Real Music & Real Estate . . .

Yiddishe Cup’s bandleader, Bert Stratton, is Klezmer Guy.
 

He knows about the band biz and – check this out – the real estate biz, too.
 

You may not care about the real estate biz. Hey, you may not care about the band biz. (See you.)
 

This is a blog with a gamy twist. It features tenants with snakes and skunks, and musicians with smoked fish in their pockets.
 

Stratton has written op-eds for the Wall Street Journal, New York Times and Washington Post.


 
 

I’M THROWING OUT THESE BOOKS

by Bert Stratton

 
Every two years I prune my library. My wife insists. If you want any of these books (see list below), stop by my tree lawn before Tuesday — garbage day.

Glenn E. Schembechler

Bowl Game Disasters by Glenn E. Schembechler

Stupid Bastard: The Life of Harry Purim by Meier Meier

10 Days to a Hairless Body by Anne Greune

The Whim of Grit by Malcolm Bolivia

So You Want to Be Jewish? by Miriam Roth

The Story of the Harlem Cooperative Bakery by Rose Lee Pak

Cover Your Lawn with Green Sheet Metal by Jennifer Budzowski

Throw Away Your Truss by Jon Kades

So You Want to Dance, Act, and Play the Clarinet! by Pippi

Kreplach in the Congo by Reb Yellen

Amusing Car Sales by Sid Halpern

Spelling Made EZ by Jaimi Michalczyk

The Peacock Invasion by Morry Corriendo

Good Riddance, Chancres! by Rodney Benton

Cryptic Tokens of Praise (poetry) by Del Spitzer

Whoring in Milan, Rome and Naples by “Lilly”

Goldwater by William E. Miller

The Streets of San Francisco and Richmond, California by Cindy L. Barbour

The Man: Susan B. Anthony by Janice Kugelman-Sugerman

Milk Will Kill You by Len Saltzberg, M.D.

Pet Insurance for Dummies by Buster

Guess Your Friends’ Net Worth by James Kirston

Barbados: Our Key Ally by Cecil Hernandez

Thinking is the New Smoking by Amos The Bison

No Mo’ Boca: A Baby Boomer’s Guide to Retirement by Esther Palevsky

Cuckoos and Grosbeaks by Nancy Dubick

Carolina: The New Promised Land by Irv Weinberg

Visceral Robotics by Suellen Montague

Garbage: A History of Waste Management Inc. by Lake Koonce-Katz

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5 comments

1 Steve Mumford { 09.04.24 at 9:48 am }

Sounds like you’re keeping Troy McClure’s Smoke Yourself Thin, and Get Confident, Stupid.

2 Bert Stratton { 09.04.24 at 10:12 am }

Yes, Steve M., I’m keeping McClure’s works (of “The Simpsons” fame). Btw, I only let my kids watch “The Simpsons” and “Mr. Rogers.” When the kids grew up and moved out, they watched everything in sight.)

3 Charlie B { 09.04.24 at 10:41 am }

Stuff them in your backpack, hop on the bike and drop them off at you local library. Enjoy the calories expended.

4 Bert Stratton { 09.04.24 at 12:26 pm }

OK, Charlie B., I’ll do that right now — take the stuff to the library. Public notice: don’t come to my tree lawn next week.

5 Steve_K2 { 09.04.24 at 7:10 pm }

Many fascinating titles. I couldn’t find “So You Want to Be Jewish?” by Miriam Roth at Amazon. Lot of other books by her. Maybe I didn’t scroll long enough.

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