I posted some notes from last night’s Y event with Mos Def on the 92Y Blog. Turns out he’s not just for white people, though folks of all colors will love the new stuff he’s been working on with Madlib. It had Anthony DeCurtis nodding.
Posts on 92Y
Mugging for the Camera
13 Feb 2008
The Y blog received a nice plug in MUG today.
Given the number of performances, talks and events at the 92nd St. Y, you’d expect a blog about same to be compelling reading and viewing (lots of videos). And so it is.
Better Living Through Wikipedia
25 Apr 2007
Because Wikipedia never stops enlightening me, and because Citizendium (the “elitist, anti net-cultural counter-project to Wikipedia,” as summed up by Florian Cramer) never stops boring me, I thought I’d post an annotated list of recent Wikipedia contrails. None of the following items can be found on Citizendium, and I’m not about to apply for the ..
Award Tour
19 Apr 2007
Work, travel and ironing have been consuming potential updates to this site but the 92nd Street Y summer season is now live. Go buy yourself an art class.
I’m also pleased to report that the New York Society of Association Executives just awarded us with the 2007 Cyberspace Award for 92Y.org in the donor ..
History Blogging is the New Twitter
22 Mar 2007
We’re on a history kick at the 92nd Street Y today. It’s all because of Shorpy.
Dial-a-Joke with Steve Wozniak
20 Nov 2006
Steve Wozniak with David Lee Roth: The Metal Years.
Q: What did Steve Wozniak say to the Pope?
A: “This is Henry Kissinger calling on behalf of President Richard Nixon at the summit in Moscow.”
Read more from Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak’s appearance at the 92nd Street Y last night. He’s not as quotable as ..
Scribbling Furiously at the 92nd Street Y
13 Nov 2006
Results of recent note-taking at 92Y events:
Gore Vidal: “The last time I sat on this stage, I was afflicted by a fly. An awful fly that kept buzzing around my head as I spoke. After a while, I realized the fly was the late Truman Capote.”
Gary Panter: “Paul [Reuben, aka Pee Wee Herman] ..
Providence’s DIY Wunderground
10 Oct 2006
Providence types may be interested in this set of shoddy cameraphone pics I just uploaded to Flickr. They were surreptitiously taken at the RISD Museum’s blow-out exhibition, WUNDERGROUND: Providence, 1995 to the present.
New York-based Providence types may be interested in the fact that tonight, October 10, Gary Panter and Matt Groening will be ..
