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Ten years in my Hell’s Kitchen apartment and only this afternoon I discover roof access? How is that possible? New York, New York: Big City of Anonymity. Last night’s Tribeca Film Festival offering was a documentary called, “James Benning: Circling The Light.” It painstakingly chronicled avant garde filmmaker James Benning’s creative process. Basically, Benning believes…

A fair amount of levelheaded moderation at dinner last night enabled me to rise with the sun this morning with less reluctance than late. Still squinting into the light streaming through the bedroom window, still nestled in my gray flannel sheets, I rested a moment listening to a Morning Edition report on Bob Edwards’ new…

In the waning moments of the LSD trip that marks the emotional climax of the film ‘Almost Famous,’ Sweetwater frontman Russell Hammond (Billy Crudup) threatens to jump from a suburban rooftop high above a swimming pool. Arms outstretched, Hammond shouts out to a throng of adoring teenage fans below, “I am a golden god!” The…

Standing on the Paoli train station platform yesterday morning with my fellow commuters, the rain cascading from the shoddy, shingled roof, I thought of The Carpenters’ tune, ‘Rainy Days & Mondays Get Me Down,’ and swore that this wouldn’t be the case for this rainy Monday. Three hours later, I was struggling through the chaos…

While it has been another busy day on the banks of the Schuylkill River, and there is much to relate of my travels, travails, tragedies, and triumphs, I offer you, Dear Reader, but two things this evening: one factual, one visual. First, the factual: I ran The Philadelphia Broad Street Run (10 miles) in 1:22:06…

In the 24+ hours since returning to my hometown, I’ve driven past my senior high, junior high, and grammar schools, been to The Mall, and had a beer with my high school sweetheart (where I saw my orthodontist’s assistant doing shots at a bachelorette party). Flashbacks, anyone? I have not, however, made it to the…