From the Gothamist Newsmap: serious trauma on 4th Ave and 12th St in Brooklyn, a large brush fire on Van Name Ave and Wilcox St on Staten Island and an Amber Alert canceled on 7th Ave in Manhattan.
Over 650 trees and shrubs have been planted on the High Line; the first section will open this June.
City Council Speaker Christine Quinn will once again opt out of marching in New York's St. Patrick's Day Parade and instead celebrate in Washington with the president.
You know, I've met Fallon on multiple occasions; I've gotten drunk with Fallon on multiple occasions. Still, I was not excited to hear he was going to replace Conan, (sorry Jimmy.)
Watching PE on the show last night raised my estimation of his potential x 100. Hats off to his producer, b/c that guy is a f'ing genius. Bring the Noise!
Following that sentiment, I went to HS a few miles from where the Tawana Brawley event occurred. Afterwards, I met Spike Lee, who was filming "Malcolm X," a few yards from my high school. He was very nice to field Qs from a bunch of totally white HS kids. I asked him if he thought that there would every be racial reconciliation btw blacks and whites (the tension at the time was beyond anything anyone could could imagine today.)
Lee responded very frankly: "I don't know. Things look pretty bad."
A few years later I was watching Public Enemy stage a show with thrash-metal band Anthrax. The crowd was mixed. It may have been one of the most socially encouraging moments I've ever experienced.
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How could they leave out Orson Welles in The Lady From Shanghai?
Lauren Ingraham?
Is that the conservative talk radio host in Guy and Dolls now?
How do you misspell Meghan McCain when it's in the headline of the article?
You know, I've met Fallon on multiple occasions; I've gotten drunk with Fallon on multiple occasions. Still, I was not excited to hear he was going to replace Conan, (sorry Jimmy.)
Watching PE on the show last night raised my estimation of his potential x 100. Hats off to his producer, b/c that guy is a f'ing genius. Bring the Noise!
Following that sentiment, I went to HS a few miles from where the Tawana Brawley event occurred. Afterwards, I met Spike Lee, who was filming "Malcolm X," a few yards from my high school. He was very nice to field Qs from a bunch of totally white HS kids. I asked him if he thought that there would every be racial reconciliation btw blacks and whites (the tension at the time was beyond anything anyone could could imagine today.)
Lee responded very frankly: "I don't know. Things look pretty bad."
A few years later I was watching Public Enemy stage a show with thrash-metal band Anthrax. The crowd was mixed. It may have been one of the most socially encouraging moments I've ever experienced.