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Maybe – The Three Degrees

In 1957, producer Richard Barrett steered The Chantels, a Bronx-born group of five teenage girls into the national top 20 with Maybe, a first for an all-black girl group. Then 13 years later, he gave the same song to his latest girl group production, Philadelphia’s The Three Degrees, who were on the cusp of becoming globally famous as the voice …

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Backfired

NYC Eagle, Sunday 11pmI’m on the roofdeck of the Eagle, as I am on most Sunday evenings. The holiday weekend has brought out a huge crowd of regulars and tourists and I am penned into a corner of the deck, surrounded by friends and one very horny and persistent young cub. The cub has been touching me lightly as he …

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A Certain Ratio

My typically serene and genial office environment ripped at the seams on Friday over a bitter disagreement that forced our erudite staffers into two opposing camps. Curse words were uttered. Feelings were hurt. Disparaging comments about class and sophistication were made. The crisis: What is the correct proportion of peanut butter to jelly in a peanut butter and jelly sandwich? …

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Morning View – Central Park West

At 72nd Street and Central Park West, you enter Central Park in the shadow of the ill-famed Dakota. The two towers on the right are the San Remo, a co-op apartment building that famously denied an apartment to Madonna in 1985, during her stint as a Playboy/Penthouse pinup.

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