Abe Lincoln on the Importance of Following Your Passion

  “Every man is proud of what he does well, and no man is proud of what he does not do well. With the former, his heart is in his work, and he will do twice as much of it … Read More

Good Pictures/Bad Camera: West Village Morning

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Moving On: Wild Bobby’s Circus Story

By Bob Hill I was working the microphone of an eight-player race game located on the corner of 24th and the Boardwalk. I was living in a one-bedroom apartment less than two blocks away. My roommates were a pair of potheads named … Read More

Andre Aciman on New York City

“This is your walk and this is your moment and this is your time capsule, says the city every evening as I leave the mailroom and step outside to find the lights of Lincoln Square. This is the moment when … Read More

Good Pictures/Bad Camera: From Midtown to the Park

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Chief Sitting Bull on The One Percent (1877)

“Hear me, people: We have now to deal with another race – small and feeble when our fathers first met them, but now great and overbearing. Strangely enough, they have a mind to till the soil and the love of … Read More

Moving On: A Partial List of People I’ve Somehow Wronged Due to Drinking Over the Past 20 Years

Julie Andrews                    Nick Greto                      Kate Lockwood Joe Austin                         Laurie Hand                    Meghan Mac Geoff Beaver             … Read More

Film Capsule: Hit So Hard

Once upon a time, Patty Schemel was the internationally-renowned drummer of Hole. Once upon a time, Patty Schemel was also a homeless drug addict, who regularly nodded off in MacArthur Park after turning tricks to support her habit. Patty Schemel … Read MoreRead More

Kurt Vonnegut on Censorship

“There is the word ‘motherfucker’ one time in my Slaughterhouse-Five, as in, ‘Get out of the road, you dumb motherfucker.’ Ever since that word was published, way back in 1969, children have been attempting to have intercourse with their mothers. … Read More

Moving On: Maple Street Memories

By Bob Hill You could tell by the way that kid came screaming around the corner – all high knees and elbows – there was trouble closing fast behind. Seconds later, a pair of shirtless silhouettes appeared in his wake, twin … Read More