Tag: kinda crazy

3 naked ladies talk about their view from the stages and laps of the 70′s, 80′s, 90′s and today.

The difference between being “naked” and working bottomless, life before lap dances and the evolution and enforcement (or lack thereof) of the no touching rule.

Object Permanence is the why in why Peek-A-Boo is such a blast, why babies are surprised AF every time you appear again. The other end of the spectrum I call Object Impermanence in adults with dementia. That rock solid knowledge that when something or someone is out of sight or sound, that thing or person is simply…gone for good and for ever.

Crazy was on my morning commute. This is New York, so that’s not unusual. Doesn’t…

On straddling the rip in the time/space continuum. Drinking, driving, smoking, and speeding. Some nights are just made for that, no matter how fast you’ve driven, how long, or how far you’ve come.

I say I want to live in a small town. No, he says, you don’t….

Previously published: BUST Magazine Spring/Summer 1996 (as Scarlett Fever) He pushes me inside a yellow…

Previously published: Johns, Marks, Tricks & Chickenhawks (Soft Skull Press, 2013); Best American Erotica, 1995 (Touchstone Book…

Originally published as “Lele” in Hos, Hookers, Callgirls and Rentboys: Professionals Writing on Life, Love,…

what’s the sound of two edies talking? Big Edie: It wasn’t such a good day….

Because sometimes the mirror has more than two faces, and none of them are mine.

That age where your internal editor has quit, and truth just falls out of your mouth.

Early. It can be later than you think.

Big Edie, Bruce Springsteen, and Killer Joe.

What is the sound of two Edie’s talking?

Back when Big Edie was still Lainie from the Bronx.

  Me, on Vicodin (inspired by Nick Flynn) I hate Vicodin. Ten years ago, at…

I lay in bed from Late Night O’Clock until Time for Work O’Thirty. The list of the things I got done included vomit and sex, but not, you know, in the fun way.

Big Edie: Can I tell you something?
Me: Can I stop you? Seriously, is there anyway to stop you?

Big Edie: I feel sorry for the men in your life. You take the nice ones and twist their minds, and you take the crazy ones and push them right over the edge.

There’s a crappy, outdated jukebox in my head, and someone is sneaking quarters into my mouth while I sleep.

Big Edie, Lyle Lovett, Bruce Springsteen and the battle between Valium and Ativan

what’s the sound of two edies talking? Scene: Big Edie’s 91-year-old beau’s birthday dinner. With…

what’s the sound of two edies talking? Scene: The park near her house, getting some…

what’s the sound of two edies talking?   Me: Ma, I just think it’s time to…