I became aware of a group to join on a social network site that is named something along the lines of:
"Being from New York, I get a special feeling hearing Empire State Of Mind"
Having no idea what song that is -- I assumed it was a song -- I went lookin'...
Jay-Z - Alicia Keys
If I was not from the NYC area, I certainly wouldn't have as much interest in this that I do.
I'm pretty tolerant of a lot of different music and after a few times watching that, the song's kind of grown on me. The video really makes me miss where I'm from. There's nowhere as special as New York.
Last night (October 19) the Empire State Building (that's in NYC, yo) was lit up in honor of the Grateful Dead? (Better than being lit up to honor Communist China.)
It appears Phil & Bob will be in town mañana for a New-York Historical SocietyFundraiser and in "March 2010, the New-York Historical Society will present the first large-scale exhibition of materials from the Grateful Dead Archive."
I grew up going to Yankee Stadium. I was fortunate -- my dad's company had season tickets for the Yankees, to give to important clients and share amongst the executives for their families. Since my dad was at the top, he had his choice of dates and so me and my brother, we got to walk through those turnstiles, tickets in hand, dozens upon dozens of times throughout the years.
Baseball's just a silly game, a distraction, entertainment. It's too corporate for many... but it's still a game and it puts food on the plates of millions of working class people... and it's part of America.
Last night was the end for The House That Ruth Built. After 85 years, the final game was played there. The building will be torn down and the most storied team in American sports will move to a brand new ballpark across the street.
At some point when growing up, I became, rightfully so, a New York Mets fan (I also got to go to Shea Stadium (where the Mets play) about as often as Yankee.) Truth be told, if the Mets blow chunks, I cheer for New York. I'm not a New Yorker, I grew up 22 miles west of midtown Manhattan, in the suburbs of New Jersey... but NY and NYC were a huge part of my life... so was Yankee Stadium. In a way, yeah, I am a New Yorker and that made last night even more emotional for me. Tears there were and I wasn't alone.
Farewell, Yankee Stadium. Thanks for the Memories.
Yankee Stadium is in Yogi Berra's heart
Derek Jeter's speech to the fans after the game
Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York September 21, 2008
These mutterings I mutter here on this day. For the first time in '08 I will proceed to mutter away. A poet I might be but to live a life like Frost that's not me. But then again, didn't he live in New Hampshire? Hey, that's where I was born, I might wanna move back there one of these days. The mountains and snow and horses with sleighs... This poem's going nowhere and I never rhymed with Hampshire so on with the... Unconscious Mutterings
a free association game -- I say... and you think ... ?
1. Mist ::light rain
2. Eating ::food
3. Beacon ::I actually thought two things within a split second: 1) Beacon, New York (map) 2) Beacon Theatre
Beacon, New York's about an hour north of New York City, depending on traffic, probably usually like 90 minutes, on the east side of the Hudson River. My dad took me there a few times as a kid, to a very cool model railroad display and store.
The Beacon Theatre is in New York City... which is the Capital of the World. I saw Phil Lesh & Friends at the Beacon in the Spring & Fall of 2000. I think the Allman Brothers Band owns the place now, or at least that's what it seems like, since they play like 20 shows in 4 weeks there each spring, or something like that.
4. Speaker ::Of The House... Newt Gingrich. Is he still Speaker? Is Clinton still President? I just don't keep up on these things. Britney News is wayyyyyyyy too important, and other celebrity news, of course. No time for politics. How lame.
5. Episodes :: of Law & Order... which I've only seen like twice and not since like 1995, but I've seen Law & Order: SVU dozens of times, it's a great freakin' show, often very disturbing subject matter but always compelling to the last drop. Not sure why that show name popped into my mind, I haven't watched in so many months... I'm taking a break from it that way if I start watching it again it'll be Fresh like that Prince of Bel-Air.
6. Conference ::Of Champions ... alright, that makes NO sense. I guess I can be thankful I didn't have an immediate answer that made sense 'cause that might mean I put on a suit to attend conferences of some kind which, thank God, I do not.
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