May 25, 2004 - Benjamin Wagner

89th & Riverside

By admin | May 25, 2004 |

I was mostly speechless sitting on John’s rooftop at 89th & Riverside tonight. Sporadic raindrops punctuated the cool, dry air. Low-slung clouds rolled in from the Atlantic. Jet’s passed just overhead. And I sat quietly, not much to say. Sure, we discussed President Bush’s inability to pronounce Abu Ghraib, and Phish breaking up. As we…

Reason No. 72

By admin | May 25, 2004 |

Reason #72 why my job at The MTV rules, my new office 29-stories above Times Square notwithstanding… “I’ll T&E the tetherball set.” So said the president of MTV Networks not :30 ago on a conference call I’m on as we speak, er, type. T&E: Travel and expense, ie: write it off. (It’s funny to us,…