A sequel of a movie based on a videogame is the No. 1 movie in America. And people say that American culture is a wasteland…
(A lot of people would mean that sarcastically. I, however, love it. Milla Jovovich? What a country.)
Archive for September 12th, 2004
I just signed up for a continuing education course at NYU. But I can’t help thinking: I should have waited to see if Bush gets reelected.
I’d say I had about a 50-50 chance of the taxpayers having to pick up the tab, judging by W.’s convention speech.
The Post today notes the retirement of an outstanding New York City principal, Frank Mickens:
When Frank Mickens took over back in 1984, Boys and Girls HS in Bedford-Stuyvesant was one of the most violent, worst-performing schools in New York City.
Maybe even the country.
But the new principal turned Boys and Girls around with a combination of strict discipline, intolerance for lazy teachers and sheer force of will.
The school is now safe and — academically — one of the best of the city’s oft-troubled “zoned” high schools.
Mickens’ methods were unorthodox, but effective.
As the editorial notes, however, Mickens succeeded heroically despite the public school system, not because of it. His isn’t a success story so much as a tragic reminder of just how bad the rest of the system is.
Mickens was a maverick, but we can’t have a system where everyone bends the rules. What we need are less rules: from central and, far more importantly, from the union.
You should put your hands together, last but not least, for the Palomar
Published by September 12th, 2004 in Misc. Music. 0 Comments
Band recommendation: Palomar.
I couldn’t be more into their second album, Palomar II, right now. This is an extraordinarily catchy three-girls-and-one-guy band out of Brooklyn. And the best part is, through the magic of the Internet, you can check out a few of their tracks by the simple process of clicking on the following links:
Static (Palomar II)
Knockout (Palomar II)
Slingshot (Palomar)
This is what you won’t hear on evil corporate radio. Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for evil corporate radio, I just don’t listen to it and route around it every chance I get.
Anyway, through the evil corporation Amazon you can sample more tracks and buy the albums. (The self-titled first album, “Palomar,” however, is only available through the band’s Web site.)
I got down to Ground Zero for a little while yesterday afternoon, and I took these pictures. A real mixture of impressions, offered without comment — save this: Today was the first cloudy 9/11 in three years.
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