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Lost Angels
I’m driving to Los Angeles today to meet up with my colleagues on the Emerging Leader Council of Americans for the Arts for our annual Winter Meeting and planning session. We’ll spend two days working out how we want to spend our year together, what we can do for Emerging Leader networks nationally, and what […]
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Coming Soon!
Featuring Randall Mann, CAConrad, Lloyd Schwartz, Edward Field, David Trinidad, Forrest Hamer, Alfred Corn, Scott Hightower, Timothy Liu, Tom Healy, Frank Bidart, Joseph Campana, Wayne Koestenbaum, Regie Cabico, Paul Lisicky, Jericho Brown, Peter Covino, Rigoberto Gonzalez, Rafael Campo, Jason Schneiderman, Michael Klein, D.A. Powell, Mark Doty, Reginald Shepherd, Douglas A. Martin, Mike Albo, Richard […]
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New Resolution
In keeping with the spirit of the New Year, starting over, and staying fresh, I’ve updated my website, combined it with my blog, given it all a nice redesign, and shifted over to using WordPress to do it all. Stay tuned!
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A Quantification of the Day Before, the Day After, and New Year’s Eve
Number of Theme Parks visited: 3Total theme park hours clocked: 31.5Total different number of rides ridden: 21Total number of actual rides: 33 Oldest ride ridden: technically, Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage, which debuted on July 18, 1955 as the 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea ride. Most ridden ride: Apocalypse, Six Flags (6 rides)Most rides in one […]
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2011 Favorite Albums / 1. Florence + The Machine, Ceremonials
Florence + The Machine Ceremonials Music Math: Kate Bush + Peter Gabriel + Annie Lennox + David Bowie Best Tracks: “Only If for a Night,” “Shake It Out,” “What the Water Gave Me,” “Breaking Down,” “No Light, No Light,” “All This and Heaven Too” Representative Lyrics: “Regrets collect like old friends / here to relieve […]
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2011 Favorite Albums / 2. Foster the People, Torches
Foster the People, Torches Music Math: David Bowie + A-ha Best Tracks: “Helena Beat,” “Pumped Up Kicks,” “Call It What You Want,” “Houdini” Representative Lyrics: “All the other kids with the pumped up kicks / you better run, better run / outrun my gun / All the other kids with the pumped up kicks / […]