August 1968, the Republican Convention delivered their candidate, Richard Nixon, and Freddy Muller perfected his famous "Human Corkscrew" trick on the diving board in the town pool.Two things were important for Freddy and me during our bus trip to visit his older sister, Helen, in Hazlet, New Jersey: rating the songs on Rubber Soul and rating the best looking girls in Yorkville. We argued over the best song, and argued over the best girl, but if Claudia Chopek was there she might have won both contests.
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Tonight, at Bowery Electric, Claudia brought her genetic milkshake lotto winning talent to her own show. When Claudia plays violin she's a master, but tonight the fun was watching Claudia play bass, guitar and sing. Doing each, she started unsure, fourteen, like; but once the tune was rolling her pleasure, her confidence, and musical intuition kicked in and the little girl having fun turned into the confident professional that plays violin. She was terrific.
That's Ed Rogers performing with Claudia below.
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Two nights ago walking up Broadway, I saw this cool series of posters lining a wooden construction site fence. Together they looked like an unbroken brick wall lined with framed paintings of Blue Moon Brewing Company as they would be a gallery. My first thought was, hope it stays up for a while. Tonight, same walk, same wall, a fellow was tearing down the wall and putting up crappy fashion ads.
