Archive for February 2003
Mister Rogers & Me
It was the weekend of my 30th birthday, and just a few hours after disembarking the Hyannis Ferry. My cell phone was still chattering with MTV business as I stood on the back porch. The last rays of light were spilling over the horizon. New York City was slipping away from me as I settled…
Read MoreOn Working The Grammys When You Want To Win A Grammy
Dishes are stacked in the sink, dirty closed piled by the closet, the bed needs making, the rug needs shaking, garbage needs taking out. It’s not such a pretty scene here at 447 West 56th, 4E. But it’s home, and it feels good to be here after what feels like weeks of work. Which is,…
Read MoreMy “Evening With Kevin Smith”
New York is shrouded in fog this morning. It is cloud city. The buildings have all but disappeared. The Hudson ends midchannel. New Jersey is a curtain of white. Still, for all its appearences of floating in space, I couldn’t help but feel grounded in cement as my running shoes carried me over the rain-puddled…
Read MoreGeorge Bush Ruined My Weekend
Just found out I may have to stay on call in New York next weekend in case the war breaks. Since I work in News and all. I’m supposed to be going away with my father and brother on Friday for our once-every-two-year trips to Myrtle Beach to drink beer and eat shrimp. So I’m…
Read MoreIn Case Of Nuclear Blast
My new favorite web site? Ready Dot Gov. I especially enjoy the “Nuclear Blast” Acrobat file. Not only because of the bitchin’ graphics, but also because of the sheer absurdity of it. “Consider if you can get out of the area; Or if it would be better to go inside a building.” Oy. Here on…
Read MoreA Little Snow
Maybe you heard we got a little snow here in NYC? Did we ever. Like, 24 inches. And it was so beautiful, so quiet in the city. It was falling as we filed out of ‘Daredevil’ Sunday night (yes, I went to see ‘Daredevil.’ And yes, it was just ok. But sometimes I like that…
Read MorePrepping For War In Times Square
Just hit the 12-hour mark here at the MTV. Which isn’t so bad. When I started back in 1996 and we were literally building the first iteration of daily news online, we worked 60 hour weeks every week, easy. And the on air team is still in the newsroom working away. So I’m not alone.…
Read MoreHeadlines From The End Of The World
It’s the end of the world. At least that’s what I thought last night. I was walking back to work from rehearsal on 30th Street, through the cold, past the drunk frat boys pouring out of the Knicks game at Madison Square garden, past a half dozen panhandlers, each more desperate looking than the last.…
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