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“Extra! Extra! Read All About It!”

Thomas Balzac doesn’t spend all his time with a classical guitar in his lap sketching musical notations onto orchestral score paper…

Oct 18, 2022

“Extra! Extra! Read All About It!”

Oct 18, 2022

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“The Coronavirus Blues in B/Maj-7th ” [Draft #1]

Balzac had never composed a funeral dirge and now he must pen one for the tens of thousands of people in America alone who will die from…

May 6, 2020

“The Coronavirus Blues in B/Maj-7th ” [Draft #1]

May 6, 2020

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“Saving Aziz: death by Taliban?”

Composer Thomas Balzac’s Afghan friend, Aziz, is on the run and in hiding from village to village with his wife and three beautiful…

Aug 10, 2021

“Saving Aziz: death by Taliban?”

Aug 10, 2021

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The Vieux Carré Times

New Orleans News & Views

Jun 23, 2021

Jun 23, 2021

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Gregory Arthur Conan ~a short story written before the pandemic of 2020

The cover photo of this video is of a birthday gift being painted by a New Orleans sidewalk-artist named Conan for my teen son who had…

Jul 16, 2020

The artist Conan sitting on a box surrounded by paints and brushes, holding a beer and waving his other hand hello to his Vieux Carre’ friend, Thomas Balzac

Jul 16, 2020

“Microwaved Memories”

Jerome shifted the old floor fan with his foot, letting the blade hum against the humidity rising off Chartres Street. Business was slow…

Apr 29

Apr 29

“What Do You Do?”

Who remembers the last time being asked that? I’m wondering because I don’t get out much, am somewhat retired from day jobs, and don’t have…

Mar 29

“What Do You Do?”

Mar 29

I Hate You, “Mentally-Uncultivated”

My best “story” to date, but not one clap. Not one hint of recognition, from anyone. It shows either I have failed miserably as a writer —…

Mar 22, 2024

I Hate You, “Mentally-Uncultivated”

Mar 22, 2024

My Morning Post-Dream Ramblings

~overtures, acts, arias, and recitatives

Jan 29, 2024

My Morning Post-Dream Ramblings

Jan 29, 2024

“Sharky the Friendly Megalodon” (a ChatGBT story):

In the depths of the ocean, there lived a remarkable shark named Sharky who had an unusual but essential mission: fighting dental neglect…

Jan 16, 2024

“Sharky the Friendly Megalodon” (a ChatGBT story):

Jan 16, 2024

Thomas Balzac

Thomas Balzac

https://vieuxcarretimes.com/ is my ‘net-paper idea; its “Editorial Page” is at https://twitter.com/thomas70116; +: https://www.youtube.com/user/NewOrleansThomas

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