Trash Day

I have this week off. Time flies when you're not doing anything.

One of the things I love about living in New York is that trash day seems to be at least 3X a week vs. the once a week (which happened to be Tuesday) where I grew up. If you missed it you were SOL. It was one of my chores as a child, so if I missed the garbage truck at 7:00 am, I'd drag the trash through the woods to the next street in hopes to catch it before I went to school. I never have to do that here. Good thing because the closest woods are in Riverside or Central Park. Trash day here is kind of refreshing in that way.

Well, I noticed tonight as I was walking my stunning dog, that trash day apparently is upon us. I've seen lots of things get thrown out in NYC. Infact, that's how I've aquired some furniture. Please don't judge me. One man's trash is another man's treasure. But tonight for the first time I saw a wheelchair on the sidewalk waiting to be picked up by the sanitation dept. It's one of the saddest things I've ever seen in the trash. On the upside, I'm doing my best Ironsides impression as I write this. I guess all things discarded tell a story.

Music

I saw Joseph Arhtur at The Bowery Ballroom Wednesday night with my good friend Eric Deskin (www.ericdeskin.com). He's quite the artist...Joseph Arthur I mean. Eric is also an artist when it comes to doing stand-up. I should really think about writing reviews.

Anyway, if you get a chance to see Joseph Arthur live I encourage you to do so. Not only does he write great music and lyrics, he also does all his own art work for his album covers. During his performance he painted a 6 foot painting while singing. And I thought I was impressed when I saw Billy Idol sign 8 or 9 autographs while performing two Septembers ago. Now that's a show worth seeing. I felt my life was complete after seeing him in concert. That little man has a lot of energy and guitarist Steve Stevens seems to have is own following. It brought me back to a time when I had a Billy Idol calendar and bumper sticker on my bedroom wall. I really should take them down.

I'm in no way comparing these two musicians. Like my parents, I love them both for very different reasons.

Stay tuned for more dumb things I'll say.

A Haiku Inspired by a Show I Did Tonight

Fundraiser for a
Republican club, but why?
To paint the world red?

I hate surprise fundraisers.

Spring At Last

Spring has sprung and so have the rats in my neighborhood. I also noticed that the "n" word is in full bloom as neighbors gather on the streets for friendly conversation or a beer on the stoop, and a hot girl watches a dvd from her convertible. What a tease!

April is poetry month:
My lips are red
In winter they were blue
I love flowers
Achoo, achoo, achoo

April Fools

I work in a second grade class. Today I got punched in the face, square in the nose. It was ok though, cause the kid said "April Fools!"
"Aw, I said, you got me! Since it was a practical joke I guess you don't have to go to the office."
Ironically, the reason he punched me was because he spelled the word "dented" wrong on a spelling test and I asked him to double check it.