Call that Fake news? My Sun Story.

Call that Fake news? My Sun Story.

A true story published by the SUN for the Albany barmaid, Melanie. The year was 1993.  I was a professional musician and studio owner with…

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André Le Clerc aka Ahmed Mansour. Extract from One Day in Paris

André Le Clerc aka Ahmed Mansour. Extract from One Day in Paris

In this extract from One Day in Paris, Ahmed Mansour, the child of parents killed by the IDF in a cross border raid against the…

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Bad business on the way to Blechhammer

Bad business on the way to Blechhammer

Six crewmen from “853” survived. “853” is a Douglas-Tulsa B-24H-15-DT Liberator, s/n  41-28853, attached to the 783rd  Bomb Squadron, 465th  Bomb Group, 15th  Air Force….

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Alone.

Alone.

A song about the the ongoing presence of the dearly departed. A friends Mother had died and she told me ‘She is not gone. She’s…

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Let it Rain

Let it Rain

Let it Rain. Written by Andrew Brel and Roy Villanis. Here’s a picture taken by my ex wife in 1986 of Roy and myself, in…

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Press release:Riverbank Songwriting (1986 - 2013). Stranger

Press release:Riverbank Songwriting (1986 – 2013). Stranger

“Just had a listen to these tracks. Classy, melodic rock, great playing and punchy natural (rather than over-technical) production. Really nice that you’re releasing this…

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Sniper babe, Roza Shanina

Sniper babe, Roza Shanina

Russian Sniper Roza Shanina Made 54 Confirmed Kills in Less than a Year Jul 25, 2016 By Barney Higgins  You can read the war time…

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British sale of African goods to America

British sale of African goods to America

“British ships carried 3.4 million or more enslaved Africans to the Americas.” Of the 80,000 Africans chained and shackled and transported across to the Americas each year, 42,000…

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Bryanston High School Hair Policy, 40 years later

Bryanston High School Hair Policy, 40 years later

Bryanston High School and Hair Policy

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Alexander Marinesko. Hero.

Alexander Marinesko. Hero.

It was New Year’s night 1945 in Hanko when Alexander Marinesko, 32, commander of S-13, the Red Fleets most advanced submarine, romanced a Swedish restaurant…

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Guantanemo Bay Living Memorial (GBLM.)

Guantanemo Bay Living Memorial (GBLM.)

Andrews Guantanamo Bay business plan. (First posted in 2009.) Objective: Create a business model to generate $2 hundred million annual turnover using the resource of…

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Paragraph 175

Paragraph 175

When the Nazi concentration camps were liberated  it was the end of horrendous persecution  for the tens of thousands of people still in the camps….

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