January. Ilona rides a mechanical bull somewhere on the Lower East Side. "Goodbye New York! ":
February. With Henry Threadgill (right) at his Birthday Celebration at Jazz Gallery. Congratulations on winning this year's Village Voice Critics Poll for best jazz re-issue!
March: Got to see my niece Jaybird and my dog Spiffy out in Denver.
April: Met 5x N.Y. Daily News Golden Glove champion; 1984 Olympic Gold Medal Winner; and 2x World Welterweight Champion Mark Breland (left) at Madison Sq. Garden.
May: Got to meet my favorite TV star, Cesar Millan.
June: Got to attend the after-party for Jeff Beck's tribute to Les Paul. (Wow!)
July: Quit my job a week before our family vacation that we'd planned for a year. My mom (below in Maine) seemed to think my meeting Jeff Beck and Cesar Millan played a role. "I guess you're a real big-shot now Lodo."
August. Got my new job and went to...Kansas?
September. Got to meet music legend Terry Reid (center) at BB Kings--incredible performance!:
October. w/ my man Vintage (left) and rock-'n' roll legend Eric Burdon of The Animals (center):
November. Thanksgiving in good old Brooklyn.
December. Happy New Year!!
* NOTE: Big shout-out to Lisa Lisa (far left); and Ms. LuLu (far-right) for their photo-spread in Time Out shot by the super-famous Annie Leibovitz. Damn!
Goodbye 2010. Seems like everyone hated you, but you'll always have a friend in me!!
