Man, oh man — two of my favorite things in the world. This could have easily been a throw-away, “ha ha!”-type list, but it’s not. Thoughtful, insightful (and yet, still hilarious) analysis. They nailed it.
I am definitely reading and drinking tonight.
Congrats on 30 Years, DL.
Be sure to peep Dave’s Facebook timeline for clips and photos from the past three decades. Some fantastic stuff in there.
For the past year, my nieces — and now, my daughter — have been absolutely in love with what I consider the best interactive storybook on the iPad: “The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore”. It’s based off an animated short, that just so happens to be nominated for an Academy Award. Previously, you had to purchase the short, but now that the nominations are out, they’ve put it up online for everyone to enjoy.
It’s fairly easy to forget that just thirty years ago, New York was a very different place. Photographer Steven Siegel’s photos from that “gritty” 1980s-era might help you remember:
“I’ve been photographing the streets and subways of New York for the past 30 years. When young people today look at my shots from the 1980’s, they are aghast. To them, New York of the 1980’s is almost unrecognizable. And they are right.
Some older people are nostalgic for “the good old days.” For example, they remember the Times Square of the 80’s… And what they remember is not so much the danger but the grittiness and (for lack of a better word) the authenticity. Yes, there was sleaze, but there were also video arcades, cheap movies, restaurants, and weird places. These same people resent the “Disney-ification” of Times Square and the gentrification of virtually all of Manhattan and many areas of the boroughs, and the loss of cheap housing and local stores everywhere.
Others’ reactions to these same photos could not be more different. If they’re over a certain age, they remember the high crime, the twin crises of AIDS and crack, the racial tension, the lurid tabloid headlines about the latest street crime. They say: It was a nightmare, and thank God it’s over.
Of course, both views are right.”
Source Flickr / stevensiegel
They were all out of Orc.
The Arch.
The boys/back in town.
With Lars in town to direct, and Spermy with a week’s respite from the Renaissance — we all grabbed dinner with Le Deeb last night. Thanks for the ever-awesome folks at Joseph Leonard, we had a gut-busting meal (leaving us on the borders of food coma). Next thing you know, it’s two in the a.m. and Peter has somehow (yet again) sucked us into a retelling of The Homicidal Saco.
(Photos credit: Lars and Cor.)
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