It was November 1969. Veronica Lopez, a one-time prostitute and career criminal, sat in a cell at Sybil Brand Women’s Prison. Veronica was serving a sentence for forging a prescription. One day, she got a new cellmate – a 21-year old hippie girl with a wild look in her eye. She called herself Sadie Mae …
“Oh, what a tangled web we weave When first we practise to deceive!” — Marmion by Sir Walter Scott My dad was a liar. And not a very good one. In the long ago days before the internet, when facts were a little tougher to confirm, my dad made up shit left and right. He …
Twenty-three year old Jon-Erik Hexum took his college diploma and his good looks and headed to New York City to persue an acting career. He took a job cleaning apartments until he struck gold — and it paid off. Jon-Erik met Bob LeMond, John Travolta’s manager. LeMond saw real acting potential in Jon-Erik and urging him to …
Johnny Ace sat backstage at Houston’s City Auditorium on Christmas Day 1954, taking a short break between sets. In just two whirlwind years, Johnny had gone from stumbling into the vocalist role in B.B. King’s band to a string of eight consecutive hits on Duke Records. And now, as part of the touring company supporting …
Clarence didn’t realize what an effort it would be to join the Moustache Club.
In the immortal words of Billy Crystal: “Don’t be gon’ fer no dip now, girl!”
You want thingamabobs? I got twenty. But who cares? No big deal. I want more.
In 1960, Life Magazine graced its cover with a photo of a pretty 23-year-old budding actress named Ina Balin, accompanied by the teasing headline “An Early Look at a Star-To-Be.” By that time, young Ina had received critical acclaim for her performance on Broadway in A Majority of One and she starred alongside Anthony Quinn in …
Roy Lichtenstein. Hustler. Conman. Huckster. Salesman. Marketer. Artist. Bratatat!
One, two, three, four Can I have a little more? five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten I love you.
