The following is a very old outtake (2002) from my Coney Island novel (title still under wraps.) And so is the painting. ON THE GROUND where once flowed the Canarsie Indians’ Sacred Spring there arose a gigantic tower, a parachute ride of dark-red latticed steel. From the ride’s summit silky-white parachutes float to earth in … Continue reading →
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Fourth of July Fireworks
Photo: Bob Jagendorf In my novel the 11-year-old narrator, Brooklyn, goes to the boardwalk with her cousin Marilyn to see the Fourth of July fireworks. The boardwalk is packed, a record million and a half people showed up. They get to their uncle’s boardwalk bar and get a happy surprise—a blues singer they were looking … Continue reading →
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VIDEO: Coney Island Rides and Amusements, 1969
I took this film in 16mm in 1969 when I when I was in art school. The film deteriorated over the years before I committed it to DVD. That’s one of the things I like about it, the look of it being old, like some object washed up on the beach. I see a few … Continue reading →
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