'BOARDWALK EMPIRE RECAP': THE WALLS CLOSE IN ON NUCKY

"Boardwalk Empire," HBO's Prohibition drama returned Sunday night after a year of critical acclaim and sweeping several awards. It's now 1921 in Atlantic City and although his fortunes have soared in the wake of the enactment of Prohibition, Nucky Thompson is paying a steep price for wielding ultimate power in The Queen of Resorts -- that's where we are in Season Two.And while Nucky and his ward bosses may have solidified their hold on the city,...

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A BURNING QUESTION...

... WILL IT BE THIS??or THIS???Decisions... Decisions...Tw...

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THIRTEEN MEN (#fridayflash)

Press play for some groovy mood musicI tended bar at Tony's Tap Room up on Biltmore Avenue.The gig was good enough and while I wasn't a Rockefeller by any stretch, I didn't need much. At the end of the week, my rent was paid, the cupboard was stocked and if I was lucky, I'd be able to spring for some English Leather for the weekends.That said, I sometimes felt I wasn't paid enough to deal with the occasional bullshit that came with the gig. We had...

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LET'S NEVER FORGET ...

... That glorious skyline...Tw...

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DECISIONS, DECISIONS (#friday flash)

Press play for some mood music Aggie slipped into Nunzio's Tavern at about half past ten. The bar was one of those dark daytime joints where lost souls came to meet, greet and get behind that cork with a blinding vengeance. It all reeked of regret and shame. During this early hour there wasn't much going on except for a morning poker game buried under the neon fizzle of a Lowenbrau sign. Aggie's heels on the linoleum floor seemed to wake the...

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