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Entries from September 2009

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009

"Unidentified Flying Projects"

Unidentified Flying Projects (n, plural): Projects that — regardless of their creative merit or commercial potential — due to the unorthodox nature of their type or their trajectory, enter the ecosystem of a media company, provoke spasms and agitation, and encounter

Monday, September 21st, 2009

Amalie Plays Glockenspiel In My Office

Amalie Bruun came by the office here at MTV in Times Square. She brought her Glockenspiel.

She sat on my window sill, we opened some wine (I may or may not have stolen) from Tony DiSanto's office, and she played us some songs.
Usually, Amalie's band backs her up. But today it's just Amalie, her glocks [...]

Monday, September 21st, 2009

Tell Me

It's almost Yom Kippur, the day of atonement.

If I have done something that hurt you this year, please email me.

Monday, September 21st, 2009

Rothko In Liverpool

In case you happen to find yourself in Liverpool, spend an afternoon at the Tate…

Mark Rothko: The Seagram Murals
2 October 2009 – 21 March 2010

Monday, September 21st, 2009

UPDATE: MTV's Peter Kay Accepts Our Challenge

We asked MTV's Peter Kay to compose a song for the corner of Thomaston State Prison left when the prison was demolished. It's a creepy architectural oddity, a stone-faced reminder of harder times, in an open field of Maine grass possibility.

Peter Kay accepted the challenge. Today, his blog Twitch premieres a new original composition ispired [...]

Friday, September 18th, 2009

I'm Following A Flight Attendant

What airline? She won't tell. All I know is that we are going to go for pizza next week, as soon as she lands.  It's Friday, and my Favorite Follow today on twitter is Heather Poole, a flight attendant.

Heather's pretty genius, with a following all her own. Her fans call themselves Laviators, a [...]