Peter Nolan Smith - CLUB 57 Reading @ MoMA 2/8/2018

Peter Nolan Smith Reading - CLUB 57 READING AT MoMA February 8, 2018

4PM at the CLUB 57 Exhibition at MoMA

11 W 53rd St, New York, NY 10019

Readings by Peter Nolan Smith with friends; Ann Magnuson, Willem Dafoe, and Larry Fleischman

Fotos by Anthony Scibelli, Peter Nolan Smith, and Kim Davis

Video by Eric Marciano

Music by Andrew Pollock

Tickets are free, but first come first served.

Sign in at 2PM and pick up tixs at 3:30.

From FAMOUS FOR NEVER

"New York City in 1978 was $5 short of bankruptcy. Budgets were slashed from every department. Arsonists torched the Bronx for fun and profit. Thousands of cars were stripped to the metal in Brooklyn. Harlem emergency wards were overwhelmed by shooting victims, while heroin ODs became the leading cause of teenager death for Queens. When Staten Island announced a referendum to secede from the city, no one accused the distant borough of treason, because the worst was yet to come."

Motorcycle Mamas

Biker chicks are cool.

How Many Women?

Due to the government shutdown and probably a Trump edict the National Park Service offered no estimate of yesterday's crowd numbers in Washington. The newspapers published attendance in the tens of thousands, however I venture the number was closer to 300,000. Trump congratulated the gathering of achieving the lowest unemployment rates 'ever' thanks to his economic recovery without any mention of unequal pay or sexual harassment, then again, who's surprised at his silence.

Presidential Sunday Day Of Rest

This weekend Donald Trump had planned on visiting his Mar-a-Lago residence, however the inability of the deal maker to cut a budget deal between the Democrats and GOP forced # 45 to remain in Washington, despite the federal government shut down, thereby forestalling his 88th round on the golf course since the inaugeration.

A day of rest if the perfect way to spend Sunday.

Eating Mickie D in your suit and ordering in friends.

Goodbye Jacob Wirth

Last week the owners who been operating Jacob Wirth since 1975 announced that debt has forced him into selling the 150 year-old beer hall in Boston. Kevin Fitzgerald owes over $2,000,000 to the IRS and state as well as employees and food purveyors. Several years ago I met the owner during a slow Sunday and told him how much I loved his establishment. He felt the same way, but love can't pay bills. Despite the sale Jacob Wirth's will probably continue to be a restaurant, since the property is landmarked as a historical site in the old Combat Zone. Of course politicians could change that ruling to build a luxury condo tower. They are future of of zombie cities.

La Eleganza

La Eleganza said hip without having to spell it in big letters.

I had bell bottom trousers with buttons on the split flair, but no one in Boston ever wore these bold threads.

Not even in the Sugar Shack, the home of black pimps of the Combat Zone. The house band was George Clinton's Funkadelics. “We took off our suits and everything and went totally ‘funkadelic,’ which meant we were naked onstage. The Sugar Shack, we used to transform our look. The owners called it ‘Pimps, hos and hippies.’”

Jacob Wirth - Boston's Bratwurst Himmel

A group of 40-year old Boston College alumni discussed where they should meet for dinner.

Finally they agree upon meeting at Jacob Wirth on Boylston Street restaurant where some of the patrons at the bar have low cut blouses and nice breasts.

10 years later, at 50 years of age, the group meets again and once again they discuss and discuss where they should meet. Finally they agree that they should meet at the Jacob Wirth because the food was very good and the wine selection was good also.

10 years later at 60 years of age, the group meets again and once again they discuss and discuss where they should meet. Finally they agree that they should meet at the Jacob Wirth, because they can eat there in peace and quiet and the restaurant is smoke free.

10 years later, at 70 years of age, the group meets again and once more they discuss and discuss where they should meet. Finally they agree that they should meet at Jacob Wirth because the restaurant is wheel chair accessible and they even have an elevator.

10 years later, at 80 years of age, the group meets again and once more they discuss and discuss where they should meet. Finally they agree that they should meet at the Jacob Wirth's because that would be a great idea because they have never been there before.

Last month I ate at Jacob Wirth's.

They offered a great selection of draft beers and their bratwurst nibbler was the perfect meal before the train or bus from Boston to New York. I also recalled going there with feminists in the early 70s who would get pissed by the bartenders refusing their orders at the bar.

No women allowed.

Those were the days.

But I do believe in equality for women.

100%.

It's only right.