Status Updates From My Ears Are Bent

“The Pickle Works,” “Town [etc.],” “It Must Have Been Something He Et.”

Have finished the introduction, followed by some articles on drunks and strippers/fan dancers.onto preachers.

“ASCAP Investigators.”

one thing I wish every guy writing urban slice of life stuff (which will in future become historical stuff) would do is give the street address of every single location he's writing about. Joseph Mitchell does not let a breath go by without telling you the address of somewhere in NYC and this is wonderful if you, like me, love Google Street View and believe in ghosts

This last chapter was just perfect; the Coney Island section was superb.

What a colorful cast of characters.