by dave petraglia | Jun 10, 2017 | CULTURE, MUSIC |
(First published in FIVE:2:ONE – June 10, 2017) Soon after, I married my girlfriend, Lottie, the daughter of Sandra Dee and Bobby Darin. Her given name was Charlotte. She’s Lottie Dorito now, accepting without hesitation my new surname. To me, she’s ‘Charie’....
by dave petraglia | Nov 28, 2016 | CULTURE, MUSIC |
(First published in Points in Case – November 28, 2016) (‘Panini Gyro’ — Page 26) Load up the lamb for your friends Lettuce, beef and pita bread Tzatziki schmear, lay on the pork And you add Halloumi curd Gyro, gyro, gyro, on Low Gyro, gyro, gyro, on Low Gyro,...
by dave petraglia | Apr 4, 2016 | CULTURE, MUSIC, PERSONALITIES |
(First published in North American Review – April 4, 2016) I’m Denny Pell, and that was the year I changed my last name to Dorito. Legally. Because I could. I was a newly-minted lawyer then. And I liked the word. I liked filing the papers. While I’ve always...
by dave petraglia | Apr 11, 2015 | ARTS & LEISURE, EVOLUTION, MUSIC |
(First published by Arcadia Literary Magazine – April 14, 2015) Paul Simon, the singer/songwriter, recently shared his views on Genetically Modified Organisms. An artist who revels in contrasts, in mixing metaphors and far-flung imagery, both in his art and...
by dave petraglia | Jun 14, 2011 | MUSIC |
From back in the day. Call sign jingles from WABC New York. Close your eyes and smell the hot sand panting Coppertone, the sweat of Sabretts, Lucky Strikes and flat, warm RC Cola. Gulls squawk as a beach of transistor radios sync into a vast, monphonic consonance...
by dave petraglia | Apr 15, 2011 | MUSIC |
The Rolling Stones ruined the fun. We’d been having fun for a long time up until that point. But they ruined it that year. The year they painted it. Black. Was it coincidence that the same year, Ozzie and Harriet signed off television? That ground was broken ...
