I never thought “I should have read up beforehand,” but I DEFINITELY thought “I want to read more about [A.E. Housman/quantum physics/Russian literature] after seeing his plays. They inspired me to greater erudition.

What is Pequoddis Ababa?

C’mon man, don’t make me like the Chiefs

I would buy this book.

Kim’s Underground. Other Music. Yaffa Cafe. Life Cafe. St. Mark’s Comics. Jim Hanley’s Universe. O’Connor’s Bar in Brooklyn. Undeveloped Williamsburg. Limelight. The Original Lucky Cheng’s. CHARAS/El Bohio. Hogs and Heifers. Grassroots. Love Saves the Day.

I had a very advanced vocabulary by the time I was six, and I maintain that it was entirely because of all the comics I devoured. If I wanted to know what the word “regret” meant because Signalman said it in a JLA-JSA team-up, I had to look it up.

I sure hope that milkshake isn’t laced with something

What is “Ironside?”

Maybe it’s just me, but when I think of “lost New York,” I think of CBGB and Kim’s Underground, not the exercise of social and economic power to subjugate women and girls.

What is Nor’espect, NY?

Who is Simone Bile?

What is Monkey’s Pawtucket, Rhode Island?

What is a Stoatarola?

Who is Don Vito Coppola?