ON SUNDAY THE PHOENIX LANDS

AT ABOUT 7:43 PM ON SUNDAY MAY 25TH THE PHOENIX SPACECRAFT WILL LAND ON MARS. THIS DEVICE IS EQUIPED WITH A BACK-HOE AND WILL DIG FOR PARTICLES OF MELTED ICE ON MARS. MY BUDDY KNOTTS LIKES TO SAY THE COULD SEND THINGS TO MARS BUT THEY CAN'T STOP THE RINGING IN HIS EARS.

NEW WEB SITE

PROSPECT PARK HAS AN ATTRACTIVE NEW WEB SITE LAUNCHED IN APRIL. SEE PHOTOS AND EXPLORE PARK LOCATIONS ONLINE AT http://www.prospectpark.org/

BROOKLYN ART GOES FOR $11.2 MIL

BROOKLYN BORN ARTIST JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT'S "UNTITLED(FALLEN ANGEL)" PAINTED IN 1981 SOLD FOR $11.2 MILLION AT A PHILLIPS de PURY AUCTION. BASQUIAT IS INTERRED AT GREEN-WOOD CEMETERY.

1ST SOLD OUT TOUR

ON SATURDAY THANKS TO MY GOOD FRIEND PAUL GIROLA I HAD MY 1ST SOLD OUT TOUR. FOR HIS BIRTHDAY HIS FAMILY TOOK HIM TO TWO TOMS BUT BEFORE THAT 13 OF THEM CAME ON THE 1:30 TOUR. I SOLD 3 OTHER TICKETS TO SOME OTHER PEOPLE FOR A TOTAL OF 16 TICKETS WHICH IS A SELL OUT. AFTER TOUR WE HAD DRINKS AND PLAYED BOCCE BALL AT UNION HALL, THEN WE HIT TWO TOMS FOR THE PROVERBIAL FEAST. I'M STILL FULL.

PARK SLOPE IN NY TIMES

THERE WAS AN ARTICLE IN TODAYS SUNDAY STYLES ABOUT PARK SLOPE. KIND OF HOW THE AREA HAS CHANGED AND NOT EVERYONE IS HAPPY. BUT IT WAS ON THE FRONT PAGE AND THIS WILL BE GOOD FOR BUSINESS AS PEOPLE WILL BE CURIOUS AND WANNA SEE THE SLOPE.

ONE OF THE BEST

I'M WATCHING ELTON JOHN BIOGRAPHY AND I HAVE SEEN HIM IN CONCERT AT LEAST 15 TIMES. HE WAS ALWAYS GOOD FROM WAY BACK WHEN. THE FIRST ALBUM I EVER BOUGHT IN LIFE IS THE PICTURE ON THIS POST. EVERYBODY LIKED ELTON AND HE STOOD THE TEST OF TIME. WHEN HE BROUGHT OUT JOHN LENNON ON THANKSGIVING EVE 1980 AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN FOR LENNON'S LAST LIVE PERFORMANCE, IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST UNFORGETTABLE MOMENTS IN ROCK AND ROLL HISTORY. IF YOU GO SEE HIM NOW AND I HAVE RECENTLY, IT WILL BE ONE OF THE BEST CONCERTS YOU WILL EVER SEE.

STILL THE ONE

THE WILLIAMBURG SAVINGS BANK WILL REMAIN THE TALLEST BUILDING IN BROOKLYN, AS A REVISED VERSION OF ATLANTIC YARDS TOWER "MISS BROOKLYN" WILL ON RISE 34 STORIES AND 511 FEET MAKING AT 512 FEET THE CLOCK TOWER STILL THE CHAMP.