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Bytes From the Secure Big Apple
30th September 2010 | 2 comments | 0 votes yet, click here to agree or disagree
They've gone, they've skedaddled. So huzzah! Let the joybells ring, because those indeterminate world-leaders, tub-thumpers and Foreign Office types who've been in New York for the United Nations' Annual General Assembly, have finally left the building. Allow me to explain. The Colmans happen to live in Turtle Bay, a delightful little neighourhood that is within spitting distance of the United Nations complex. Popular spots include the Katharine Hepburn Memorial Garden,...
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Big Sis was one of a kind
30th July 2010 | 3 comments | 0 votes yet, click here to agree or disagree
This sweltering summer seems to have busier than ever, with the result that there has been less time to fire-up the Mac and fashion a fresh round of repartee. I've always thrived on the fact that meeting deadlines and staying busy can be stimulating. But the writing side of things has really started to gnaw away at the schedule of late. Apart from anything else, it's the task of delivering...
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Sex and Violins: Bytes From The Big Apple
21st June 2010 | 3 comments | 0 votes yet, click here to agree or disagree
Perhaps I can blame the pace of life, the infinite travelling, or a particularly intense period of multi-tasking, but the past twelve months seem to have simply flown by. After fifteen years spent pickin' 'n' grinnin' in Nashville, I can't believe that I've experienced my second equinox in New York. This time last year, springtide didn't so much spring into summer, it limped bedraggled into the solstice with the city...
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Million Dollar Bytes from the Big Apple
8th April 2010 | 1 comments | 0 votes yet, click here to agree or disagree
Following a long and successful run in Chicago, "Million Dollar Quartet" is about to open at the Nederlander Theatre on Broadway and West 41st Street. Yours truly went along to attend a preview and like the rest of the packed house, I came out totally blown away. Before expanding on the detail, a little sketching-in of background might not go amiss. "MDQ" is a celebration of Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins,...
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The Ministry of Sound Radio
18th March 2010 | 4 comments | 0 votes yet, click here to agree or disagree
It seems that hardly a day goes by without the finger of suspicion being pointed at the BBC. Googling and gossip is at an all time high, and the nation’s chattering classes and nattering networks are abuzz with criticisms and carping. The Corporation’s unfathomable remit and the indelicate quality of its output top the list of tetchy topics. Equally prickly are the budgeting excesses, ageism, political bias and that old...
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The Things We Do For Love
26th February 2010 | 0 comments | 0 votes yet, click here to agree or disagree
It comes to something when you try and escape the winter's never-ending round of extreme weather, only to be thwarted by a fresh bout of...extreme weather. That was the situation last week in New York, when the Colmans attempted to fly to Bermuda to attend the annual "Love Festival". This charming little island is only an hour and 45 minutes away, a remarkably short distance considering the diametric climate. So,... -
Bytes From the Big Apple: Gramminated
1st February 2010 | 4 comments | 0 votes yet, click here to agree or disagree
You may well have blinked and missed it because the first month of the new decade has already been and gone, along with an avalanche of glad-handed trophy shows. In those 31 short days and long nights, the entertainment world somehow managed to cram in the Golden Globes, the Screen Actors Guild Awards and, just this past weekend, the Grammys. If you included the Australian Open, the late-night slugfest between...
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Bytes From The Big Cliché.
25th January 2010 | 0 comments | 2 people like this
Turned on the TV lately? Opened up a newpaper? Visited the cinema? If the answer is in the affirmative, then chances are you'll have been subjected to some of the most hackneyed slogans known to man. The métier of marketing is as old as trade itself, so the implementation of some new and original ideas that might kick the industry up the butt is well overdue. The earliest form of...
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Bytes From the Big Apple: The French Connection
4th January 2010 | 2 comments | 0 votes yet, click here to agree or disagree
When France makes news across the planet, the focus of attention invariably revolves around Nicolas Sarkozy. This is understandable because the guy makes good copy. In fact, since taking office in 2007, the President's personal life has dominated the front pages almost as much as his position on the international stage. The hogging of the headlines did change however, when two quite different dramas escaped from the country the week...
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Bytes From the Big Apple: Misteltoe in Manhattan
16th December 2009 | 0 comments | 0 votes yet, click here to agree or disagree
I love high standards. I love the way that Times Square turns into a sea of green, red, silver and gold each and every Christmas. I love the smell of roast chestnuts wafting up from nearby street corner braziers. I love the towering Norwegian spruce that stands tall outside Rockefeller Centre. I love the fact that the Muppets jammed on Chuck Berry's 'Run, Rudolph Run' the night that the tree's...
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