New York's currently: keeping its head down Previously mentioned National Guardsman Optimus Prime now has his own blog, in addition to his website. U.K. will not attack Syria or Iran. Saddam speech suspiciously mentions Nelly song from last summer. Hong Kong sends 213 Sars victims to isolation
Reading Nick Hornby’s new collection, Songbook, a birthday present from a friend, and I’m very happy. Hornby’s books do that to me. I should be doing work, but I’ve been on the couch for three hours and I’m almost finished, sadly, two cups of coffee
New York's currently: quite happily 26 Military boots Geraldo out of Iraq. American Airlines reaches last-minute date with unions to avoid immediate bankruptcy. Seymour Hersh on Rumsfeld's micromanaging of the war, and the failures of 'shock & awe.' States scrambling, slashing, and begging
Life in Gotham becomes so insular occasionally, we wonder why scientists aren’t working on special inventions to make our lives easier. Luckily, the TMN engineers are on the case.
New York's currently: waking up to the sound of helicopters for a week now 31 March: Taking the day off for a birthday, publishing will resume tomorrow. Quicktime movie of Bush/Blair serenade. Williamsburg Bridge closed, three men spotted climbing after a long night's drunk. Japan
When it comes to rock shows, there are many guidelines to be followed, and some fans do so with a religious fervor. Hear the word of the rock gods and know the truth.
New York's currently: wishing Woodwyn & Dmitri all the best U.S. calls up more than 30,000 American reinforcements. Avoid Rockefeller Center today, protesters against war-media promising 'massive civil disobedience.' Related: Regime change at CNN 'On Track,' Rumsfeld says. Taxis ditch celebrity
A conversation about life as a wino, the effects of war, heroin, Shiner, marriage and pornography, horseplay and jail, and the amount of muscles it takes to frown, between William and Sarah Hepola.
New York's currently: unplugging its media Senate votes to chop Bush's tax cut in half, down to $350B. Children scream and scatter as a headless corpse falls among them. 2001 Onion article, Bush: We must squander our nation's hard-won budget surplus on tax
Every great city is filled with a thousand untold stories. Albany, New York, however, has none. In a bout of civic service, Tobias Seamon decides to concoct a few.
