I’m sorry, Jerry, but, much as I loved Bee Movie, I don’t have time for film and television anymore. I’m far too busy working on the project that has become my lifeblood — the Surowieckipedia. For decades, people have asked me questions about myself — how I’m doing, where I’m from, where I went to [...]
Archive for February 2009
David Byrne at Radio City Music Hall
28 Feb 2009Last night was possibly the best concert I’ve ever seen. David Byrne is a great musician, a first-rate showman, and very classy man. And he can still sing better than almost anyone else out there. Approximate set list, if you dare to jump:
U2 At Fordham
27 Feb 2009According to America’s oldest continuously published newspaper, the Hartford Courant, the popular Irish rock group U2 will be playing a show at Fordham University in the Bronx. Apparently, the band actually offered NYU $100,000 for the right to perform/occupy the third floor of the Kimmel Center, but were deemed “neither hip nor relevant.” Yellowcard will [...]
Evan Osnos discovers China’s definition of “Western food”
23 Feb 2009Spaghetti.
Nick Paumgarten knows why New York smells like maple syrup
23 Feb 2009I often stroll the windy canyons of Park Avenue with scarf tight, hands jammed in pockets, and winter cap secure, leaving only my nose exposed to the New York air. This, naturally, leads me to dwell upon the scents I encounter during my flâneur, and, of late, I have noticed a preponderance of maple in [...]
New Recurring Feature
06 Feb 2009… In which I will read the short descriptions of the latest posts on the newyorker.com blogs and construct what I imagine said posts might say. I shall call this category of entries “The Imaginary New Yorker Blog”
