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Nobody told me
It’s Sunday night, 11:09pm. I am sipping champagne (real champagne) and listening to Robert Glasper Experiment. (I love that his band is called “experiment.” More things should have this label. More people should be honest about what they are doing. … Continue reading
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Tagged champagne, esplanade, expat, Gretchen Parlato, jazz, live music, mosaic, music, nostalgia, NYC, NYU, Robert Glasper, singapore, Vijay Iyer
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diversity makes me happy
I am idealist. I’ve known this for a very long time — since I was a teenager and got into arguments with my mother about reality versus the ideal. I’m very glad my mum is a pragmatist because I think … Continue reading
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Tagged art, diversity, empathy, idealism, NYC, pragmatism, realism, singapore
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Evil
I saw SRT’s production of Othello tonight, as part of Shakespeare in the park. It was good; better that I had expected, considering that last year I had been rather disappointed by the production of my favorite play, Twelfth Night. … Continue reading
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Tagged evil, NYC, Othello, Peter Sellars, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Shakespeare, SRT
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Yesterday: on finances
I didn’t post yesterday. No really big reason, I guess. I spent most of the day at home managing “life stuff” — paying bills and sorting out the logistics of a big trip this summer, not to mention navigating the … Continue reading
New York: it stays
Tonight I went for a run/walk (don’t ask) at Macritchie Reservoir Park. I had my tunes playing on my iPhone, of course. I had decided to run to a “Genius Mix” of hip-hop and rap. First there was some Kanye, then Michael Franti, then Kana’an. And j… Continue reading
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Tagged Beastie Boys, Jay-Z, Macritchie, nostalgia, NYC, singapore, The Resident Tourist, Troy Chin
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