Bob – You’re 100% on Laura Nyro. She demands something of the listener; respectful attention to who she is and appreciation for her integrity and risks she takes without thinking about how it may look to others.  Nothing about Laura is "off the rack!" Artists who are totally in their own skins are rare indeed […]

He didn’t shave. I’ve been against shaving ever since I saw that Paul and George hated it in a teen magazine back before I had whiskers.  I kind of see it like making the bed…why?  Especially if you’re just gonna sleep in it tonight! I put on my look.  To the best of my ability.  […]

Gary thinks I don’t like him. He’s gay.  Can you get a straight decorator? Felice used him to do her bathroom.  She got him from Koz.  Koz’s kondo is a showplace and so is Felice’s bathroom.  I’m afraid to take a pee in it, for fear I’m gonna fuck it up.  Actually, I’ll take a […]

Radioactive toy Turn it up! Yesterday I got an e-mail from Lou.  Was I the same Bob Lefsetz who worked at Camp Tohkomeupog in the summer of ’71? I went to Jewish camp growing up.  Where the focus is more on the social than the physical.  And I’m not gonna complain much about that, everything […]