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daily life and ducks of Rhode Island, semi-secret spots hiding in plain sight
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Rudy Cheeks Remembers (opens the original)
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Last week legend of the Providence Underground, Bruce McCrae aka Rudy Cheeks passed away. In 2014 as part of the “Trouble” anthology I published some of his writings about various aspects of his long and storied career. Since that book is sold out, I thought that I’d share some of his stories in his own words here.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!KX2y!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.
The Bridge That Turned Me into a Troll (Redaction of a Redaction) (opens the original)
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Note: It has been about 5 months since I published the essay “The Bridge That Turned me into a Troll” in which I discussed at length my concerns with the Popular RI Instagram account What’sGoingOnInRhodeIsland. About 5 hours after publishing it and revealing Jason Andoscia to be a person behind this account, Jason reached out to tell me that I was wrong and that he was not involved with What’sGoingOnInRhodeIsland, and was just a “food blogger”. I redacted my essay and apologized. I am now certai
Face is the Place (opens the original)
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Part 1: Mask TaskThe Providence sub-underground of my formative years was mask obsessed. This is probably an understatement. In 2001 when the Providence/feminist/queer/math rock band V for Vendetta came out with their album “Beneath this Mask another Mask” on Mr. Lady records, the title was not just a reference to the famous Claude Cahoon quote (beneath this mask another mask, I will never be finished removing all these faces), but also a subtle dig at the proclivity of musical acts in Providenc
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