I've gotten to go to all 5 nights of Bruce Springsteen at Giants stadium. They are the 5 last concerts ever to be held at the old Giants Stadium. This video is of from the second show. it's a new song he wrote just for the concerts and, in typical Bruce style, it's pretty incredible...
WE KNOW THAT TOMORROW THIS WON'T BE HERE SO HOLD TIGHT TO YOUR ANGER AND DON'T FALL TO YOUR FEAR
I've been to the Intrepid museum with my father who is a WW2 vet, I've had some quality time with my sister and I've had some super late nights out in the city with Miss Alex, drinking beer waiting for the 6 AM bus while watching the tired faces of people going to work came out clutching coffee mugs and frowns like they were gold. Watching the sun come up from a dirty bus window as the New York City skyline disappears from view.. Freedom, no matter how fleeting...
WE KNOW THAT TOMORROW THIS WON'T BE HERE SO HOLD TIGHT TO YOUR ANGER AND DON'T FALL TO YOUR FEAR
Yes, I joined the growing ranks of the unemployed three weeks ago. Add to that i'm dealing with personal issues that hurt a million times worse than losing a job i've had for 10 years. Well, if it doesn't kill me it makes me stronger, right? I'm in a pretty low spot, but taking it one day at a time.
Jim Carroll - Punk Rock poet immortalized in The Basketball Diaries
Teddy sniffing glue, he was 12 years old Fell from the roof on East Two-nine Cathy was 11 when she pulled the plug On 26 reds and a bottle of wine Bobby got leukemia, 14 years old He looked like 65 when he died He was a friend of mine
Those are people who died, died They were all my friends, and they died
G-berg and Georgie let their gimmicks go rotten So they died of hepatitis in upper Manhattan Sly in Vietnam took a bullet in the head Bobby OD'd on Drano on the night that he was wed They were two more friends of mine Two more friends that died
Those are people who died, died They were all my friends, and they died
Mary took a dry dive from a hotel room Bobby hung himself from a cell in the tombs Judy jumped in front of a subway train Eddie got slit in the jugular vein And Eddie, I miss you more than all the others And I salute you brother
Those are people who died, died They were all my friends, and they died
Herbie pushed Tony from the Boys' Club roof Tony thought that his rage was just some goof But Herbie sure gave Tony some bitchen proof "Hey," Herbie said, "Tony, can you fly?" But Tony couldn't fly, Tony died
Those are people who died, died They were all my friends, and they died
Brian got busted on a narco rap He beat the rap by rattin' on some bikers He said, "Hey, I know it's dangerous, but it sure beats Riker's" But the next day he got offed by the very same bikers
Those are people who died, died They were all my friends, and they died
Teddy sniffing glue, he was 12 years old Fell from the roof on East Two-nine Cathy was 11 when she pulled the plug On 26 reds and a bottle of wine Bobby got leukemia, 14 years old He looked like 65 when he died He was a friend of mine
Those are people who died, died They were all my friends, and they died
G-berg and Georgie let their gimmicks go rotten So they died of hepatitis in upper Manhattan Sly in Vietnam took a bullet in the head Bobby OD'd on Drano on the night that he was wed They were two more friends of mine Two more friends that died
Those are people who died, died They were all my friends, and they died
Mary took a dry dive from a hotel room Bobby hung himself from a cell in the tombs Judy jumped in front of a subway train Eddie got slit in the jugular vein And Eddie, I miss you more than all the others And I salute you brother
Those are people who died, died They were all my friends, and they died
My favorite quote from the 1st season of Eastbound and Down: "You know, that's how the plague started back in the day. From a little disgusting bird bath in someone's back yard, and rats made fuck to birds in it and created a whole new type of aids."
