Archive for March 2011
SXSW: Serendipity, Baby
The best things that happened at SXSW were the least-expected. Like bumping into then recruiting a former colleague to join me at a live taping Marc Maron’s hilarious “WTF” podcast (where he called the seminal music fest, “The Hipster Alamo”). Or wandering into the premiere of “Outside Industry: The Story Of SXSW,” a fantastic documentary…
Read MoreNeil Diamond’s Sequin-Spangled America
I was way out on the edge of The Bronx when the ominous sound of cellos rose in my headphones. The New York City skyline was like Oz in the razor-wire distance, miles beyond the massive, concrete Bruckner Expressway, past fields of industrial oil storage tanks, rows of rusted railroad tracks and blocks and blocks…
Read MoreWhen A Moment Changes Everything
For weeks now, I’ve been listening to David Gray’s “When A Moment Changes Everything” on near-repeat fully expecting to get hit by a bus, pushed in front of a subway, or catch a stray bullet at any instant. It’s a simple, hooky, perfectly David Gray kinda’ song with a propellant beat, ascending melody, and the…
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