vegas

Written by Alan Cabal on October 23, 2001. Posted in Miscellaneous, Posts

The mood of New York City has resembled nothing so much as an Irish wake these last few weeks, and an ongoing Irish wake is as close to a vision of hell as anything I ever saw on acid, so I decided to hop a plane to Vegas. I have a lot of friends in
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Disturbing Nude Beachgoers in Jersey

Written by Alan Cabal on September 18, 2001. Posted in Miscellaneous, Posts

Summer’s gone, much faster than before, leaving nothing in its wake but financial jitters and the sour taste of day-old schadenfreude. Labor Day weekend was anticlimactic, like nearly everything else about this first year of the new millennium. I miss the Future. It used to be so opulent. As dusk descended on Manhattan on Labor
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My Gremlins Were Acting Up, So I Hit Some Bars

Written by Alan Cabal on August 26, 2001. Posted in Miscellaneous, Posts

I’ve been struggling with my inner gremlin these past few weeks, and I don’t always win. Schadenfreude seems to be the predominant theme of Summer 2001, and while I don’t usually follow trends, this one is a natural fit. Lately I’ve taken to interrupting people I see walking down the street chatting on their cellphones
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Clyde Beatty-Cole Bros. Circus Is a Real Circus, and They’re in Staten Island

Written by Alan Cabal on July 31, 2001. Posted in Miscellaneous, Posts

I’ve been spending far too much time in my apartment this summer. Last week I got word that the Clyde Beatty-Cole Bros. Circus was landing in Brooklyn’s Marine Park for a four-day stand, so I hightailed it out there last Wednesday morning to catch the end of the setup and see if anybody I knew
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Devil Weed: Pondering the Whole Antismoking Crusade

Written by Alan Cabal on July 10, 2001. Posted in Miscellaneous, Posts

I’m of two minds on the whole antismoking crusade. On the one hand, I’ve been enjoying sense-deranging substances of every shape, size and description since 1968 regardless of legal status, with no ill effects whatsoever except a really interesting bout with amphetamine psychosis back in the early 70s. So it kind of amuses me to
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There’re Some Really Good Redneck Bars Here in the City

Written by Alan Cabal on July 4, 2001. Posted in Miscellaneous, Posts

Circus nostalgia is an incurable chronic disorder likely to inflict damage on the liver and gastroenteric system as a whole, not to mention the spirit. I tried joining a gym. Last year I plunked down around $500 for a membership at the 92nd St. Y. They have a great reputation when it comes to their
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Grim Looks At Men In Prison & A Man Adrift

Written by Alan Cabal on June 20, 2001. Posted in Miscellaneous, Posts

Feminists abuse men. Historically they have demeaned the chivalric tendency while making unreasonable demands upon our behavior in the workplace. Most of the truly impressive women I have worked with have been deliberately and very vociferously antifeminist, and they coped with male aggression the same way men do: they gave as good as they got.
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A Gay Old Time: Out and About in Chelsea

Written by Alan Cabal on June 8, 2001. Posted in Miscellaneous, Posts

Every now and then I like to drop into a gay bar to have a drink or two and see if I get any kind of a response from the patrons. It’s a good way to stay in touch with the scene, such as it is. It ain’t what it used to be, that’s for
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Genesis P-Orridge Hosts “You Are Being Lied To” at Tonic

Written by Alan Cabal on June 5, 2001. Posted in Miscellaneous, Posts

Genesis P-Orridge is one strange and interesting dude. Our paths have crossed on numerous occasions since his days with Throbbing Gristle, in dreams and in waking life. He’s that kind of guy, he gets into your dreams. Old Bill Burroughs was sui generis and an irreplaceable human being, but it’s entirely plausible that Gen sprang
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My Beirut Vacation

Written by Alan Cabal on May 1, 2001. Posted in Breaking News, Posts

The most dangerous thing about Beirut is the traffic. There are no traffic lights, no signs, apparently no rules: it’s every man for himself. The oddest thing about it is that it seems to work just fine. I didn’t see a single accident in the five days I spent there, not even a fender bender.
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