Wake Up Screaming
For the past two years I have enjoyed the politically incorrect real Christmas tree. I figure I have to make up for lost time. The smell of pine or spruce in the home still dazzles me. It is different from my mother’s snow spayed seventies dust collector. It somehow feels more Chritmasy. I enjoy running my hands over the needles, watching them fall and then cursing the clean up. This year I went as far as to chop down my own tree and it seemed like a great idea at the time. more...

IS THAT a GUN IN YOUR POCKET or are you just HAPPY to see ME?
Join our special guest "Anonymous" in his quest for the ultimate "package". Maybe we would want to remain anonymous too, when dealing with subject matter this, shall we say, "sensitive?" All we can tell you is that this talent lives and works in NYC and makes a living doing promotional writing for the record business (VH1, Interscope, BMG, etc.) He once referred to a new release by Motley Crue as the "aural equivalent of a good nipple-piercing," and believe it or not, got away with it. In his free time, Anonymous steals from the rich and gives to the poor, swings through windows on chandeliers and sings with a lederhosen Oompapa band. This guy is busy. more...

MamaDiva's
Brooklyn Memories
"This was a time and a place - my address said Brooklyn - but I really came from Bensonhurst -only a short subway ride to Coney Island and the famous Nathan's for a 5 cents hot dog..." So begin MamaDiva's Brooklyn Memories. Join her as she walks down Bay Parkway and takes us to a world so wonderful, no virtual world can even come close. This column is so sweet, we can hardly believe we had the good fortune for MamaDiva to grace our pages. What can we say? This lady is a gem. more...