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Even in a big city, it’s a small world

Last weekend a friend’s teenage daughter went to an underage concert in Queens with some friends. While at the concert, the unworldly young lady draped her jacket over her backpack – containing her wallet, keys, MetroCard and mobile phone – and left...

Embarrassments of riches

What a time to be in the US. The panic on Wall Street is trickling rather than flooding down to “Main Street”, as the Presidential candidates said so frequently in last night’s first debate. (The Australian tabloid term “Struggle Street”...

Hot, humid, jetlagged

While it’s always pretty terrific to touch down at JFK, the long-haul flight comes at a reasonable cost to one’s equilibrium. The anxiety-inducing minutes at the immigration desk straight off the plane at Los Angeles International Airport, the mind-numbing...
Rock in stages – Paul Weller and his fans

Rock in stages – Paul Weller and his fans

How much fun was it to see the Modfather himself, the ageless Paul Weller, at the Enmore Theatre on Wednesday night? I haven’t jumped around in my chair so much since – well, since a gig at the Village Vanguard in February, and then the one at Sweet Rhythm...
Sublime on the subway

Sublime on the subway

Illustrator Christoph Niemann’s poignant homage to the New York City subway can be seen here. His son Arthur’s knowledge of the subway system is almost savant-like, running like blood in his young veins. This series of captioned illustrations, which is the...
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