Oh New York Times...

I can't tell if these statements are endearing or annoying:

“Speaking of tween heartthrobs, Scott Brown is here,” the president continued. He lauded the new Republican senator from Massachusetts, who posed in an advanced state of dishabille in Cosmopolitan when he was younger, as a “politician in Washington with nothing to hide.”

-Sarah Wheaton, 1 May 2010 "Obama and Leno Share a Time Slot"

Tracks of the Times

*Explanatory Note:
To preserve memories, and allow for quick recall of past days, I organize my music library by setting the genre as the month and year I listened to particular songs ad nauseam.

* Fright Lined Dining Room - Arctic Monkeys
* I'm One of Those Girls - Born Ruffians
* Jimmy - M.I.A
* Summertime - Sam Cooke
* Chillin - Wale (Feat. Lady Gaga)
* Play the Drum - Zeph & Azeem

Una Semana Mas

There's one week left of the semester and I am not looking forward to leaving New York City, my love and my addiction.

The Daily Show as (all-inclusive) Media Critique

In response to Brian Stelter's piece on The Daily Show and Fox News, I though I'd attempt to further my theory that The Daily Show is about much more than political ideologies.

Comedy Central's Complicated Character in the 2008 Election

No Comparison

No, I don't have tickets. But you can change that!

It's Finals Time Again

The Commemoration Puzzle

August 2001 - Few cars, bright lights, dark sky, its late night lower Manhattan, and I am riding in my aunts ramshackle vehicle, with my parents and grandma. After a final day of sightseeing in New York, my aunts were making sure we had got our NYC fill before heading home to California. I still remember craning my neck out the car window, unable to see the tops of those gigantic buildings, my grandmas body pushed up against mine, as three generations of Katzer females shared the tiny backseat of my aunt's old sedan. The two towering buildings overwhelmed the night sky and my aunt asked if we wanted to go up. Exhausted and hungry, I replied with that certain confidence that can only be found in an innocent 10-year-old only child, "No..We can go up next time."

Tracks of the Times

*Explanatory Note:
To preserve memories, and allow for quick recall of past days, I organize my music library by setting the genre as the month and year I listened to particular songs ad nauseam.

March 2010

- Let's Dance - David Bowie
- Jealous Girls (New Young Pony Club 12" remix) - The Gossip
- S.L.H. (Sri Lanka High) (M.I.A. vs. The Ramones) - Jay-R
- Lucifer - Jay-Z
- An Honest M.I.A. (The Bravery vs. M.I.A.) - A plus D
- Dog on Fire - They Might Be Giants
- The Crazy - Wale

It all started with MEATJOY.

Dressed in a black polo and all-american blue jeans, Marvin Taylor looks like your average 49-year-old man. But his studded belt and single ear piercing reflect the rebel inside.

Marvin Taylor is the director of the Fales Library and Special Collections at New York University. Last Thursday, he was visiting the "Downtown Pix" exhibition at NYU’s Grey Gallery.

Back in the Day

Anyone else remember these?

No Sleep Tonight

I Love NY (Grocery Stores)

I am what the average person would call thrifty, my friends call cheap and my grandfather calls Bohemian. This obsession, and its resulting coupon clipping and price scourging come at great conflict with one of my other family passed on traits, a love for food. Blame my six + feet of length, but my consumption patterns and taste bud desires challenge my commitment to the dollar bill.

Fraunces Tavern Closure

History buffs, take note! The 240-year-old Fraunces Tavern isn’t really closed. Even though the restaurant shut down last month amid a flurry of press coverage, the three-story brick landmark building is still open -- to museum visitors.

The main floor restaurant, now hidden behind red velvet curtains, has been open on and off for the past two centuries. The last operators of this dining room filled with dark brown colonial furniture and white tablecloths closed suddenly last month due to "the national economic crisis," according to a press release from Sons of the Revolution, which owns the building.

Tracks of the Times

*Explanatory Note:
To preserve memories, and allow for quick recall of past days, I organize my music library by setting the genre as the month and year I listened to particular songs ad nauseam.

February 2010

-Laughing Gnome - David Bowie
-Down Boy - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
-Volcano - Beck
-Scared - Albert Hammond Jr.

Holi Holi Holi

So...my title picture is pretty cool, right? Well, it comes from the Hindu religious festival Holi, which happened this week. It's a dream of mine to experience this celebration, and perusing this week's slideshows has been a welcome repast from the stress of midterms and chilly New York temperatures...

Tracks of the Times

*Explanatory Note:

To preserve memories, and allow for quick recall of past days, I organize my music library by setting the genre as the month and year I listened to particular songs ad nauseam.

January 2010

-Cornerstone - Arctic Monkeys

-Cat People (Putting Out the Fire) - David Bowie

-La Resa (The Surrender) - Ennio Morricone

-Intro - The XX

2009 Music Reviews

Time to revisit some music reviews of my past:
Fanfarlo and Times New Viking.

Originally published in The Washington Square News

Tracks of the Times

*Explanatory Note:
To preserve memories, and allow for quick recall of past days, I organize my music library by setting the genre as the month and year I listened to particular songs ad nauseam.

December 2009

-Bones Bugalu - Gabriel Rios
-Kiss with a Fist - Florence And The Machine
-Telling Me Things (feat. RZA) - Blackroc
-Titus Andronicus - Titus Andronicus
-Last Christmas - Wham

NYU Student Arrested at Health Care Rally

While most students were in class or taking midterms Wednesday morning, Gallatin senior Sarah Secunda was being arrested for protesting for a single-payer health care system.

The sit-in, held at the corporate offices of WellPoint, a private health insurance provider in Lower Manhattan, drew about 80 activists, nine of whom were arrested. The protest was one of about a dozen similar demonstrations nationwide. They were part of the Mobilization for Health Care for All campaign, which uses civil disobedience to push for a single-payer universal health care plan.