Escape from New York
New Yorkers in droves are leaving the state for greener pastures due to high taxes. Only the rich and poor are staying behind. Is a return to the 70s followed by John Carpenter’s film plot that far behind? - G
Are you an "Amafessional?"
On the Web, Amateurs Rivaling Professionals - G
FIFA 10 out today in the US from EA Sports! Great commercial! - G
1 in 6 Americans in Poverty
Yet the majority is still smoking the crack spewed out that health care reform is bad, but corporate welfare and bailouts are good. - G
From the upcoming and much talked about “Body Issue” by ESPN. D.C. United of Major League Soccer line up for a photo shoot in what every kid has nightmares about. Y’know the one you show up to your game with no pants and you’re running around on the field naked. Then you wake up and you’re so happy to know it was just a dream. All I can say when I see this is “Ouch!” - G
Brilliant! - G
I know this song has been overplayed but I can’t help but get chills when I listen to it. I also know for a fact that Richard Sanders, my mentor, is behind their success. Every rock band that guy touches goes platinum because he knows how to angle the artists to generate the right kind of exposure. I think I sang this so much over the weekend, A was humming it, and my friend Tom thinks that they may never recover from their success because they have actually become TOO big. :) - G
Can’t wait to see this. Might be his best film yet since “Roger and Me.” - G
The Next Iron Chef in 1 week!
A and I used to watch Ernie on the old WCBS 11pm newscasts. He always looked like a puppet to us. - G
Ryan Adams - “New York, New York”
I love you New York xoxo
A testament that time heals all wounds. I was here in 2001. Witnessed the ugliness from East 4th Street after being stuck in the subway for 3 hours. Was thinking of moving to the left coast in early 2002 just to get out like so many others. Glad I didn’t leave. Got married in Dumbo and although it was beautiful it felt like two friends were missing from the equation that used to overlook and tower above the Brooklyn Bridge. I used to use those towers when I moved here in ‘96 to figure out if I was walking uptown or downtown. I used to look at them whenever I took the bus out of the city back to Pennsylvania for the weekend to visit mom and dad. And stare at them on my way back into the city so happy I lived in a place that constructed something so amazing. I have a daughter now. I’ll tell her all about it one day. The stench, the debris, the people lining up for hours patiently to use the pay phones since zero cell phone service worked, the chaos. The woman crying on the subway when the transit cop announced what had happened. The pride one has in a place where everyone comes together. Black, brown, yellow, white. Different languages, different customs but all in the true melting pot that made America what it is. Brooklyn is home and has been for a long time. I won’t leave you now. I love you New York. xoxo - G
