I got my dad the eight DVD set of Ric Burns’ history of New York for Christmas. I watched the entire series two summers ago shortly after moving in to my apartment in Brooklyn. The first few episodes concentrate on the city’s origins, much of which take place in the areas that are now Brooklyn, […]
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A Few Nights Before Christmas
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
It’s about eleven when I drop my buddy off at his apartment on Bush and Fillmore. There’s a light rain falling and I’m not really tired yet, so I decide to take a short spin. Gas is under two dollars a gallon now, its price having halved since I visited California in September. I don’t […]
Home Furnishings
Friday, November 28, 2008
When I was first kicking around New York back in 2003, I lived in a lot of sublets. There were five of them in a period of one year, and more to come after. It was an odd existence, but no more than some that had come before, or since. It felt like the thing […]
Talking Turkey
Friday, November 21, 2008
I’m looking forward to Thanksgiving this year. I have no obligations and am largely guilt-free as I’ll be returning home some weeks later for Christmas, New Year, and my dad’s birthday. It’s rare that one gets such a pass in life – the opportunity to skip out on a burdensome holiday requirement without feeling the […]
Time Out Of Mind
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
The days are rocketing through November and I’m in the wine shop next door, radio starting to play Blue Christmas and announcer commenting on Elvis leading holiday sales again this year. “Jesus,” says the attractive thirty-something woman pricing Port beside me, recognizing neither King – Memphis nor Bethlehem – but the fact that it’s here […]
In Praise of Timmy Lin
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Not beholden to the afterwards –Vic Chesnutt “Tarragon” Had a strange, good day on Tuesday that ended early in the evening with my legs giving out from under me. Well, not my legs exactly, but close enough. Before that there had been good company, Charlie Kaufman not allowing film to go gentle into that good […]
Eyesight to the Blind
Monday, November 10, 2008
I had planned on dropping this election stuff after the results were in last week, but it remains too large to ignore. The country, and much of the free world, would appear to be in the grips of Obama-fever. Granted, it was an historical moment when America put a black guy in the top spot […]
Brown Eyed Handsome Man
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
It was about two years ago, in San Francisco, some time before my second exodus. I’d been holed up inside all day, bogged down in a typically cloistered mindset, and ventured out to a local watering hole for a late night drink. He was English, the guy next to me, and somewhere in his early […]
“I got a rock.”
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Spent some time feelin’ inferior – Rod Stewart / Ronnie Wood They say that kids today are way ahead of those of my generation, and having a niece and nephew who are competent in both Japanese and English, I’m inclined to agree with them. But today’s kids are also missing something. This occurred to me […]
Hynde Sight
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Unemployable, illegal You’re a whole film by Don Siegel – Chrissie Hynde It’s little wonder that Chrissie Hynde defies my general aversion to female singers. She had Ray Davies’ kid and kissed the stage in honor of Neil Young when she opened for him in Pennsylvania. She’s capable of writing lyrics like the above, appealing […]