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Bombs Ove Baghdad (Or, The New Normalcy)
We continue to endeavor towards normalcy at the MTV. That is, in addition to publishing three war-related updates and a fistfull of military emails every day (these are actually emails from kids “in theater,” as they say), we’re posting news on Snoop, J. Lo, and the likes. REM has a protest song (see “Lenny Kravitz,…
Read MoreMissing The War
I had Saturday off. I cherished the sunshine, the blue sky, the cottonball clouds. I sat at Lincoln Center drinking coffee and reading every word of The New York Times’ coverage of the war. The War. I still don’t like the sound of it. I spent today at work. We published three war-related updates, covering…
Read MoreOn “Shock & Awe”
So the “shock and awe” of this war with Iraq began yesterday afternoon. I watched CNN gape jawed, motionless, in my office. I kept thinking, ‘Please stop. That’s enough. Please stop.’ We ran downstairs to go live, but aired just a five minute brief, then returned to our plan to do a live half hour…
Read MoreLife During Wartime
It’s way too late, and I’m way too tired to articulately communicate everything that’s happened, and everything I’ve been feeling, these last 27 or so hours. Moments after MTV News leadership sent most of the teams home, what is now being refered to as the “surgical strike” began. I was tipped off by the VP…
Read MoreGodspeed, God Bless, And God Help Us
I’m sitting in my office at The MTV here in Times Square waiting for the “deadline” to pass, waiting to see whether we’ll be at war tonight or tomorrow (never no longer being an option, apparently). We had a “script runthrough” this afternoon — talent (John, Gideon, Kurt, Sway, etc), floor producers and directors —…
Read MoreIn The Crosshairs
Heaven forbid “The Terrorists” attack Disneyland. Or The Oscars are delayed. I’m watching Peter Jennings, waiting for MTV News’ third (and presumably final) “war contingency rehearsal.” I kinda’ have the shakes. I can’t get warm. Or shake this headache. And I can’t stop fiddling with this one lose stitch in my gums. And I’m hungry,…
Read MoreMister Rogers On “Fresh Air”
Here’s a link to Mister Rogers on NPR’s “Fresh Air” that I found and listened to last night. In this time of global conflict and discord, you might wanna’ have a listen. Click Here
Read MoreVicodin, Trimoxicillin, Ibuprofin, And Hans Blix
It finally feels like spring outside. The sun is out. I’ts fifty-some degrees. The windows are flung wide. Despite the rampant pessimism — or simple pain — of my previous posts, I’m in fairly high spirits, perhaps thanks to a weekend of Vicodin-fueled rest. I’ve spent most of my time in bed watching DVDs as…
Read MoreMy New Implants
I just got in from implant surgery. I’m waiting for the pharmacy to fill my Vicodin prescription. My entire jaw is throbbing and tingling — believe it or not — itching as the novacaine wears off. Dr. Kissel, my periodontist, injected my gums and palette with novacaine over 25 times. Then he made three incisions…
Read MoreWar Contingency Rehearsal, Part I
I spent the bulk of today here at the MTV in the TRL studios downstairs doing what we refer to as “War Contingency Rehearsal.” That is, if and when this war with Iraq begins, MTV News will be going live on air for 4+ hours. Which may well be more than MTV News has ever…
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