carnegie hall

It's been awhile since I've done something really "new york-y" so I was excited to visit Carnegie Hall. While the show was pretty incredible, I also enjoyed the Rose Museum which showcased some incredible gems from the venue's one hundred and twenty year history.

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reading, watching, listening

Reading: The Passage

Watching: Upstairs Downstairs

  

Listening: Lee Fields

reading, watching, listening

Reading: Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

Watching: Birdsong, Masterpiece Theater

Listening: Fun, Some Nights

summer jams

I'm rediscovering the beauty of the outdoor concert. So far, I've seen Wilco, Lee Fields (above), Patrick Watson and Neko Case - all awesome.
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reading, watching, listening

Reading: The Fortress of Solitude by Jonathan Lethem

Watching: John Adams

Listening: Wilco

reading, watching, listening

Reading: Bossypants by Tina Fey

Watching: Mildred Pierce

Listening: Best Coast, The Only Place

the great googa mooga

Jeff and I spent yesterday at the first annual Googa Mooga festival of music, food and wine (it's the same producer as Outside Lands). Although the festival was a bit disorganized, we both enjoyed performances by Hall & Oates (above), a Q&A with Anthony Bourdain, bacon wrapped hot dogs and lots and lots of wine.

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reading, watching, listening

Reading: The Rules of Civility by Amor Towles

Watching: Boardwalk Empire, Season 1

Listening: Hall and Oates (who I'm seeing LIVE on Sunday!)

reading, watching, listening

Reading: Love and Shame and Love by Peter Orner

Watching: Shameless, Season 1

Listening: Dr. Dog, Shame Shame

The theme was coincidental, I swear!

reading, watching, listening

Reading: DV by Diana Vreeland

Watching: Downton Abbey

Listening: Loverboy, Brett Dennen

reading, watching, listening

Reading: A Visit from the Goon Squad

Watching: Bored to Death

Listening: Smile, The Beach Boys

reading, watching, listening

Reading: Little Bee

Watching: Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work

Listening: Foster the People

reading, watching, listening

Reading: The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest

Watching: The Tudors Final Season

Listening: The Temper Trap

reading, watching, listening

Reading: Freedom by Jonathan Franzen

Watching: Nurse Jackie

Listening: Florence and the Machine

natural history museum

The Natural History Museum hosts a concert series on the first Friday of every month, aptly named First Fridays. Co-hosted with KCRW, the band sets up in the African Hall while the North American Hall serves as a bar. The museum is open late and doesn't look any different from when I last visited, which was probably twenty years ago.

The gem room was always my favorite though.

downtown adventure day: part four

The last stop of the day (well, the last stop that I took decent photos of) was the Frank Gehry designed Walt Disney Concert Hall. Its a fairly imposing structure, so its probably best to let the photos speak for themselves.

A ton more photos here.

bagels and bongos

There was an exhibit at the Contemporary Jewish Museum called "Jews on Vinyl," exploring the history of Jewish recorded music from the 1940s to the 1980s. I'm not sure this is going to funny to anyone that isn't a Jew (or married to one) but I thought the titles and covers of the albums were hilarious.





This one is my favorite.