Heard By a Bird, April 21st.
Region: New York"America has given two gifts to the world: jazz and the gossip column." - Quentin Crisp Did you see the cloud shaped like an Austrian monocle over Woodland Valley last Tuesday? Foreign Travel to Connecticut "... more
Views: 135The Dreaded 3 A.M. Phone Call
Region: New York
Hillary Clinton has been asking continually, over the last few weeks, "What if the phone rings at 3 a.m. in the White House -- who will be ready to answer the call?" I realize this question is largely directed at Barack, ... more
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Heard By a Bird, March 2008
Region: United States
"Rock music is the same 4 gimmicks over and over." - Roky Erickson Three Pots for the Drips Laney Ronders recalls: "When I was a child, our roof always leaked. But my mother didn't mind. She always sai... more
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A Dramatic New Announcement from Sparrow's Presidential Campaign
Region: United StatesThe New York Daily News reported on Saturday, March 22: Washington -- Snooping State Department contractors broke into the private passport files of Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and John McCain, prompting concern o... more
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Sparrow: Heard By a Bird
Region: New York
"He thought he was having an hallucination but it was just his imagination." - Dave Channon Did you see the cloud shaped like a Hawaiian canoe over Highmount last Wednesday? My friends are listening to the aqua-sk... more
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Heard By a Bird, February 12
Region: United States"We live our lives four days at a time." - Hart Crane Did you see the cloud shaped like an Oscar de la Renta gown over Boiceville last Thursday? A Letter Dear Monsignor Sparrow: Call me a nut, but late at ... more
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Heard By A Bird, January 28th
Region: United States"The universe has a rhythm quite similar to Salsa music." - Stephen Hawking The Inventor "My father squandered the family fortune on his inventions: a circular thermometer, the double-toothbrush, etc.," recalls Jo... more
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My Presidential Ambitions
Region: New York
I have run for President of the United States four times: in 1992, with the Pajama Party; in 1996, as the only Revolutionary Communist within the Republican Party; in 2000, on the Ear Of Corn Party ticket; and in 2004, aga... more
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Heard By a Bird: December 3
Region: New York"Formerly my art centered on spirituality, but now it's about coatracks." - Jim Dine Did you see the cloud resembling a left tonsil over Highmount last Wednesday? A Letter Dear Sparrow The Scribe: Have you e... more
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Heard by a Bird: November 19
Region: New York"I dislike meeting people, but I love being met." - Patricia Arquette Smoking Section "When I was a boy, we had a battered old television," Gene Pilnatt remembers. "After you watched it for two hours it woul... more
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Sparrow avoids refined sugar and National Geographic magazine, but he enjoys all jokes, including:
Tourist: Excuse me, but do you have a pumpkin patch?
Farmer: Why, do you have a leaky pumpkin?
His latest book is America: A Prophecy -- The Sparrow Reader (www.softskull.com).
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