Be Still Here (Subtle Streaks of Light) for Vern Victor Hassett (1912–2004) Just so ya know, dad passed away this week. He was a good guy. If you’re around, you’re invited to a natural joyous Irish wake for him at the townhouse in Oakville this Saturday, March 6th. Not an obligation, just an invitation. He passed […]
Entries Tagged as 'Real-life Adventure Tales'
Be Still Here — for Vern Victor Hassett
November 15th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Real-life Adventure Tales, Weird Things About Me
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Setting a Record Sailing the Choppy Seas of Cement
September 8th, 2009 · 11 Comments · Kerouac and The Beats, New York City, Real-life Adventure Tales
(Neal, John & Carolyn Cassady) . “Keep One Neal on The Wheel” . with a twinkling & loving nod to Neal Cassady . . . Coming into Manhattan thru the Holland Tunnel — 6PM on the Friday of the Labor Day Long Weekend . . . It’s my first moments in Manhattan since […]
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Barefoot In Babylon — autographed
June 29th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Music, Real-life Adventure Tales, Weird Things About Me
I’m looking for an autographed copy of the book “Barefoot in Babylon” by Bob Spitz, about the Woodstock ’69 concert. It has all sorts of autographs in it of people who were at Woodtsock ’69, many of them “To Brian” I am that Brian, and have been looking for the book since it disappeared from […]
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The Franken Fracas
May 11th, 2009 · No Comments · Politics, Real-life Adventure Tales
at John Grady’s request, I pulled this out of the files . . . The Franken Fracas (Democracy in Action – Sunday! Sunday! Sunday!) Manchester, NH — Howard Dean’s Town Hall appearance High Noon, the Sunday just before Super Tuesday Hundred year old theater, core heart downtown Manchester, in a city & state completely consumed by […]
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Kelvin 30th — “Gang” Reunion — Hodgson Social
April 7th, 2009 · 39 Comments · Real-life Adventure Tales
A bunch of YouTubes of the Summit can be found here. The Grand Humanity Jam Continues Summer Summit ’09 The “We Made It This Far” Anniversary. July 31st — August 9th, 2009 An historically great crew reuniting . . . A massive scene recreated . . . Look homeward, Angels. * * […]
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Inauguration Adventures
January 17th, 2009 · 31 Comments · Politics, Real-life Adventure Tales
* RAGING GLORY * * The D.C. Dispatches [Revised Edition] * 1 – Jan. 15th — Barackstock coming on Sunday 2 – Jan. 16th — We’re Gonna Sing 3 – Jan. 17th — The Baltimore Report 4 – Jan 18th — Democracy is Something you Do 5 – Jan 19th — The Day That Could […]
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The Rose of Hope — Election Night 2008
November 19th, 2008 · 8 Comments · New York City, Politics, Real-life Adventure Tales
The Rose of Hope * Election Night 2008 by Brian Hassett Early morning in the Universe — sunrise over a New America. I arose from the floor of a Harlem hotspot dreaming of something way bigger than me. And right off the mat, the Election Morning Ritual of tea & subtlety, pacing & breathing, and dreaming […]
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Ashley Smith tells her kidnapping story
August 17th, 2008 · No Comments · Politics, Real-life Adventure Tales
I started thinking about this watching tonight’s “Civil Forum” with Obama and McCain and this paster Rick Warren. Somebody mentioned that he wrote “The Purpose-Driven Life”, and I remembered that was the book that woman read to the escaped convict Brian Nichols who kidnapped her in Atlanta back in about 2005. (March) I’d always remembered […]
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“The whole hockey world is rooting for you guys.”
May 1st, 2008 · 7 Comments · New York City, Real-life Adventure Tales, The Hockey Hippie
The Prankster Meets The Penguin . The 3rd game of the Rangers–Penguins playoff series in 2008 when the Rangers went down to the Pens 3 games to nothing . . . So, I went to the Ranger game last night at Madison Square Garden. What a hoot! Before the game, there was some rock band […]
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Election Night 2004
February 23rd, 2008 · No Comments · New York City, Politics, Real-life Adventure Tales
THE ROCK PARTY and THE FALL OF NEW YORK * It was a really magic night! Until the nightmare. Couldn’t sleep the night before — up at 6 AM watching the camera follow Don Imus into his polling station with a long line of people out the door waiting to vote, and him saying, […]
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