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Cities - Talking Heads

Think of London, a small city

It's dark, dark in the daytime
The people sleep, sleep in the daytime
If they want to, if they want to

I'm checking them out
I'm checking them out
I got it figured out
I got it figured out
There's good points and bad points
Find a city
Find myself a city to live in.

There are a lot of rich people in Birmingham
A lot of ghosts in a lot of houses
Look over there!...A dry ice factory
A good place to get some thinking done

Down El Paso way things get pretty spread out
People got no idea where in the world they are
They go up north and come back south
Still got no idea where in the world they are.
Did I forget to mention, to mention Memphis
Home of Elvis and the ancient Greeks
Do I smell? I smell home cooking
It's only the river, it's only the river.

Jeremiah Moss - On Cities Changing

Jeremiah Moss's Vanishing New York blog has served me, and countless other New Yorkers like me, of the city's change for the worse.

His new book Vanishing New York: How a Great City Lost Its Soul, has been extremely helpful as I put in perspective my departure of New York City. Both Jeremiah and I have been New Yorkers for the same period of over 20 years. I believe we've crossed paths multiple times as we took in the vanishing bars, movie houses, bookshops, cafés, concert venues, and specialty shops.

Here's a passage from the conclusion of his book, which really struck a chord with me...

For generations, New Yorkers have both celebrated a grieved the city's changeability. Harper's claimed in 1856 that New York is "never the same city for a dozen years together. A man born in New York forty years ago finds nothing, absolutely nothing, of the New York he knew." More recently, Colson Whitehead declared: "You are a New Yorker when what was there before is more real and solid than what is there now." Fair enough. But as I hope this book has illustrated, the nature of urban change has changed. As Adam Gopnik put it, "Cities change. It is their nature. Those which stop changing stop being cities. Cities that change entirely, though, cease to be themselves." For years now, New York hasn't been itself. It is being de-urbanized.

Reality Bites
The New Yorker Review

The Story and Sounds of
THE HAUNTED MANSION

This is the most formative album of my youth. I think I played it so many times that it turned as white as a ghost.

I didn't even mind that the main dude sounded like Richie from Happy Days.

BARB
(from STRANGER THINGS
LIVES!

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THE WEEK IN Pokémon Go

YOUR WEEKLY RECAP IN

POKÉMON GO

Pokémon Go Began as Google April Fool's Challenge

- Toledo Blade

Is Pokémon Go's Success Sustainable
- The New Yorker

Man Shot At Teens Playing Pokémon Go
- Orlando Sentinel

Pokémon Go Causes Mayhem in New York's Central Park
- CDA News

Pokémon Go Gamers Figure Out Eeveelution
- Tech Times

Find Your PokéStops on Yelp!

- TechRadar

Just Bieber plays Pokémon Go Near Central Park

- New York Daily News

Man Quits Job in Order to Catch All the Pokémon

- Mashable

These Are Pokémon Go's Rarest Pokémon

- Polygon

Police Body Cam Catches Distracted Pokémon Go Driver Crashing

- ABC News

Bosnian Pokémon Go Players In Danger of Catching Landmines

- Time

Pokémon Go May Give Apple $3 Billion Boost

- CNN Money

Ignoring Pokémon Go Is A Huge Business Mistake

- Inc

Pokémon Go FINALLY Launches In Japan

- TechCrunch

A Pokémon Go Dating App For Catching Pokémates

- USA Today

How Millennial Nostalgia Fueled the Success of Pokémon Go

- KOMO News

A Pokémon Go Playing Reporter Gets OWNED During A State Dept Briefing

- Gamespot

AND POWER UP WITH THESE
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• How to Clear Your Bag For Space

• Stay Away From Fake Pokémon Go Apps

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• How To Train And Evolve Your Pokemon In 'Pokemon GO'

• Top 10 Pokemon Go Game Tips and Tricks Everyone Should Know

• Pokemon Go Cheats: Where To Find Pokestops and Pokemon Gyms

• How to Save Your Phone's Battery While Playing Pokémon Go

• The beginner's guide to Pokémon Go: A FAQ on how to catch 'em all

• Pokemon Go items: the best unlockables to buy

• How to request or remove PokeStops and gyms

I Still Love You
NEW YORK

This past July I celebrated my 20th anniversary as a resident of the greatest city in the world - NEW YORK, NEW YORK.

On today's somber anniversary, here's a lighter reflection on just some of the amazing experiences my move to New York City has afforded me...

- I've been yelled at, and sort of fired, by Harvey Weinstein...

- I partied with Rudy Giuliani at Gracie Mansion on the Fourth of July..

- Um, yeah. Okay. Worked for Lorne Michaels...

- Ended up in an amateur Beat poetry reading in a Greenwich Village apartment...

- Modeled for the cover of an R L Stine book...

- Programmed the movies and Warner Bros. cartoons for the Bryant Park Film Festival for two Summers...

- Helped develop a float for the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade...

- Hung out backstage at Carnegie Hall with John Lithgow...

- Co-Created and Co-Host of one of New York City's first, and longest running comedy podcasts, mentioned by The Wall Street Journal and Time Magazine ...