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Spring 2020 – expat blues in the time of Covid 19 quarantine lockdowns – written from L.A. winter 2020.

15 December, 2022 (03:27) | Living in Europe | By: admin

Blog JANUARY 2019 17 fly here to L.A.
22 = go to writers club
5:00 date with Marcus to meet a young curator and dinner later
25 lydia lunch
26 – Marcus gender reveal performance
31 – Mark goes to visit Heather (his mom) for 5 days FEBRUARY 5th – Art opening at the Broad
6-  Marley exhibit with Ivy
8 Mark […]

2018 – The burgeoning year of Guarro Martinez

19 January, 2019 (10:22) | Living in Europe | By: admin

After I returned from my Skanksters reunion, Mark and I decided to start a rock band, which we named Guarro Martinez. In Spanish the word Guarro means a very rude or dirty person of low class, what we in America call white trash. Martinez is the name of the street in Gracia where we all […]

June of 2017 – The SKANKSTERS band 35 year reunion in L.A.

17 January, 2019 (01:05) | Living in Europe | By: admin

Selfie I took after my SKANKSTERS reunion gig (June 2017) 2 weeks after returning from Greece I flew solo to LA for the 35 year reunion of my band The Skanksters, who were popular in LA in the 80’s and 90’s. It was Roger Steffan’s 75th birthday. Roger is a well known music producer, author, […]