Archive for January 2008
Sending Out An S.O.S.
The Interweb is such a strange and wonderful thing. I have three Google News Alerts: Bono, Mister Rogers, and myself. I suppose the company in which I keep myself says something, but that’s not my point here. “Bono” Google News Alerts tend to return two types of information: articles on my much admired musical, philosophical…
Read More‘Cuz When The Feeling’s Right
I ran a half marathon yesterday. Abbigail, wisely, sat it out. Chris and I had returned from our whirlwind trip to Nantucket just twelve-hours prior when we met at the start of the Manhattan Half Marathon behind the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He, Jen and I were quickly seperated in the 5000+ runner start, so…
Read MoreGiven To Fly
There are three major flight paths outside my window: Newark, LaGuardia, and JFK. With the frequent buzz of tourist helicopters and Hudson River air traffic, the skies above me are constantly crowded with jet engines, propellers, and blinking red lights. It’s an apt metaphor for New York City, really. Or, for that matter, my brain.…
Read MoreNantucket, Massachusetts (Winter 2008)
Quietly Pass Me By
I walked out of the office with a few colleagues tonight. “If I don’t leave with you guys, I’ll be stuck here another hour.” Downstairs, Times Square was bustling with scarves, hats and parkas. We walked a few blocks together, pausing to say goodnight at every intersection. “Where are you going, anyway?” “Psychopharmacologist,” I replied.…
Read MoreIn-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
I lead a double life. My Blackberry lit up with the news of Heath Ledger’s death as my driver pointed his Town Car towards the Lincoln Tunnel. After all these years of covering random news at The MTV, I can’t say that I was surprised. I was sad, though; the guys had a kid. Anyway,…
Read MoreSundance 2008: Get Yourself Together
I finally had my Sundance Moment. The long threatened “severe winter event” for which I adjusted my travel plans finally materialized overnight. I woke to the sound of snowplows in reverse, and walked to the window. Everything was brushed white. Six inches of it, and still falling. I went for what may constitute the shortest,…
Read MoreSundance 2008: The Mysteries Of Pittsburgh
On Line: I am surrounded by dudes with beards typing into their iPhones and Blackberries. I am one of them. As a huge Michael Chabon fan, my hopes are high. As a huge Michael Chabon fan who hasn’t cracked the novel since its 1989 release, though, I have no idea what I’m in for. I’m…
Read MoreSundance 2008: What Just Happened?
On Line: I’m surrounded by olds. This fact — coupled with one-two punch from the dude who whispered under his breath, “I heard it’s not that good,” and my esteemed colleague Larry Carroll’s minimalist review (“It starts like ‘The Player’ but ends like ‘Simone’”) — does not bode well for the film. Sometimes, though, one’s…
Read MoreU2 Talk ‘U2 3D’ Movie, New Album At Sundance
PARK CITY, Utah – The hot ticket at the Sundance Film Festival this weekend wasn’t an edgy Hollywood indie. It was a slick, super-saturated 3-D concert flick from Dublin. Park City’s Eccles Center was pulsing with an arena-sized dose of anticipation Saturday night for the premiere of U2’s “U2 3D.” Fans whooped and hollered at…
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