Harry´s Blog

from The Assembly-Line Prince
a novel by Herbert Kuhner
I was in the doldrums when Herby’s call came. He had a film Job for me. I was to do the limericks for Hans Fantel’s new sexcapade The Madam’s Hussar. I would also double as English speech coach. Herby was the hussar’s adjunct. The cast was international (and […]

Max
Max has left us at the age of 83.
He started off with Dizzy and Bird
in the Forties.
Bebop was the name of the game.
Then Max went on into the Realm of Cool
and he never stopped moving.
Here are he is in his own words:
“You can’t write the same book twice.
Though I’ve been in historic musical situations,
I […]

There’s a man who shot off his mouth for seven long years in Austria. There are others who have done it for longer, but not under the circumstances. The guy I’m talking about did it between 1938 and 1945. At the time Austria was not Austria, but “Ostmark.” So that makes a difference. By doing […]

We believe in redemption,
and a reformed enemy can
become a good friend.
It’s better to have a friend
than an enemy.
Or is it?
Colonel Muammar Gaddafi was our enemy,
but now he’s our friend
He may have orchestrated
the downing of PanAm passenger jet
over Lockerbie way back in ‘88
and other acts of terror in bygone days.
but Muammar is our friend now,
and we’re […]

Commemorates the Victims of the Allied Bombing during World War II on May 8, 2004 at Hero’s Square in Vienna
According to Herr Strache the bombing of German cities by the Allies was a crime. If that is the case, then it must follow that the bombing of Geurnica, Rotterdam, Warsaw, London, Coventry and so on […]

There is an official Committee whose task is to evaluate the artistic works of the late great Andy Warhole. In other words, the Committee separates the wheat from the chaff and sets a price on the former. Of course there is no real chaff since everything is wheat, but some of the wheat is worth […]

I always loved Campbell’s Tomato Soup. When I was a child, my mother used to serve it to me mixed with milk and with a boiled potato in it. It was my favorite soup dish and I never got tired of eating it. Today I have sentimental attachment to it, although I now prefer Heinz […]