The Tough Talk - 1

Taxi on back to The Beginning or up to Johnny's Lounge, Part Two or to the next buncha Tough Talk (2) or take the 'A' Train up to Part Eight

Agent Cutler, BATF - 07/31/98 13:00:52
My Email: Gotyourjohnnyrighthere

Comments:
Arrested at the Metronome. That's what happened to Johnny last night. Big Johnny is locked up and he's got no computer in his cell. No women, either. No Viper parked outside -- it's been impounded. It's behind a chain-link fence and razor wire. No thousand-dollar suits. He's just another crook wearing jail orange.


JohnnyHimself - 07/24/98 16:22:25

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Play anything you wish, Sister. Play it, Lee.


Li Yung-Li, MD and PhD - 07/24/98 08:45:02

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Your reaction was so very quick and violent. What makes you this way? Who is it, Johnny? You can tell me. I like to help people out of the darkness. It's one of my specialties. Maybe I should I play "Damn Your Eyes."


JohnnyHimself - 07/23/98 10:11:04

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Carmen, I have little interest in Roxanne, even when she sneaks up to my office. She's just another thong.


Carmen Lopez - 07/23/98 08:31:42

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I wasn't dropped by my Johnson, but I'm back. I have some thoughts for you, Johnny, about Roxanne. I know her. We teach together. We're colleagues and friends. Yes she's a sensation-seeker, to use your term, but she's been traumatized and she's finding herself. You should go easy on her.


slkysstr - 07/23/98 01:36:02

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thuh kid needziz lessn nau. donchulttm leev taun wittout gettinit. hwi donchu gimmeea lessn 2, jahneee, jahneee. i need a lessn.



JohnnyHimself - 07/22/98 20:22:33

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Good timing, Kid. I'm working a much bigger fish now, so you'll see me in September. Enjoy these last few weeks with unbroken bones and two ears. And take a few before pictures of your face. The afters won't look so good.


the kid - 07/22/98 02:18:44

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you're gonna drop like last night's moon, but you get a reprieve. i'm leavin tonite for a funeral in LA, and i'm gonna stay for a few weeks ...... surf, maybe spend some time out on Catalina, maybe do some business in Mexico.


HoosierDaddy - 07/20/98 16:59:23
My Email:Gotyoure-mailrighthere

Comments:
I know where Floyd Z hangs out.......at the Metronome. He's in there two or three times a week, and he's always back in a corner with this girl. You might get a surprise.


Cheng - 07/20/98 05:14:43

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Cheng is resourceful....We will meet again soon.


THE KID - 07/19/98 18:31:03

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johnny. you better think again and think hard. you get rid of me and you just might be taking yourself out, too. i've already declared that i'm your future, but what you don't know is that i'm also your past. you've forgotten, johnny.


Floyd Z - 07/19/98 18:13:59

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I got all your numbers, and Ib so glad you're back in town..


Agent Cutler, BATF - 07/19/98 02:06:16

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So you greased the feds? How do you do this, Big Johnny? Why don't you tell me? I'd like to know. I'll be nearby, I'll be asking questions, and I'll be watching. You can count on it.


jentilly - 07/18/98 01:05:22

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You heard it first from me. Johnny is back.


HepCatJiveBopper - 07/17/98 23:53:03

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HepKittenJazzChick, I like your style. Read about me in the personals. I'm powerful, athletic, and fiery. We'll get together. We'll hook up.


Passing Through - 07/15/98 23:26:44

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Hmmm...the atmosphere's just a little too dark and dangerous in here for me tonight. I'll have to pass tonight. However, the next time that I get dumped by a Johnson, I'll definitely drown myself in drink here.


Floyd Z - 07/15/98 22:50:56

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I heard bout what's going on here. I'm mad, I'm mean, I'm big, I'm ugly, I'm crazy and I got a Johnson Machine Gun. This joint is MINE and I take all you out at once -- that includes Johnny, Rosseux, Jefferson, Rico Suave, The Kid, Hosier Daddy, Mr. Hip, The Last Neanderthal, all of his tribe, and anybody else wants to die ugly. I am Mr. Annihilator, the coolest trigger man above the Dry bTortugas and you never seen anything like me.


JohnnyHimself - 07/15/98 18:04:39

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To HepKittenJazzChick -- You got feathers or fur? You should decide. My jukebox is not open for suggestions. Take your problem to the United Nations, and while you're there tell them about that criminal, Floyd Z. TO THE KID -- I got your highway to hell and I got your manifest destiny right here. You're sort of a pest. It's time for that lesson in animal I promised you.


HepKittenJazzChick - 07/15/98 14:04:39

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The jukebox sux. It's bubble gum Top 40. Where's the BeBop? Where's Le Jazz Hot? Where's Ornette Coleman? Where's Charlie Mingus and Felonious Monk? For that matter, where's REM, the Beatles, Counting Crows, Ray Charles, Beck, and Fats Waller? And Frank Sinatra was just a violent little creepy lounge lizard and swingin' dick.


the kid - 07/15/98 04:35:49

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i got some issues i want to take care of. first, there's an imposter but there posing as the kid. lot's of people want to be the kid, but there's only one and that's me. for example, I don't hang out in no health clubs. you can't be some midtown buff and be the kid, too. you're one or the other and I'm already the kid. blaming johnny's bust on roxanne and mr. hip is a bunch of crap. so shut up, phony. next, the two babes who wanna do me in. who are they? some foreign chick and a silky sister. forget it, girls. next subject. rico suave. you gotta be kidding me. i see you coming from a mile away. who could miss those purple neons under your car? take over the central park playground, rico. johnny's is mine. last, johnny. how's the nap? rest up, you'll need it. this ain't muscle, it's manifest destiny. i'm the highway coming through.


La Ragazza - 07/14/98 04:56:00
My Email:forgetaboutit

Comments:
It was Kennedy. The car wasn't rented. It was delivered by some dear friends and it's red, low, and fast. Johnny likes it. And this is the last thing I'll tell you, Premiere, if Johnny had any more cool, he'd have hypothermia. Silky Sister will understand.


Earlene - 07/14/98 02:36:05

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Send it. Start Over.


Premiere - 07/13/98 22:27:28

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Who's with you at your hideout, Johnny? Who are you "hiding out" with? It's my understanding that Silky Sister visits on weekends and that La Ragazza rented a car at La Guardia as soon as she landed and drove up to see you for a while. All your broads and girls should know the truth: you're low.


Gitana Chica - 07/08/98 03:41:53

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Surfed onto this site an hour and a half ago. I must say that the whole package is sexier, funnier, and better written than most books I read. Don't stop. Keep the fights going and the broads coming.


Frankie Panorama - 07/02/98 14:47:29

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Here's what I say about Film Noir Johnny's ---- The dogs are trotting and sniffing. Everywhere you look.


slkysstr - 07/02/98 13:30:01

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andreadora, i got one questyn fr u ...... iftis bahthrs u so mch hwi r u stll here. i no the ansr. i got yr numbr. u kum on prim but itz relee juss anotha kinda kum-on.


La Ragazza - 07/01/98 16:50:44

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Doc, you drive me wild.


jentilly - 06/30/98 18:28:07

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Maybe The Kid was right, Johnny. Maybe you really did want out. Are you really at your hideout or are you somewhere else? Like the beach, say. Or Havana.


andreadoria - 06/30/98 00:28:50

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Yes, Ellen, it's exactly the same thing. It's also the level at which these "men" operate.


Ross Noble - 06/29/98 23:55:28
My Email:rossn@right.com

Comments:
I want to spread the word to all the visitors at Johnny's that today is F.N. Johnny Himself's birthday. June 29...Cancer. May the banter continue to flow from the stools at Johnny's. Long live the red neon.


Ellen_Stewart - 06/29/98 22:13:40

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I have a question. What do you mean when you say something like "I got your question right here"? Or, "Question this." Is this the same thing the boys did in high school?


JohnnyHimself - 06/29/98 01:02:35

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That's what I just said. Rico Suave, you're a mid-range moron.


RicoSuave - 06/28/98 23:00:30

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Johnny, I got your palm pilot right here.


JohnnyHimself - 06/27/98 03:18:14

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There are two things The Kid and Rico Suave should know: I dance like James Brown on fire, I dance like five synchronized Puff Daddys, three MC Hammers, and I sing like Sonny Boy Williamson. So I'm inviting both you chumps up here on stage. If you can't sing and you can't dance, then I'll give you a lesson in animal . . . and you two dopes are being flown by the palm pilot.


slkysstr - 06/25/98 09:58:41

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2 RICO SUAVE & 2 THAH KID..... i'm tahkn 2 u. i'm tahkn 2 both-u foolz. la ragatza and i will puchu onna missl 2 thah bone orchard if u make one move on jahneez klub. any kinda move. try us, boyz. it will happen sofass u will turn n2 spinnin topz & die uv dizzziness. TU LA RAGATZA.....JEFFERSON heard frm jahnee....chek him. all iz kool, sstr. mawnin in may.


Cynara - 06/25/98 00:50:18

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This BAR is beginning to feel like the one in Star Wars, the one with all the strange heads and bodies and creatures. Return, Johnny, and take care of business. Things are reeling out of control.


RicoSuave - 06/24/98 17:59:10

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you can forget it, KID. i'm taking over. i'm fast, i'm beautiful, i'm bad to the marrow, and i could drop you with my index finger. if you're smart you'll stay away from johnny's and stay away from me.


The Kid - 06/24/98 15:15:36

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hey rousseau: johnny ain't a fugitive, he's looking for a way out. we all know it. he moaned it was hard being johnny. his roar was starting to sound like a big yawn. he's been leader of the pack long enough. you need a new man in there and i'm ready for it. sure you can do it, rousseau, but the fact is you can't be in the shadows and the spotlight, too. your profession needs shade, man. so who's gonna greet the ladies and hold the joint together? who's gonna break bones when bones need breaking? i'm your man. and i got a resume, too, doc. i got your resume right here.


la ragazza - 06/24/98 12:50:46

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Slkysstr, looks like we blew that tightly wrapped BerylB right outta town, right outta the country, and right outta this solar system. She's beyond Pluto, and we're here on sweet planet Earth with boys like Johnny. Do you think he's all right?


HoosierDaddy - 06/24/98 09:53:31
My Email:Gotyoure-mailrighthere

Comments:
I got to hand it to you, RicoSuave .... everybody else does.


RicoSuave - 06/24/98 03:52:00

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i'm here and i'll knock anybody out. name time and place or step up right now.


andreadoria - 06/23/98 23:51:06

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To: Jentilly. Re: Johnny vs. the Neandertal (the correct spelling). What's the difference?


jentilly - 06/23/98 19:49:25

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This site has lost it. Don't like it . .. Johnny leaves town and a Neandertal (the correct spelling) arrives.


Donna - 06/23/98 01:29:51

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With a shave and a hat on, The Last Neanderthal looks like my first husband.


The Kid - 06/22/98 23:43:26

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rousseau, you've gone sap.


slkysstr - 06/22/98 18:06:22

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berylbee u witty thang, u bootyfulla pun & fun, u just keep kummin back fr more. donchu no hwen 2 disapere. i hear yr shaped like a barrel too......Roo.


BerylB - 06/21/98 21:51:38

Comments:
I'm with you, Hoose. I hope Johnny e-Viper-ates...


HoosierDaddy - 06/21/98 21:13:08
My Email:Gotyoure-mailrighthere

Comments:
Johnny being gone is good riddance. I'm for The Last Neanderthal who just arrived.



girlz II men - 06/21/98 18:30:16

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Hey, girlfriends, BerylB is the RuPaul of her suburb.



slkysstr - 06/21/98 10:43:41

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yeah la ragatza and slam it onnatt littl jiveass berylbee hu sounz lyk sum-bah-deez wife 2 me. shez threatened bi us and shozit. word.

la ragazza - 06/21/98 02:40:01

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I'm six miles down the coast from Licata now, speaking to you from a keyboard and screen in the back room of a really old cafe. I think I might take over this guestbook and enforce the code of omerta, especially on this angry BerylB.



BerylB - 06/20/98 16:03:35

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To Silky and the Italian babe...I don't need to look anywhere and I'm as smart as I want to be. The last thing I need in my life is some virtual catfight with gay boys. You "grrlz" can have your Johnny and his bar and his low-life ways. I've got a REAL life....

HoosierDaddy - 06/20/98 03:39:19
My Email:Gotyoure-mailrighthere

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TO ROUSSEAU. The song should be one of these. Aretha Franklin, "Dr. Feelgood", Marvin Gaye, "What's Going On". James Brown, "Night Train".

slkysstr - 06/19/98 23:21:22

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yeah la ragatza, i say thuh same thng 2 berylbee. u know hr type. she thinx shez smartr than she iz.

la ragazza - 06/19/98 17:16:36

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This if for BerylB -- Who you calling a gayboy? Take a good look, fool . . . anywhere.

BerylB - 06/19/98 16:28:07

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So, Earlene, what do you do with your johnson when you cruise the bars? Do you tuck or wrap? Are you talking to Johnny or all the boys who chat him up when you cry, "Daddy! Daddy! Daddy!"?

Earlene - 06/18/98 19:56:05

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Daddy! Daddy! Daddy!

jentilly - 06/18/98 17:25:13

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What happened, Johnny? Where are you? Come back.

slkysstr - 06/16/98 11:41:27

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it wz thah kid jahneee. thah conjure womman toll meee.

BerylB - 06/16/98 08:12:30

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Johnny, you brute! I say all the "women" (grrlz, skirts, broads, babes, thongs, chicks, tomatoes) in the Tough Talk are gay boys.

Premiere - 06/15/98 15:07:14

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Somebody get Roxanne back in the classroom.

la ragazza - 06/15/98 08:28:30

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You don't remember me, do you Johnny? And I thought I'd always be la tua bambina dolce...well, boo hoo. Roxanne says you're only a fun carnival ride & if my memory's correct, I'd be agreeing. That right? Solamente una macchina veloce? Hey, Hammurabi! Don't get on my list. Who're you? Wanda's sap husband? Go home and draw some bath water.

Hammurabi - 06/14/98 23:44:09

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Why do you think La Ragazza's jetting off to Sicily so abruptly?

Cynthia From Five Years Ago - 06/14/98 18:15:44

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The Kid's against you, Johnny. Don't believe him. I hear Wanda's behind it. She heard about you and Roxanne.

The Kid - 06/14/98 12:54:22

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johnny, this afternoon I was on the street talking to some friends from one of those midtown health clubs while the puerto rican day parade was goin by. the word is that roxanne got bored and restless again, so she decided to entertain herself by watchin mr. hip go crazy. she tearfully confessed to that afternoon tryst with you and then swore she'd never betray him again. she didn't neglect to mention the absinthe and the opium, either. mr. hip took it from there. that's the word. it's lookin like coolshades and his Fine Arts girlfriend did it to you.  she said they made her do it. and the devil, too.

La Ragazza - 06/14/98 05:20:58

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Johnnyboy, you wouldn't know a slow lane if it came up & bit you. You bet I've got problems, but I'm taking mine to Sicilia...to a small stone house...where a ragazza like me won't be found. Che parte piu tardi, Johnny. I'll be back later to make sure the playing field is level. Got that, Filmo Noiro Giovanni?

Premiere - 06/14/98 01:37:01

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Johnny, why don't you flirt with the girls privately instead of in the text?

La Ragazza - 06/13/98 22:02:28

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Meet with you Johnny? What's in it for me? Got my own problems & they make yours sound like a couple of sentimental song lyrics.

slkysstr - 06/13/98 21:10:19

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andreadora - u may have kolleej dahgreez, but i gottuh luuuuv breez. u gottuh monee, i gottuh honee. eet yr own kold heart, ho.

andreadoria - 06/13/98 15:47:33

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Slkysstr, you're semi-literate and trashy.

slkysstr - 06/13/98 15:03:18

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andreadora, jahneez inna viper and yr onna broom. i bet on hm. i'm wit hm and yr auttin thuh woodz bi yrslf suckin rootz & tastin bark.

andreadoria - 06/13/98 07:27:19

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I hope you have a blowout. I hope you crash. I hope you go down in the shootout and die on the side of the road like the dog you are. Looks like you're headed for the big kissoff, baby.

La Ragazza - 06/12/98 22:27:10

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danger...word has a nice sound to it

La Ragazza - 06/12/98 21:22:10

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Are you messing with me? Don't worry about me Johnny - it's Wanda you should worry about. Wanda & that snub-nosed Model 66 on her thigh. She's a jealous woman, remember, and she has some thoughts about what your closed door means. She's onto Roxanne, too.

andreadoria - 06/12/98 16:43:29

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Die, Johnny. Die on your leather love couch in the middle of the night, up there with your absinthe and your opium and your pipe from Shanghai.

slkysstr - 06/12/98 14:26:34

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im wurreed jahnee. u need sleep. u need 2 sleeeeep frreh day or 2. yahvvvve bn up 2 long. yahhh wrk 2 harrd. lemmee tuck u in. TO ROXANNE- grrrl, hu u tryin t'kid wittis dumminnocent act bau wearin no bra? we grrlz no exzaklee hwat we doin. hez no kaaave man. hez rite bauttat & u no it.

La Ragazza - 06/12/98 05:21:43

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I think you're in for a surprise, Johnnyboy. I think you've been used, and I think she's in love . . . and it's not with you. So do you have a lost & found department?

The Kid - 06/11/98 23:56:05

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me, johnny, take a long look at me....if you dare. you think you're slick? just try me. i don't care if you got eyes in the back of your head. I don't care if you got eyes instead of pores.... i ain't worried about you seeing me comin', i'll send a telegram if you want. here's the facts, johnnyboy: i want what you got and i aim to take it.

La Ragazza - 06/10/98 23:23:09
My Email:forgetaboutit

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So Johnny. What if you had a REAL girlfriend?

Premiere - 06/10/98 23:15:01

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You are so low it's amazing. There's nobody like you, Johnny.

You putting the squeeze on me?

andreadoria - 06/08/98 17:04:34

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Why are you ignoring me?

The Kid - 06/05/98 21:29:01

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to johnny: take a hard look. the kid.

HoosierDaddy - 06/04/98 13:50:48
My Email:Gotyoure-mailrighthere

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Don't I remember you from Sing-Sing?

Hammurabi - 06/03/98 19:36:15
My Email:slhamm@ix.netcom.com

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Meet me at The Old Town Bar tonight. 11:30. 18th St. Near Broadway. Around the corner from ABC Carpet. I'll be the one looking like a Tonton Macoute. Bring the box of lettuce and don't send one of your lackeys. I mean business.

toussaint - 06/01/98 23:28:47

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I like your jukebox, but I'm only gonna tell you once, Johnny -- add Blue Suede's "Hooked on a Feeling" or I'll burst into your lounge and clean house. By myself.

StarBabie - 05/31/98 05:37:43
My URL:/Paris/Cafe/7282
My Email:starbabie10@hotmail.com

Comments:
Interesting...to say the least *s*...so...when I asked "are you in love" you wrote "it's something else"...out of pure Aquarian curiosity---what does that mean? *s* Be well johnny...and enjoy the stars! In Light, StarBabie (Paris/Cafe/7282) aka SoulStar (Athens/Oracle/8900)

Donna - 05/28/98 21:05:28
My Email:flagworks@yahoo.com

Comments:
Come on down to my place sometime, I'll be waiting at the Casbah, you know the place in Shadyside. I'll be the one with the long sleek legs and long dark hair sipping a long, cool gin and tonic with lime.

Lee - 05/27/98 17:41:00
My Email:jyounger@seapkg.com

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Now I know where you are, Doctor, and how you spend your time. I'm sure Wanda will give me a table in the quietest corner of the place...if there is such a thing. And only two chairs. I don't want a bunch of blathering cronies coming over and cutting in on my time.

andreadoria - 05/27/98 16:25:19

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I'm here, Johnny. It's your move.

slkysstr - 05/27/98 02:06:47

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i feel imsss da-fenn jahnee evn thoiss kleer hekn taekkara hmslf. andreadora, u dont no hwat love iz. grrl, u got no sens uv of humor or style or sporrrt. yra mess. u problee kall yr man a "partner."

toussaint - 05/27/98 00:21:55
My Email:email this

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You're nothing but a trotting, sniffing dog, Johnny.

Hammurabi - 05/26/98 17:42:19
My Email:slhamm@ix.netcom.com

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I heard you have a .38 strapped to your calf. I heard you have a hideout in the Adirondacks, and I know where it is. And along with Roxanne, I know what's in your safe. Maybe you better send me a box heavy with fifties
andreadoria - 05/25/98 23:46:03

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Johnny, whoever you are, you're what's wrong with men in our time. This is my only life, my one short life, and at this time in the history of our species the males are all like you. Maybe not at the beginning, but sooner or later they're all like you. Don't women ever learn from experience? You're the default mode for all heterosexual men.

slkysstr - 05/24/98 21:40:44

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thuh plaht thickns. keep tahlknnnnnn jahnee. watchu gonna do hwen mistah hip kms bak witttez freenz frm thah gym. du-u wanna rumble.

abby - 05/24/98 14:59:29
My URL:/SouthBeach/Pier/3821
My Email:lobster@connect.ab.ca - 05/24/98 22:21:32

Comments:
What a cool site. You talk tough but what's your story? I bet you're nothing more than some straight-laced man with a book in his face. So what is it?

jeansie - 05/24/98 10:09:00
My URL:/Paris/Rue/6858/
My Email:jeansie@hotmail.com

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Whatever makes you do this is good. Be it the bottle or the shadows...

slkysstr - 05/24/98 08:21:50

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i loved reeeedin ths inna midl uvthah nite, boy . . . . im gonna tellll my boku grrlfrendz abautit. . . . .

Cynara - 05/23/98 22:40:10
My Email:mmi@afaweb.org

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Daddy, I'm aiming for a dark booth in the back where I can sip Jack Black and nurse my bad attitude. Over at the jukebox, I'll be looking for Nina's "Don't Explain," Dinah's "You Don't Know What Love Is," and early Mick's "Angie." If my mood lightens I'll move to the bar, but not for chit chat. I'll want Otis Redding. Can you accommodate me?

Onyx - 05/23/98 15:58:28
My Email:swm@pgh.net

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Once you're in that dream world/parralell universe, is it possible to get out?

andreadoria - 05/22/98 20:16:35

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This is just pulp fiction.


Mojo Bop - 05/19/98 19:38:24

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Johnny, you baaad! How do you call your baby? Do you say bayyyy beee? Or Yo Stella? Good use of scanned images and links, dino sophistication.
RicoSuave - 05/19/98 13:42:55

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Back up, Johnnyboy.

Take the rocket shot back to Johnny's Lounge, Part One or to Part Two or up to the next buncha Tough Talk (2) or take the 'A' Train to Johnny's, Part Eight

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