Author Archives: Memphis Earlene Gray

Kafka Blues Part Deux

Posted on July 19, 2012 by Memphis Earlene Gray

Field trip to Terezin  or stay in the dorm and write term paper for Czech Literature Class?  You decide. “This is my golden opportunity to visit a concentration camp,” I say, with forced enthusiasm informed by a sense irony. Memphis … Continue reading →

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Kafka Blues

Posted on July 15, 2012 by Memphis Earlene Gray

“Woke up this morning,discovered I ‘d been turned into a gigantic bug, which made it hard to get out of bed…..”  Franz Kafka Blues, in rough translation. “Yu can’t have the blues in Prague,” Memphis Earlene says.  “Not even if … Continue reading →

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Airport Blues

Posted on June 6, 2012 by Memphis Earlene Gray

“You can have the blues in bus stations and train stations, but Airport  Blues are an Upper Class lament unless you’re handcuffed to a Federal Marshal,” says Memphis Earlene. Lost tickets.  Lost boarding pass.  Left behind laptop when I went … Continue reading →

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Shopping Blues Deux

Posted on May 26, 2012 by Memphis Earlene Gray

Some rescue shelter dogs and feral cats.   I rescue  fashion mistakes. Right now I’m wearing  a previously owned Yohji Yamamoto woolen sundress I found at Second Chance, Bethesda for a fraction of the original cost. It’s two shade of … Continue reading →

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Cocaine Blues.

Posted on May 18, 2012 by Memphis Earlene Gray

Memphis Earlene says she’s been part of my life since High School, when Ann Mintz left her Dave van Ronk at the Folklore Center album at my house.  The first time I heard Cocaine Blues I could feel it in my … Continue reading →

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Homesick Blues

Posted on May 4, 2012 by Memphis Earlene Gray

I left New York because I wanted off street parking and NYC was no place to raise a golden retriever.  It’s been exile ever since. I live in Washington DC. in a New York frame of  mind. I have off … Continue reading →

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Hoodie Blues

Posted on April 10, 2012 by Memphis Earlene Gray

I walk the mean streets of  Georgetown with Blues Avatar Memphis Earlene Gray, and Scarlett Ginsburg, who is a dybbuk.  She is  also my fashion advisor.  In a gesture of solidarity  I am wearing the black cashmere hoodie she found … Continue reading →

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Birth Control Blues Part Deux

Posted on March 20, 2012 by Memphis Earlene Gray

Birth Control Blues Part Deux.

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Birth Control Blues Part Deux

Posted on March 19, 2012 by Memphis Earlene Gray

Mean reds, baby, on top of the blues Mean reds, baby, on top of the blues When you got the mean reds, you need the B-52’s. “Every Sperm is Sacred just became the national anthem,” I say. “Rick Santorum isn’t … Continue reading →

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Birth Control Blues

Posted on March 12, 2012 by Memphis Earlene Gray

Memphis Earlene and I are speechless with rage these days, hence the decision to invite Scarlett Ginsburg  to write for this blog. Scarlett died of complications following a botched illegal abortion in 1956. She’s a dybbuk. Dybbuks are Jewish ghosts who haunt … Continue reading →

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