Joseph H. Lindsley, 1920-2015

Joseph H. Lindsley, 1920-2015

Photo from Jack Dann  *** *** IN MEMORIAM   On Thursday, August 27, Joe Lindsley, age 95, suffered a fall at his home in rural Greene, NY. He lay on the floor until Saturday when the mail lady mentioned to a neighbor that Joe was not picking up his mail, and...
2015 Fall Fundraiser

2015 Fall Fundraiser

We’re reaching out for a little bit of help from our friends. Thanks for reading! AAAAAA You can’t take it to the bank AAA but you can take it everywhere else … Dear Friends,     Welcome to the September-October issue of Ragazine, Volume 11 Number 5....
An Interview with Maggie Hopp \ Photographer

An Interview with Maggie Hopp \ Photographer

© Maggie Hopp  Times Square in the 1970s   Preservation vs. Progress ************* Archive Preserves Times Square of the Late 20th Century   With Mike Foldes Founder, Managing Editor   Ragazine.CC: You are actively engaged in the Real Estate business,...
Bill Laymon Interview/Music

Bill Laymon Interview/Music

© Cathie Porter photos Rock ‘n’ roll survivor Bill Laymon played bass guitar for dozens of bands − and still does! “Gimme Five, I’m Still Alive!” ******** Bass Player is Rock ‘n’ Roll Survivor Bill Laymon  is a long-time...
Sidney Thompson/Fiction

Sidney Thompson/Fiction

Car Sales by Emilio Labrador The Car Salesman By Sidney Thompson   Driving onto the acreage of Hank Hood Automall made Cooper Young instantly anxious.  Threat seemed to lurk everywhere, and the carnival dressing of balloons, tents, and pennant strings suggested...
A World Series to Remember

A World Series to Remember

Yankee Stadium in HDR by m01229 *** The Bullfighter and the Samurai AAA a Sports Fairy Tale       by Peter Wortsman   I must admit from the start that I have never felt any particular fondness for baseball.  It meant nothing more to me than an...
Pierre-Jean Amar / Photography Interview

Pierre-Jean Amar / Photography Interview

ExpositionTinguely |1989 All images ©Pierre-Jean Amar. Used with permission. *** *** Friend to Photographers AAA Has His Own Images to Share *** *** With Mike Foldes Founder, Managing Editor Translation by Hélène Gaillet de Neergaard *** *** Ragazine: It’s a...
LOCAL HEROES, 2015, Hamburg

LOCAL HEROES, 2015, Hamburg

Fred Roberts photos Grapefunk, top, performs at the Local Heroes Band Contest in Hamburg, Germany.  *** *** Music Editor Fred Roberts Takes a Spin AAA as Judge in German Battle of the Bands *** *** by Fred Roberts Contributing Music Editor *** What is that magic that...
Blood Sport/Steve Bromberg

Blood Sport/Steve Bromberg

© Steve Bromberg The trophy room of a big game hunter.   The Business of Killing: AAA “Ain’t it wild!”    By Steve Bromberg   It’s a fact. Humans are hunters and hunters love killing. Sometimes they love killing more than they love...

Ben Myers/Poetry

 Three Poems   BENEDICTION: For My Father   In the gravel driveway beside the house of peeling paint there is a motorcycle, but it does not belong to you. The bike is black, a dragon painted on its gas tank, tail entwining a woman in fur bikini.   You are getting...
Virtuous Liar/John Ballantine

Virtuous Liar/John Ballantine

Garden of Earthly Delights, Hieronymous Bosch   You Must Learn the Joys of Sinning   by John Ballantine AAA You must learn to lie a little, bend the rules, and make the game work for you. You must learn the joys of sinning to make real money. Then we’ll wrap...
Movie Review/David Nestor

Movie Review/David Nestor

Winner of the Sundance Film Festival, Me, Earl and the Dying Girl Me, Earl and the Dying Girl by N. David Pastor Contributing Editor/Reviewer     The anxiety of storytelling begins with something with which most writers are familiar: the beginning of the...
Phyllis Carol Agins/Fiction

Phyllis Carol Agins/Fiction

THE ALTAR     by  Phyllis Carol Agins   Bella knows what she is running from. One failed marriage, two dramatic love affairs. A third abortion that was almost too late when she might be tempted, at thirty-nine, to keep this, maybe her only-chance baby....
Crime in America/Jim Palombo

Crime in America/Jim Palombo

Photo by geralt (Pixabay) IN CONSIDERING CONTEMPORARY AMERICA – A A Thoughts on Deviant-Criminal Behavior   by Jim Palombo Politics Editor   During my years as a student in the political science, criminal justice and sociology disciplines, I was exposed to a...
The Bard and the Bud

The Bard and the Bud

Did Shakespeare Get the Munchies AAA While Writing About Sex?  “As luck would have it, a pirate named Ragozine, of similar appearance to Claudio, has recently died of a fever, so his head is sent to Angelo instead.” Measure for Measure   By John Smelcer, Ph.D....