GHOSTS



BOAT BUM

In 1989 after eight years of homelessness I came into a large amount of money when the ex had to buy me out of the house.

 

I wrote a book, bought a boat, took a year and taught myself how to sail then had it trailered to Corpus Christie, Texas.

 

I took four years to get to New York.  I liked Key West so much I stayed there for a couple of years.

 

BOAT BUM

 

covers the trip from L.A. to Key West

 

 

 



FRACTAL



MORE MAGINATION

 

SAY WHAT YOU MEAN

 

MEAN WHAT YOU SAY



IMAGINATION

COMMON LIES

OBAMA IS BLACK

 

ISRAEL IS A DEMOCRACY

 

THE POLICE ARE THE

GOOD GUYS

CORBO

 

......hallelujah...!!!

 

...signs of cultural awareness in AP

 

 

Went for a bike ride the other day. When I came to

the restaurant supply place

 

CORBO

 

across from city hall, I noticed a silver ball in the middle of the glass plate that is in the side walk.

 

I had noticed this piece of glass before and had actually taken some shots of it.

 

I was confused.  Why would someone leave a silver ball in the center of this piece of glass?  I went up to it and touched it. 

 

Expecting it to roll off I was suprised to find out it was fixed in place.  Who would do such a thing?

 

I took a few shots then this man came along.  It turns out he was "The" Corbo.  It was his doing.  He said he had another larger ball coming.

 

 

 

 

Personally I find it exciting and encouraging.

Betcha' the city calls it a safety hazard and

makes him take it down. 

 

That'd be a tragedy. 

 

Never under estimate the power of a

crowd of stupied people.

 

Watch this site for updates

 

  



WESLEY LAKE (Again)

 

.....sorry...!!!

 

Wesley Lake

 

....again

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

STUDIO 88

 

 

By appointment only

REALITY

Did ya' hear the one about the guy who stayed fit, ate right

and washed his hands religously...

 

... was run over and killed by a car when he was thirty eight.

SET AND SETTING

A violinist played at a prestigous setting, like Carnegie Hall to standing ovations and repeated encores.

 

A week later he played in a subway and made a dollar.

 

 

STUPIED

John Kerry

 

The new "secratary of state" sez;  it's O.K.

2b stuiped.  Lucky U.S.

 

How bout obesity ?

 

 

 

Not only is it O.K. 2b stupied your free

2b obese.  Lucky U.S.

 

 

 



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COFFEE

RAINEY DAY

It was a rainey Saturday afternoon.  I decided to go to Johnny Mac's.  The "A" team with James Keady were holding a meet and greet.

 

Don't like crowded, noisey bars.  When I saw him exit I caught him outside.  To be cont.

 

There was a slight drizzle.  I turned left off Mattison onto Emory.  I noticed a gallery that I intended to visit was open.

 

 

 

A contemporary art dealer

408 Emory St.

Asbury Park NJ 07712

 

732 898-2393

 

When I looked inside I wasn't sure what it was so I went in and inquired.

 

It was a gallery alright, but they also had a clothing line in the front section.

 

 

 

The art work was by

 

KNOWLEDGE BENNET

 

They were large pictures of Obama as a gun slinger, drawing a bead on the viewer.

 

 

 

Next door was a tattoo shop

 

OLD GLORY

 

516 Summerfield Ave

(entrance on Emory)

Asbury Park, NJ 07712

 

732 455-3536

 

OldGloryTattooCompany.com

 

 

 

Kyle

 

 

The main action was in the back room

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



THOUGHTS

 I was standing in line at a food bank at a church.

 

The guy in front asked me if I believed in God?

 

No, I said.

 

He asked, then why are you here?

 

I believe in eating.

 

 

 

Someone asked me if I supported gay marriage.

 

when I told them no they accused me of being

homophobic

 

I told them,..I was born that way.

 

 

A woman accused me of being a mysogynist.

 

I told her I never massaged anybody

 

Another person said I was a racist. 

I told them I had never raced anybody.

 

 

 



FOOLS



QUEENS

Been following the news lately.  Heard about the Ceciel Hotel in Los Angeles.

 

Seems a Canadian tourist who was staying there ended up dead in the water tank on the roof.

 

Maybe was there for two weeks.  The tenants, drank, bathed and brushed there teeth in water that had low pressure and tasted funny for two weeks.  Magin' dat. 

 

What's the connection...the Ceciel Hotel. Before I went to Europe in 1980 I had been driving cab at night in Los Angeles.  Then there were thirty to fifty hookers working the streets at night.

 

When I returned in the early 80's there were three

to five hundred.  Every night of the week all we ever did was run whores this way and that way.

 

If you don't know L.A. the skinny is that the action is not in downtown L.A. but in Hollywood. Hollywood Blvd. is for the tourist.  See and be seen.

 

Sunset blvd was for the whores.  Santa Monica was for the male whores.  The driver called it, "bend over blvd."

 

Nobody who knew L.A. stayed in the downtown area.  That was for Mexican's and derelicts. The only people who stayed dowtown where people from out of town that didn't know better.  They thought the action was in the center of the city.  Wrong.  It was Hollywood and out along the Sunset strip, think Wiskey a go-go.

 

Back in the 80's the Ceciel was a down and out flea bag flop house.  I use to pick up a couple there.

 

Multiple choice here

 

A.  People of color

 

B.  African Americans

 

C.  Blacks

 

D.  Niggers

 

They were from Baltimore and had come to L.A. to cash in.  He looked straight but the other one was what we called a super swish queen.

 

They survivved because he was pimpng her out.  I'd caught them once or twice a week for about a month.

 

Then one time I caught just him.  She had disappeared.  I don't remember how the conversation got started but he asked me...

 

...didn't you ever meet a man who made your dick hard.?.!!

 

I replied;  In all honesty, frankly...no...not even a little bit

 

A couple of weeks later I caught her on a corner on the stroll.  She said if I saw him, tell him I've been kidnapped.

 

Never saw either one of them again.

 

This shot was taken on the same street as the Ceciel, on Main St. Maybe three or four blocks south of it.

 

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MEMORY

It's a poor sort of memory

 

that only works

 

backwards

 

 



GRACE

THE THREE GRACES

 

....SILENCE

 

HARMONY

 

ORDER



EYES

 

.....even those that don't love

say a lot without talking

 

 

DELUSIONS

....volatility, personal attacks, aggression

are plain crappy to deal with....

 

Janna Manning...Dan Jacobs wife

 

In response to my accusing Cafe Volan of

 

"QUEER McCARTHYISM"

 

for playing games with me over a show.  They said they wanted to do it (Just like Dan)  but would never say when

 

Here is my official response..to those wanna'

be control freaks...fairey farts

 

eat shit...!!!

 

Dan Jacobs continues to wallow in the illusion that he is relevant to anything.

 

He constantly bleats the mantra about how TCN

is helping to promote the creative and alternative

 

 

 

Here is creative and alternative that he refuses to acknowledge exists.  If art succeeds here it will not be because of him but in spite of him.

 

Dan Jacobs is so afraid of me he won't make eye contact even when his wife waves to me.

 

What does an x-lawyer know about art.  More than me with a six page resume and forty five years of experience?  Ask me Dan.

 

He goes on and on about the creative being attracted to AP

 

Zat so?  Then why did re-bearth go out of business?  Why did SICA close down?  Why was ARTSCRAP  street fair a big flop?  Why didn't anybody show up for the chalk fest?  Why didn't one single artist in AP support it?  Why didn't TCN mention it or support it?

 

Dan can't acknowledge my existence because when I first showed up here him and his cock suckin' editor

went off on a power trip and treated me with contempt and distain.  Goes around comes around Danny Boy.

 

A letter to Dan revealing this is available upon request.

 

(I'm hoping he  says something stupied so I can sue him like I did those assholes in Charleston, S.C.)

 

...then there is ;  ...Cafe Volan....

 

"has created a hub for the creative and alternative."

 

Pure un-adultrated bullshit.  What kind of coffee shop has speech police that decide what can and can not be said;  Clue, don't say faggot.

 

A couple of fairey fart wanna' be control freaks.

 

Just like Dan don't know thier ass from a hole in the ground about art.

 

I state out right the reason I wasn't shown there is because of

 

'QUEER McCARTHYISM'

(Don't mention the gay mafia)

 

They have a very small, tight circle jerk going on with

Dan Jacobs.  They're both feeding into each other's fantasy that they are relevant to anything.

 

from TCN

 

....(the) ticket led by former councilman Keady

and political activist Duane Small will easily

take control of city hall.

 

..that's bad based on the pass political lunacy

of this group

 

...elaborate Dan.  What are you talking about?

 

....JIM KEADY...a politicians whose ego I've

found to be a bizarre mix of Hugo Chaves and Newt Gingrich

 

..now, now Dan, let's not be so judgemental.  Report the news, don't make it up.

 

Politically speaking these guys are too damn wacky. 

I see a potential circus in city hall if they get into power.

 

If they do I see trouble for you.  Listen to your wife's advice....if you two talk to each other.

 

 

 

 



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POWER

POWER

 

there is a book by Gary Zukov titled;

 

SEAT OF THE SOUL

 

It was a best seller for a long time.  In it he talks

about power.  He sez there are two kinds;

 

AUTHENTIC POWER

 

Authentic power produces a product such as a artist, musician, writer, etc.

 

ARTIFICIAL POWER

 

Money, drugs, sex and guns, etc.

 

What he doesn't talk about is a third form of power called;

 

THE POWER OF DENIAL

 

Those with no authentic or artificial power the only power left is that of denial.  Ever notice those with a little power, like parking lot attendants and store clerks are anxious to exercise it.  That indicates doubts about it.  Those with real power use it

cautiously.

 

Making someone wait is a power trip in and of itself.

 

The desire for the power of denial is so strong that people fabricate it's use.  They can't fire you till they hire you.  They can't stand you up unless they agree to meet you.

 

PUSSY POWER

 

Then there are women to gain attention and thus power will imply or at least not deny that if you be nice to them long enuff, just maybe the jade stem may be permitted to enter the earthly valley of heavenly delights.

 

We all know how this game is played.  If you displease her majesty you will be told that your never gonna' get there.

 

Honey, nothing from nothing is nothing.  You gotta' have something if you wanna' be with me.

 

I was at a gallery opening once.  The owner's daughter was the center of attention.

 

She was talking to two guys when two other guys walked in.  First thing she said is;  did you bring my cigarettes?  Fantasy popped.  Can I be your go fir?  Lucky me.

 

Women's power is in how many suitors they can attract.  Then it becomes how many they can blow off. (Deny)

 

(You know the secret to getting a woman.  Put a wedding band on.  It is a bigger feather in a woman's cap to not only get a man but take him from another woman.  Tell her your getting a divorce.  Because she has more money than you your negotiating the amount of alimoney)

 

As a night time cab driver when I took groups of people downtown.  The car full of young guys would talk about the girls they were gonna' get.  The girls talked about the guys they were gonna' meet.

 

Going home the guys talked about the girls they almost got and the girls talked about the guys they blew off

 

Insecure women flirt with a lot of guys.  They become the center of attention and re-inforce the belief that they are desireable and still have power.

 

When I was homeless women wouldn't give me the time of day.  Then one day a woman came along, was friendly and gave me her number.  When I called it she invited me over.  While I was there she was on the phone to another guy when one knocked on the door.

 

When a woman gets older and her flower begins to fade and younger girls get more attention (after all it is about making babies) they panic.  They can sense the loss of power and begin to flirt with a lot of men.

Nothing is sadder than to go in to a titty bar and see a woman who held on too long and banked on a fading flower.

 

Unless your sincere, flirting is teasing and teasing's

not nice.  It leads to frustration, frustration to anger, anger to violence and violence to rape.

 

If you don't want the bull to charge don't wave the red flag.  If you do you may get more than you bargained for

 

 

 

 

VARIATIONS ON A THEME

I know from lot'sa of experience that if you rise too the bait the first time a woman flirts with you
she will say, that you miss-interpeted the signals and she just wants to be friends.  Then you ask them to share some time with you.  They will say they're busy.  The truth is we make time for the things we consider to be important.  That's how we know someone is a true friend, they make time for us.

What kind of friend is it that does not make time
for you?

I learned not to rise to the bait the first time.  If you don't they will then escalate the flirting.  If you still do not take the bait they will continue until you do.

I had a so called girl friend in Lancaster, Pa. when my arms were broken.  She took me in and took care of me, made love etc. for about a month then one day said out loud,...what am I doing?

If what she did wasn't a come on sign, what is ?

Over the years I've gotten good at the game.  I've watched women wrap the rope around thier necks four or five times and rush over the cliff.  The second you say o.k. I like you too....

...you misinterpted the signs...I just want to be
friends but I'm 'busy" right now.
 

 

CAPITALISM

CAPITALISM IS PREDICATED

ON GROWTH

 

Capitalism works on the principle of interest.  Lending money.  They invest (lend) money to a business.  The company grows and turns a profit and pays back the loan with interest.  The Capitalist profits.

 

For Capitalism to succeed they must lend money so they can collect interest.

 

Un-fortunately the planet is reaching capacity and can no longer grow.  We must transition from a growth economy to a sustaining economy.

 

Bad news for capitalism.  There will be a retraction..reduction...correction

You know how the universe likes balance.

 

This might not be a pleasant experience

for everyone.

 

Writing about this brought back memories of an un-pleaseant time in my life.

 

If was living on a sail boat outside of Charleston, S.C.  I had gotten thirteen tickets in four months as a cab driver.  Ruined my life.  I lost my car and was un-able to pay my rent of a miserable hundred and twenty five dollars a month.

 

To survive I'd hop on my bike and ride an hour an half thru brutal heat and humidity. (It was right on the water.  They called it the low country.  I called it the very low country) to draw qwik sketches on a pier in the tourist area.

 

It was such an ardous trek that I would brake it up with a beer stop.  I was sitting on a log in the woods thinking about my situation.  Nobody cared, not a Christian, Jew, Buddhist, Muslim, Democrat, Republican, black or white etc.

 

I thought to myself.  If nobody cares that I was where I was at, then I didn't care if they had to join me.

 

Along came Bernie Madoff.  I heard some woman was devestated because she lost eight million dollars and only had a million left to live on.

 

Breaking my heart.

 

A little suffering does a lot of good.  A lot of suffering really builds character and opens your heart to the plight of others.

 



STUFF

The old hippy knows the lesson of possessions
...do you got them...or...do they have you


STUFF

 

.....GOTTA' HAVE LOTSA' STUFF

 

CAPITALISM=Buy something;

 

It's good for the economy, bad for the enviroment.

 

Capitalism is built on consumerism.  For Capitalism to function smoothley it is necessary to keep selling stuff.  Lotsa' and lotsa' stuff. Stuff that is not necessary.  It is necessary for the capitalist to continue to make a profit.

 

They don't like the ups and downs of the market.  Hire workers, lay off workers.  Lotsa' wasted energy.  Consistency works better. 

 

That means people need to continue to buy stuff they don't need.  People are "programed" to buy thru thier ego's.

 

The nieghbors kid gets a ten speed bike so to save face and maintain status you buy your kid one.

Who needs ten speeds on a bike?  For years one was good enuff.  Now they got twenty speeds on a bike.  Where will it end?  Bikes with four hundred and twenty speeds.

 

The fashion industry is the worst offender.  They prey on ego's and in-security's.  Gotta' have the latest fashion less you feel left out.  Not accepted.

Lotsa' money to be made there.

 

People are programmed to aquire stuff they don't need.  Stuff brings them a sense of security.

Look at all the stuff I got.  I must be important (Special and might not die) Gotta' hang on to as much stuff as possible.

(Hoarders are a good example of capitlist overkill)

 

The trouble is they get so much stuff they got to start managing thier stuff.  Keep it clean, repair it, etc.

This consumes time and energy.

 

Do not lay up your treasures where rust and moth doeth corrupt.  The second something is made it starts to deteriorate.  The bigger and finer it is the more rapid that progression.  Think of an aircraft carrier and how much energy is required just to 'maintain".  Then there is the law of dimishing returns.  There comes a point where no matter how much time and energy you invest a line of no return (deminishing) is crossed.

 

To make matters worse as soon as you aquire stuff

someone trys to take your stuff.  The rich man's maid snatches silver ware and food.  The gardener pilfers fertilizer and tools.

 

What happens next?  You got to secure your stuff.  Hire guards and lock up the stuff that is deteriorating.  Can't share the use value with others.

After all you payed for it and it's "your" stuff. That's the capitalist way.

 

Then people get so much stuff they have more than they need so they pay to store thier stuff. The

storage company pays a guard and buys insurance to protect the stuff that is deteriorating.

 

Ever hear of people storing stuff for twenty years before it's lost, stolen or destroyed or given away.

 

Think about how much time and energy is spent aquiring stuff you don't need but "want".  What are

in-secure ego's ?

 

STUFF

 

GOTTA' HAVE IT

 

LOTSA' AND LOTSA'

 

STUFF

 

Don't just sit there.  Go out and buy lots'

and lotsa' stuff.  You'll feel better.  Your friends will admire you (be jealous, but tha's another story)

But the reality is the stuff has to be payed for.  Even if you max out your credit card the piper needs to be paid.

 

  You gotta' go to work.  Commute a long distance.  Might be able to waste four hours a day going  some where, doing something you don't like with people you don't like and a boss who is an insecure asshole auditioning for control freak of the year(lotsa' stress)...so you can have more stuff than you need and are too busy to use and enjoy.

 

You can sit in a cubicle all day staring at a screen

on a beautiful sun shiney day while others are outside, sucking it up. 

 

You could ruin your eyes and develope ciruclation problems from not moving around.  Then about two

years before your due to retire and cash in your chips, maybe buy some art and travel your called into the office and are terminated on a fabricated excuse, like your too old.

 

You played for the end game and ruined your health to get there only to discover you didn't save enuff to pay your doctor bills.

 

GOOD LUCK 

 

Go buy something, anything, it doesn't matter.  The more expensive the better.

 

 



CREATIVITY

BALANCE

RESISTANCE