Friday, October 5, 2007

Did He or Didn't He ? My Heroic Landsman or Johnny-Come-Lately

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Well, I guess he did arrive at, explore, and exploit America, but whether my landsman, Cristofero Columbus, was actually the Numero Uno non-...
Wednesday, October 3, 2007

Histoire Antique Pour Le Garçon D'anniversaire

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I wish I could say I was born in a log cabin in the wilderness, but in truth, I was born 53 years ago today in Samaritan Hospital on Presid...
Friday, September 28, 2007

Bob Dylan & Jack White in Nashville: Meet Me in the Morning

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Since weekend is here, I will trot out my obsessions, kick back and listen to Jack White of the White Stripes joining Bob Dylan on stage in ...
Thursday, September 20, 2007

The Wandering Stranger of Schermerhorn Street

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He is a wandering stranger and here he is (once again) on Schermerhorn Street. If you want to get a sense of the NYC economy, visit Schermer...
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Tuesday, September 18, 2007

"A Cup of Tea and a Think"

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Connecticut Muffins, Starbucks, Dunkin Donuts, Ozzies, Vox Pop, the Tea Lounge. They all pass as places where you can get a cup of something...
Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Coda: 9/11 -

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Just a note: Interesting, how 9/11, by not becoming a public day of observance for the general public, has become a more private memorial -...

NEVER FORGET: Metaphors for Living: 9/11

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8 years later. We never forget but the memory, and the pain, becomes slightly faded. Perhaps that is the blessing of the human condition. A ...
Thursday, September 6, 2007

Fear and Loathing on Court Street

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A little before 1 PM I ran out of my office on Court Street to grab coffee and food. Court Street from Joralemon to Montague was closed off....
Sunday, August 26, 2007

Summer Days Summer Nights Are Gone

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"Summer days, summer nights are gone.. I know a place where there's something going on" --"Summer Days" by Bob Dylan...
Friday, July 27, 2007

Hippiefest: Nostalgia for the Future

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When we arrived at the Seaside Summer Concert Series, I immediately sent a text to my kids who were at home recovering from day camp and sum...
Tuesday, July 17, 2007

Apocalypse...whaaa? - remembering the 1977 Power Failure (aka Blackout of '77)

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I was in my early 20s, coming home from my job as an evening manager of Bookmasters in Penn Station (or "Bookies" as my co-worker,...
Thursday, July 12, 2007

Why the Excitement Over WCBS-FM ? Here's Why

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I'm back. Miss me? Spent a couple of weeks doing stem-cell research in Indochina, but now I am back and going, going, gone...the excitem...
Thursday, June 28, 2007

LONESOME DAY BLUES - theme song for a hot n heavy week

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LONESOME DAY BLUES by Bob Dylan Well, today has been a sad ol' lonesome day Yeah, today has been a sad ol' lonesome day I'm just...
Tuesday, June 26, 2007

From Thespian Heaven... to the Lowest Rung of Celebrity Hell

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CELEBRITY HEAVEN......Weekend vacation plans having gone awry, we ended up at Frost Nixon on Broadway, which was a fascinating performance ...
Friday, June 22, 2007

Only the Dead Tired Know Brooklyn

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On a beautiful Friday morning in June, walking up Joralemon Street to my office. Here in the late middle of life, kid in college, kid in hig...