Archive for the 'city mouse' Category

February 26, 2008 | Filed under: Grrr...arrgh., NYC, city mouse, misadventures

If you own a car in New York City, you know all about alternate side of the street parking and how it can take over your life.

If you don’t, then here’s a quick lesson!

“Fortune” by Great Big Sea

courtesy of the Podsafe Music Network 

February 20, 2008 | Filed under: NYC, city mouse, misadventures

Hey, I didn’t make the rules. But someone has to maintain order.

Follow the rules.

July 29, 2007 | Filed under: art, NYC, city mouse

There is a lot of terrific art in NYC’s subway system. Light installations, sculptures, musicians and mosaics. This is the only poem that I know of that is a permanent fixture.

Oddly, I titled this video “commuter’s lament” because that’s exactly what it is; turns out the name of the poem actually IS “The Commuter’s Lament”, by Norman B. Colp. It hangs in the 42nd Street/Port Authority station in the seemingly endless tunnel between 7th and 8th Avenues. I think most New Yorkers would agree that it is, without a doubt, the most depressing undergound walk in the entire city.

The music is courtesy of Podsafe Music Network and is titled “lightblueish_cry”. There is no artist information given, and no site link, which is also a little depressing.

May 5, 2007 | Filed under: city mouse, loves

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or Click Here to Play in Flash

Now here’s a MMM of M first: a repeat! With all the madness generated by the release of Spiderman 3, I thought I’d add a smidge of my own. This is from December ‘06, back before I discovered how important lighting is while shooting video.

I’m a Spiderman fan from way back. My first exposure to the famous webslinger was in audio form: “The Amazing Spider-Man, A Rockomic! From Beyond the Grave” (Buddha Records, 1972) which I played on my turntable over and over and over until it was scratched beyond recognition. I particularly loved the bizarre song chronicling Spidey and Doctor Strange teaming up to fight crime all over New York. I remember that all the parts featuring Doctor Strange scared me a bit. There were slide whistles and moaning and Twilight Zone-ish sound effects in the background whenever he spoke his lines, and he’d say things like

“In the name of the omnipotent Oshtur, I greet you. Behold what is revealed by The Eye of Agamoto.”

Doctor Strange totally freaked me out. But I always liked Spiderman even though I didn’t really follow him closely (I was more of an X-Men girl). I loved his backstory, and the simplicity of the ol’ blue and red costume.

That ol’ costume makes home decorating a snap!

January 29, 2007 | Filed under: city mouse, misadventures

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Or click here to play the MPEG4 (.mp4), which I prefer, for some reason

It’s stupid to complain about it because it is, in fact, winter but DANG it’s cold! And DANG I hate brand names plastered all over my clothing!(those two topics may seem unrelated, but they are not, I assure you)

On another seemingly unrelated (but not) note: I loves me some Play-Doh! Why aren’t more artists working in this medium? It’s easy to sculpt, comes in rad colors, dries quickly and is 89 cents for a four-pack at Target! Kindergarteners don’t know how good they got it!

Joy Bounce 2
Charlie Rowe
Courtesy of Podsafe Music Network