2014
"Today at work, my third customer was buying 14 oranges. I asked for her store card but as she searched for it I rang them in and they showed as full price until the card scanned.
This led to…
New Squirrel
When I worked at Briggs and Briggs Music in Harvard Sq. we would sometimes look out and observe the world.
Directly across was Harvard Yard and specifically, The Widener Library. They allowed deliveries through the gate and there was a…
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Elvis Costello Fans
I over the years have bought a number of CDs by Elvis Costello.
Working at the famous Harvard Sq. Music store, Briggs and Briggs I got the employee discount.
Two of my co-workers in the record department were opera guys…
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Some Reality Original tracks story
My song, "Some reality was written in 1975 and recorded ten years later.
For years the cassette mix was my only source. I would wonder where the original 4 track reel of tape was.
I guessed it was on the…
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store sing along
I had a line at the register.
I said, "Here's something new. It's a store sing along. I'll start. Row , row , row your boat..."
A customer sang, "Gently down the stream".
"Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily", sang a third…
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Solar glare
One morning I woke and knew I was out of coffee. Okay, off to the 1369 Coffee Shop in Inman Sq., Cambridge. I got mine to go and headed back to my digs.
Heading up Cambridge St was difficult. The…
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Fortune Cookie
Fortune Cookie
I certainly saw a lot of her, even though she had left me several months before. She soon discovered that the visiting professor she had left me for was a " major disappointment ".
As the most hellacious…
An endearing nap
In 1984 I met a young artist from the Southwest working at a local restaurant. We began see each other on dates and I was falling deeply in love.
She invited me over and played Claire de Lune on her…
Robert Plant and me
had met Robert Plant on the sidewalk, a block away from my store, Briggs and Briggs Music in Harvard SQ. I pointed out our store and he said he'd be by. I got back to work and my coworkers were…
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