Tag: Times Square
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Heroes In The Off-Hours
Creatures of Times Square, they’re just like us. They count their cash… they check the mirror… they experience moments of sadness… they comfort one another… they adjust themselves… they facetime with friends… and then they head home…
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Times Square Strangers Watching Boxing Instead Of Going Home
What is it about grown men throwing punches in a ring that makes guys stop and stand and wait for one of them to fall? Tuesday, 7:08pm, the Times Square subway station. When it’s likely someone’s waiting at home for them. And each of these guys could view the same content (or better), anytime they want, on…
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Toasting The Times Square Heroes
Rick invited the Times Square street vendors up for a small party in their honor. The least we could do for these veterans, who stopped a bomb from exploding right on our corner. Here’s to you, fellas.
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Zambri Jams Right Here In The Office
Mary Zambri, who is on the sales team for MTV, has two sisters who formed a band called — you guessed it — Zambri. Mary sent me some links to their new songs, and I invited them to come jam here in the office. Zambri brought drums and bass, and when the drums kicked in,…
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Setting Up Now For The Zeno Hot Spot Party At Our Studios In Times Square
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A Shitty Job In Times Square
Every year, Charmin’s holiday poop pop-up store here in Times Square manages to thrill the toursists who just can’t contain their excrement excitement. It’s a shitty job, but somebody’s got to do it…
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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…
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This Kid Named “Foretold” Just Killed It With A Hip-Hop Set Right Here In My Office At MTV
I met Mutaurwa Mapondera (a.k.a. “Foretold“) 2 years ago, when my colleague Zach Papale, who knows more about college bands than anyone ever, played me his music. “Foretold,” as he’s known in hip-hop circles, was a student at UNC–Chapel Hill, and was already blowin’ up inside mtvU’s incubator for emerging artists, “Best Music On Campus.”…
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Something Burning Presents Ashley Simon’s “What Is Branded Entertainment?” –Episode #2
Again we sent our intrepid office mate out to find out what exactly we are supposed to be doing. Here’s Ashley Simon: Thought I’d try one more time to see if the general public could help me figure out wtf branded entertainment is. This time I ventured to my hometown in Grosse Pointe, Michigan in…
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Times Square Lost & Found: Is This Your Sandal?
Did you leave your kid’s sandal in Times Square today? If so, it’s on the Northeast corner of 44th & Broadway…