Archive for June 2003
Serendipity (Or, Bumping Into A Rockette)
What constitutes coincidence? By what device, and to what end, does serendipity factor into our lives? I’ve been wrestling with a spate of last-minute productions despite a mostly non-breaking news environment at the MTV of late. Primarily, it has to do with planning, scheduling, coordination — the kind of thing MTVers loath (but I love).…
Read MoreGentrification
I’m not one to worry about gentrification. In fact, I’ve enjoyed seeing my little Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood grow over the last eight years. But it might just be getting a little scary around here with all these luxery apartments and skyscrapers going up. It’s not the height or the extra people, it’s the “luxury” and…
Read MoreMy Reckoning
A few random notes (before I leave the office and go for a bike ride along the river): “Their Reckoning” [LA Times]: REM, my favorite band of all time, is back in the studio, and back on the road. I’m not psyched that they’re going the greatest hits route (it’s the kind of thing they…
Read MoreAll Summer In A Day
In 1979 or so, I saw a movie in Mrs. Purcell’s third grade English class called “All Summer In A Day”. The story took place on Venus where it rained all day, every day, except for one fifteen minute window every year when the sun came out. That’s what it feels like in New York…
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