Daily Archives: June 1, 2012

Bringing Life to Lennoxx

April 7, 2012
By Mickey Friedman
 
God works in mysterious ways. How else explain the near-magical events that once again put me and Abigail Starkfield-Crump in the same place at the same time?

Turns out some folks in Lennoxx weren’t happy with my columns about their new PR campaign. It’s ironic because I count myself a big fan of Abigail Starkfield-Crump’s work, especially her major market campaign for kale: “Kale – The Green Green.”

Kale

So now my normal sources in Lennoxx aren’t willing to talk to me about Smidley, Crump & Crump’s innovative campaign: “Lennoxx: We’re More Than We Were; We’re More Than You Expect; And We’re More Than You Imagine.”

Merchants I used to count as my friends won’t talk to me. Arnie O’Herlihy and I go back years. Arnie and I spent hours together at “Ye Olde Lenox Tavern.” Truth is, he and I were both in love with Melody Harkness, french horn player by day, bartendress by night. And when Arnie opened “Crate and Bait,” even though I had no need for crates and hated to fish, I stopped in every afternoon to lend my support.

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A Brief Apology

We are sorry crows, aware we have been derelict in our duties. DS Red Crow has been hard at work editing a newsweekly, raising his children and writing a play. BS Red Crow has been doing his best to transform politics as we know it by running a valiant campaign for Congress, and I, MF Red Crow, am editing a documentary film on jazz pianist, singer, composer Bob Dorough, the musical man behind “Schoolhouse Rock.”

Here are a few columns from the most recent past.

We look forward to red crowing in the near future.

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