I go a long way back as a Richard Hell fan. I was lucky enough to have been a Long Island high school kid during the great punk era of late 70’s New York City, and every time I could scrape ten bucks together I’d jump on the Long Island Railroad to Manhattan, walk down to the Village and sneak into bars like CBGB’s and Max’s Kansas City and Irving Plaza where I could catch bands like the Ramones, the Mumps, …

1. Lots of people have heard about the excellent Kurt Vonnegut graduation speech that got sent all over the internet last year before everybody figured out that Vonnegut never gave the speech. But here, and also pretty good, is something Kurt Vonnegut actually did say.

2. If you’re in New York: there’ll be a big Burroughs tribute bash Saturday, Feb 5 at 1 pm at St. Mark’s Church in the East Village, with folks like Steve Buscemi, Richard Hell, …