No new news New York wise - bit of a tongue twister that one. It's all so scintilating. We heart freelance work - especially when it comes from up north.
Play on, playas.
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Some folks like to get away
Take a holiday from the neighborhood
Hop a flight to Miami Beach
Or to Hollywood
But I'm taking a Greyhound
On the Hudson River Line
I'm in a New York state of mind
I've seen all the movie stars
In their fancy cars and their limousines
Been high in the Rockies under the evergreens
But I know what I'm needing
And I don't want to waste more time
I'm in a New York state of mind
It was so easy living day by day
Out of touch with the rhythm and blues
But now I need a little give and take
The New York Times, The Daily News
It comes down to reality
And it's fine with me 'cause I've let it slide
Don't care if it's Chinatown or on Riverside
I don't have any reasons
I've left them all behind
I'm in a New York state of mind
It was so easy living day by day
Out of touch with the rhythm and blues
But now I need a little give and take
The New York Times, The Daily News
It comes down to reality
And it's fine with me 'cause I've let it slide
Don't care if it's Chinatown or on Riverside
I don't have any reasons
I've left them all behind
I'm in a New York state of mind
I'm just taking a Greyhound on the Hudson River Line
'Cause I'm in a New York state of mind
-BILLY JOEL, "New York State of Mind"
Hop a flight to Miami Beach
Or to Hollywood
But I'm taking a Greyhound
On the Hudson River Line
I'm in a New York state of mind
I've seen all the movie stars
In their fancy cars and their limousines
Been high in the Rockies under the evergreens
But I know what I'm needing
And I don't want to waste more time
I'm in a New York state of mind
It was so easy living day by day
Out of touch with the rhythm and blues
But now I need a little give and take
The New York Times, The Daily News
It comes down to reality
And it's fine with me 'cause I've let it slide
Don't care if it's Chinatown or on Riverside
I don't have any reasons
I've left them all behind
I'm in a New York state of mind
It was so easy living day by day
Out of touch with the rhythm and blues
But now I need a little give and take
The New York Times, The Daily News
It comes down to reality
And it's fine with me 'cause I've let it slide
Don't care if it's Chinatown or on Riverside
I don't have any reasons
I've left them all behind
I'm in a New York state of mind
I'm just taking a Greyhound on the Hudson River Line
'Cause I'm in a New York state of mind
-BILLY JOEL, "New York State of Mind"
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
New York, London...
Paris, Milan, Tokyo, I think it's in Japan...
I think it's more than a coincidence that Jimmy James' "Fashionista" is consistently one of my Top Played songs on me iPod. Is it because I've used it to open every fashion show at WETbar in the past year? Is it because every person I know has the rap memorized? Or is it simply a prophecy of sorts?
I think it's funny that the first "rap" in the song lists some of the more fashionable cities in the world. I think it's even funnier that it lists New York and London first.
I wonder if it's telling me something - and it's not talking about the wardrobe honey, that shit is in check.
I think it's more than a coincidence that Jimmy James' "Fashionista" is consistently one of my Top Played songs on me iPod. Is it because I've used it to open every fashion show at WETbar in the past year? Is it because every person I know has the rap memorized? Or is it simply a prophecy of sorts?
I think it's funny that the first "rap" in the song lists some of the more fashionable cities in the world. I think it's even funnier that it lists New York and London first.
I wonder if it's telling me something - and it's not talking about the wardrobe honey, that shit is in check.
Monday, July 23, 2007
Hey Baby, Look At Me Go...
..from zero to hero / you better take it from a geek like me / I can save you from the original dum-dums..."
So after my little break away from work, I came back with a sense of clarity. People's bullshit becomes more apparent; eupemisms disappear; you hold on to your friends with the new and improved kung fu grip. That plus, you're on your beats. And, I'm on them.
I've been a wheeling and dealing since I got back, finalizing contracts, negotiating terms and conditions and contemplating job offers. I may be in a New York state of mind. We'll see.
On tap:
-Deborah Cox tour
-Labor Day Weekend logistics
-Possible music festival
-Getting ol' Betsy fixed, she's been stuttering a bit - makes me worry
-Gomi and Jeanie 'Cha Cha Heels' Tracy
New favorite old tune:
"From Paris to Berlin," Infernal (it's so Ace of Bass, Base, whatever)
Title and first line from Jason Mraz' "Geek in the Pink"
So after my little break away from work, I came back with a sense of clarity. People's bullshit becomes more apparent; eupemisms disappear; you hold on to your friends with the new and improved kung fu grip. That plus, you're on your beats. And, I'm on them.
I've been a wheeling and dealing since I got back, finalizing contracts, negotiating terms and conditions and contemplating job offers. I may be in a New York state of mind. We'll see.
On tap:
-Deborah Cox tour
-Labor Day Weekend logistics
-Possible music festival
-Getting ol' Betsy fixed, she's been stuttering a bit - makes me worry
-Gomi and Jeanie 'Cha Cha Heels' Tracy
New favorite old tune:
"From Paris to Berlin," Infernal (it's so Ace of Bass, Base, whatever)
Title and first line from Jason Mraz' "Geek in the Pink"
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
I Hope You Know...
...I hope you know, that this is nothing to do with you / It's personal, myself and I"
So that song in all its versions became a theme song for the weekend. It wasn't so much in the meaning, but a soundtrack of sorts. E, DJ KC and I hit O-town for a brief weekend getaway. And, we had a fucking blast.
We all had been working so much and under the most stressful of circumstances that it was a much needed decompression. We ate, shopped and danced our asses off. We met up with some E's buddies at P-House (I know what you're thinking - STOP IT) and hit the dance floor. We sang along at the top of our lungs, jumped in the middle of dance circles and grooved like the bunch of retired ravers that we are. And, of course, we drank - heavily.
The chemistry between the three of us was brilliant. We discussed how on most trips, people tend to faction off into different groups. The three of us, however, seemed to be quite the cohesive trio. Even when one part broke off, the remaining parts stuck together.
Highlights:
-DJ KC playing Frogger on Orange Blossom Trail with a really close "Game Over" - scared the FUCK out of us
-DJ KC making out with a gay boy
-Veronica's "Someone to Hold," classic dance floor moment
-6:30am breakfast buffet - had not been to bed yet, walking around in sunglasses while it's still pitch dark outside
-shopping in Puma Outlet, getting reports on how the kids have been behaving badly over the weekend
-screaming at random woman trailing me in the Adidas Outlet "Why are you following me?"
-screaming at random family standing in a doorway (one of my pet peeves) "Other people fucking exist; move it."
-E's "Create-A-Parking-Spot" Service
-Jaeger
-Pear Vodka
-Mistaking a small child for a poodle
No, big girls don't cry - they laugh and giggle like little girls.
So that song in all its versions became a theme song for the weekend. It wasn't so much in the meaning, but a soundtrack of sorts. E, DJ KC and I hit O-town for a brief weekend getaway. And, we had a fucking blast.
We all had been working so much and under the most stressful of circumstances that it was a much needed decompression. We ate, shopped and danced our asses off. We met up with some E's buddies at P-House (I know what you're thinking - STOP IT) and hit the dance floor. We sang along at the top of our lungs, jumped in the middle of dance circles and grooved like the bunch of retired ravers that we are. And, of course, we drank - heavily.
The chemistry between the three of us was brilliant. We discussed how on most trips, people tend to faction off into different groups. The three of us, however, seemed to be quite the cohesive trio. Even when one part broke off, the remaining parts stuck together.
Highlights:
-DJ KC playing Frogger on Orange Blossom Trail with a really close "Game Over" - scared the FUCK out of us
-DJ KC making out with a gay boy
-Veronica's "Someone to Hold," classic dance floor moment
-6:30am breakfast buffet - had not been to bed yet, walking around in sunglasses while it's still pitch dark outside
-shopping in Puma Outlet, getting reports on how the kids have been behaving badly over the weekend
-screaming at random woman trailing me in the Adidas Outlet "Why are you following me?"
-screaming at random family standing in a doorway (one of my pet peeves) "Other people fucking exist; move it."
-E's "Create-A-Parking-Spot" Service
-Jaeger
-Pear Vodka
-Mistaking a small child for a poodle
No, big girls don't cry - they laugh and giggle like little girls.
Thursday, July 12, 2007
Dear Tyler,
Please take that fucking block off of your blog so the rest of us can read it and make fun of you.
Love Always,
Arman
Love Always,
Arman
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
Monday, July 02, 2007
The jPhone
Ok, you guys have heard me talk about me good friend JD. At any rate, JD is good for quite a few things, one of which is having the most bad ass piece of technology available and having it before anyone else. Yeah, my boy might as well be a Trekkie. At any rate, he had to be the first of the group to have the new iPhone. JUST HAD TO BE.
So, there he is with his brand new 8GB iPhone with over a zillion patents and its exclusive deal with AT&T just thinking he's a pimp. He calls to get the bitch activated, but first they have to deactivate his old phone. Now, before we get to the main punchline of the story, JD is a lot like me in the way that his lifeline is HIS PHONE. Neither of us can survive without it. I mean, I know we're not the only ones, there are plenty of y'all out there that would just turn to dust without the communication device, right?
But, I digress, they deactivate his old phone and then tell him it'll take about 48 hours to activate the new one. GOOKED. That's all I'm saying. They got his ass good. I don't mean to laugh cause that sucks, but something has to be said about the tried and true. I mean, it's not a cliche for nothing. JD said it himself, "I'm sitting here with a $600 paperweight."
Ha.
So, there he is with his brand new 8GB iPhone with over a zillion patents and its exclusive deal with AT&T just thinking he's a pimp. He calls to get the bitch activated, but first they have to deactivate his old phone. Now, before we get to the main punchline of the story, JD is a lot like me in the way that his lifeline is HIS PHONE. Neither of us can survive without it. I mean, I know we're not the only ones, there are plenty of y'all out there that would just turn to dust without the communication device, right?
But, I digress, they deactivate his old phone and then tell him it'll take about 48 hours to activate the new one. GOOKED. That's all I'm saying. They got his ass good. I don't mean to laugh cause that sucks, but something has to be said about the tried and true. I mean, it's not a cliche for nothing. JD said it himself, "I'm sitting here with a $600 paperweight."
Ha.
Sunday, July 01, 2007
Holiday
"It's time for the good times / Forget about the bad times, oh yeah / One day to come together / To release the pressure / We need a holiday / It would be so nice..."
Less than 14 days and I get to take a much needed vacation. Five days of not worrying about ad deadlines, bookings, flights, deposits, sound checks, hitting goals, staying within budget, meal buyouts, technical riders, courtesy riders, screaming at folks to stay the hell away from my desk - NONE OF IT.
And, it's the best kind of vacation, too. Road trip. ROOOOOOOAD TRIIIIIIIIIIIP! That's all I'm saying. Where are we going? Why, the happiest place on earth of course! Well, sorta. I'm just glad some of my favorite people are coming with me to decompress - the Ferg, EBS, DJ Kim Crawford, possibly JD and perhaps one or two others. Hell to the motherfuckin' yeah.
Knowing me though, I'll be missing Atlanta after three days. However, for sanity's sake, I'm gonna take the full five days and be all smiley happy and shit.
Weekend Wrap-up:
Liquified event was amazing. We had a few glitches with the visual part of Sander Kleinenberg's set, but we won't go into detail. We followed the rider to the proverbial "T" is all I'm saying.
SKINtwo Fetish party was interesting to say the least. Most of us stood around trying to figure out how someone cleans neoprene and vinyl exactly.
On Tap:
The Muscle Pit Tour on Thursday with Robert Van Damme and Marcos Paris. It should be interesting. The "porn nights" have been getting more and more popular and Big Daddy is very encouraging about it.
On Saturday, we have Tiffany. Yes, of Celebrity Fit Club and "I Think We're Alone Now" fame. She seems really cool on the phone. We've dubbed the night "I (Heart) the 80's" and I'm going to buy the staff shirts with 80's icons on it - you know Transformers, Rubix cubes, Cabbage Patch Dolls, that type of shit. It should be good times.
All right, off to Tar-jhay to pick up some much needed supplies.
Title and first line swiped from the almighty Esther.
Less than 14 days and I get to take a much needed vacation. Five days of not worrying about ad deadlines, bookings, flights, deposits, sound checks, hitting goals, staying within budget, meal buyouts, technical riders, courtesy riders, screaming at folks to stay the hell away from my desk - NONE OF IT.
And, it's the best kind of vacation, too. Road trip. ROOOOOOOAD TRIIIIIIIIIIIP! That's all I'm saying. Where are we going? Why, the happiest place on earth of course! Well, sorta. I'm just glad some of my favorite people are coming with me to decompress - the Ferg, EBS, DJ Kim Crawford, possibly JD and perhaps one or two others. Hell to the motherfuckin' yeah.
Knowing me though, I'll be missing Atlanta after three days. However, for sanity's sake, I'm gonna take the full five days and be all smiley happy and shit.
Weekend Wrap-up:
Liquified event was amazing. We had a few glitches with the visual part of Sander Kleinenberg's set, but we won't go into detail. We followed the rider to the proverbial "T" is all I'm saying.
SKINtwo Fetish party was interesting to say the least. Most of us stood around trying to figure out how someone cleans neoprene and vinyl exactly.
On Tap:
The Muscle Pit Tour on Thursday with Robert Van Damme and Marcos Paris. It should be interesting. The "porn nights" have been getting more and more popular and Big Daddy is very encouraging about it.
On Saturday, we have Tiffany. Yes, of Celebrity Fit Club and "I Think We're Alone Now" fame. She seems really cool on the phone. We've dubbed the night "I (Heart) the 80's" and I'm going to buy the staff shirts with 80's icons on it - you know Transformers, Rubix cubes, Cabbage Patch Dolls, that type of shit. It should be good times.
All right, off to Tar-jhay to pick up some much needed supplies.
Title and first line swiped from the almighty Esther.
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