Snowflakes on Saks Fifth Ave - NYC
Cartoon of the Day. For more from this week’s issue: http://nyr.kr/O2gcux
Truer words have seldom been spoken! - RH
Mr. Radio New York (even after all these years): Billy Joel.
This is Summer, Highland Falls:
They say that these are not the best of times
But they’re the only times I’ve ever known
And I believe there is a time for meditation
In cathedrals of our own
Now I have seen that sad surrender in my lovers’ eyes
I can only stand apart and sympathize
For we are always what our situations hand us
It’s either sadness or euphoria
And so we’ll argue and we’ll compromise
And realize that nothing’s ever changed
For all our mutual experience
Our separate conclusions are the same
Now we are forced to recognize our inhumanity
A reason coexists with our insanity
And so we choose between reality and madness
It’s either sadness or euphoria
How thoughtlessly we dissipate our energies
Perhaps we don’t fulfill each others fantasies
And as we stand upon the ledges of our lives
With our respective similarities
It’s either sadness or euphoria
So, just back home from a week in New York… I’ve had two important American songwriters stuck in my head all week. The first is George Gershwin. The second, mostly because he was on the radio pretty much ubiquitously throughout the week, is Billy Joel.
This is a clip of that quintessential New Yorker, Leonard Bernstein, playing and conducting Gershwin’sRhapsody in Blue.
Part II is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgPV0jLmdSM&feature=channel&list=UL
I’ll post something from Billy Joel shortly.
- RH
I’m about to head out with my New York friends to see the Tony-winner for Best Play, “Clybourne Park,” on Broadway. I’m excited about it — so excited that I’m almost fashionably dressed for the occasion (I find good fashion sense to be an utterly elusive concept for some reason). Afterwards, a feast of New York Italian fare… And, you know, sometimes it’s good to be an American. This is one of those times!
- RH
Just got tickets to go see Clybourne Park on Broadway with my dear friend, http://spookychan.tumblr.com/
The story has picked up a Pulitzer Prize, an Olivier Award, and the Tony Award for Best Play. Critics has raved about the production. For an overview, here’s Frank Rich’s article about the play in New York Magazine: “Post-Racial Farce”
I’m looking forward to it — even if the seats are a bit dodgy!
- RH
I just booked a flight from Paris, France to New York City! I’ll be in New York for eight days, including for the 4th of July! Most importantly, I’ll be getting to visit my dear friend, Chandra! - RH