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Spalding & Me: The Black Spot
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A preview of the book Spalding and Me - A classic story about a young man who finally meets his hero, only to find… he’s just not… heroic enough. Friday, March 19, 2010. Their applause attracted Spalding back to the stage. He limped into the light, gave a hint of a bow and with great hesitation, started talking. At first, it seemed he was speaking to himself. He then spent an hour wondering out loud if he should still do the show. Was it relevant? I listened, entranced, and I remembered why I loved Spald...
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Spalding & Me: There’s Only One Way To Get It
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A preview of the book Spalding and Me - A classic story about a young man who finally meets his hero, only to find… he’s just not… heroic enough. Thursday, March 25, 2010. There’s Only One Way To Get It. Meanwhile, I felt like my future had been covered with white linens like the furniture in the house of a dead man. Daily, my dad left articles at the breakfast table snipped from the business section of the New York Times in support of his suggestion that I go into finance. Finance? It sounded like an ev...
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Spalding & Me: The Welcoming Committee
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A preview of the book Spalding and Me - A classic story about a young man who finally meets his hero, only to find… he’s just not… heroic enough. Sunday, April 4, 2010. 8220;Things haven’t been the same since they let the Negroes over the bridge,” Randy confided in me. I wanted to ask whether he felt the same way about Jews because, “You’ve got one in your backseat right now! I’m not crazy. My career is coming along. And, Yes! I have a career. In the arts.”. Getting into an arts colony meant I was now pa...
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Spalding & Me: Dramatis Personae
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A preview of the book Spalding and Me - A classic story about a young man who finally meets his hero, only to find… he’s just not… heroic enough. Tuesday, March 16, 2010. When I arrived in Florida I was expecting this wounded, recalcitrant, half-broken old man. The rest of these folks were not. I was hoping that night at the Performing Garage was an aberration, but it was soon clear it was not. And who comprised our posse, the little chicks Spalding was nurturing in our swampy nest for the next month?
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Spalding & Me: The Road to Gettysburg
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A preview of the book Spalding and Me - A classic story about a young man who finally meets his hero, only to find… he’s just not… heroic enough. Friday, March 26, 2010. The Road to Gettysburg. I brooded on my inability to complete what in my mind was a simple goal. Why had everything fallen apart? I never tried again. November 16, 2010 at 4:28 PM. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Trust Exercises, Getting High and Having Sex. Not The Only One. A Matter of Curiosity and Speculation. Its Not Fucking Art!
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Spalding & Me: The Stories Begin
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A preview of the book Spalding and Me - A classic story about a young man who finally meets his hero, only to find… he’s just not… heroic enough. Thursday, March 11, 2010. The theatre that was ours for the month was a cavernous black box with 40-foot ceilings that. A composer got up played a recording of a section from a string quartet of his. I can’t say it was memorable or remarkable, but it was brave of him to start things off. There was no discussion afterwards. A month of disturbing group therapy wh...
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Spalding & Me: Love & Despair
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A preview of the book Spalding and Me - A classic story about a young man who finally meets his hero, only to find… he’s just not… heroic enough. Saturday, March 27, 2010. I fell in love with Spalding the summer of 1992. Oddly, Kathie, his future wife, was falling for him at the same time. She would be pregnant in less than a year's time. My love, on the other hand, was unrequited. I had to get there by bike. from Connecticut. I got as far as Gettysburg. The Atlantic Center for The Arts. Not The Only One.
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Spalding & Me: Gator Country
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A preview of the book Spalding and Me - A classic story about a young man who finally meets his hero, only to find… he’s just not… heroic enough. Friday, April 2, 2010. So I was not about to accuse Randy of being a bigot in the middle of gator country. And forget being tossed out on the side of the road near flesh-eating reptiles, what if Randy was friends with the local sheriff? 8220;Yup. Things just haven’t been the same since they let the Negroes over the bridge.”. The Atlantic Center for The Arts.
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Spalding & Me: April 2010
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A preview of the book Spalding and Me - A classic story about a young man who finally meets his hero, only to find… he’s just not… heroic enough. Sunday, April 4, 2010. 8220;Things haven’t been the same since they let the Negroes over the bridge,” Randy confided in me. I wanted to ask whether he felt the same way about Jews because, “You’ve got one in your backseat right now! I’m not crazy. My career is coming along. And, Yes! I have a career. In the arts.”. Getting into an arts colony meant I was now pa...