Top 10 George W. Bush Moments

Diese Aufnahmen kommen eher ohne Worte aus: Die schönsten Bush-Szenen versammelt in der David Letterman Show vom 23. Februar 2006.

The Voice Of The City

Hobo to entire platform: "You've seen cripple fights. You've seen hobo boxing. Now prepare yourselves for rich white assholes pushing to get on the train. [Train pulls in.] Briefcases may be used as shields. Good luck, folks."
4/5 platform, Union Square, overheard by Orson

Täglicher Pflichtbesuch hier - bei der Stimme der Stadt: Overheard in New York

From above

New York von oben ist einfach klasse: Meine Liebe hat mich zu meinem 40sten mit einem Helikopter-Rundflug über Manhattan überrascht. Das Video dazu gibt's hier bei Youtube.

Was hier zu sehen ist: Wir fliegen den Hudson River hinauf in Richtung Norden. Östlich von uns liegt Manhattan, ihr erkennt den Central Park und das Dakota (wo John Lennon gewohnt hat). Gerade nördlich der Mitte des Central Park liegt das Jacqueline O. Kennedy-Reservoir mitten im Central Park. Etwas nördlich vom Central Park nahe dem Ufer des Hudson River erkennt ihr eine große Kirche: die Riverside Church mit dem höchsten Kirchturm der Stadt (Tipp: Besichtigung interessant und kostenlos - gute Sicht). Davor seht ihr "Grant's Thomb", das Grabmal für den Bürgerkriegs-General und späteren US-Präsidenten.

Bahamavention on the subway

Wer diesen Herrn sieht, reitet wahrscheinlich gerade "the beast" - sitzt also in der New Yorker Subway - und stiert notgedrungen auf die Werbeplakate über den Zugfenstern. Denn es ist Frühjahr, Pläne werden geschmiedet, und nun werben gerade statt der Alkoholproduzenten, Privatschulen und Schönheitsoperateuren die Reiseveranstalter. Die "Bahamavention"-Kampagne des dortigen Touristenbüros verspricht nichts weniger als die Wiedererfindung des Selbst auf den Bahamas. Wer etwas wacher ist, als sich von einem Unternehmen neu erfinden zu lassen, weil er eh schon aussieht wie seine eigene Schrankwand, hat nun die Möglichkeit, sich andernorts und anderweitig verführen zu lassen:


"Cheat on New York" fordert uns Zurückgebliebene die Fluggesellschaft Delta auf und wirbt auf nämlichen Plakaten mit fantastischen Bildern von Kirchen in Bukarest, Seide in Accra, den Mayatempeln in Südamerika - und für Deutschland mit den unvermeidlichen Fässern der Spaten-Brauerei.

"Home On The Range"

"Home On The Range" at Ken's studio - backed by the Yayhoos! East Village, 11th St. studio on 03/25/2007.

Why I Hate Blogging And Bloggers

Why I Hate Blogging And Bloggers
(New Yorker, 1/2007)

New York City "Ghetto" Fish Market, 1903

Fine panoramic view of this busy market on a Friday morning. Immense throngs of people are seen passing along the stands and making their selections of fish. A great character study." Thomas Alva Edison, 1903.

The view, photographed from an elevated camera position, looks down on a very crowded New York City street market. Rows of pushcarts and street vendors' vehicles can be seen. The precise location is difficult to ascertain, but it is certainly on the Lower East Side, probably on or near Hester Street, which at the turn of the century was the center of commerce for New York's Jewish ghetto. Located south of Houston Street and east of the Bowery, the ghetto population was predominantly Russian, but included immigrants from Austria, Germany, Rumania and Turkey. According to a description in a 1901 newspaper, an estimated 1,500 pushcart peddlers were licensed to sell wares (primarily fish) in the vicinity of Hester Street. At one point the film seems to follow three official looking men (one in a uniform) as they walk among the crowd. They may be New York City health inspectors, who apparently monitored the fish vendors closely.

More detailed Info here at the Library of Congress.

Roosevelt Island, 1903

Thomas A. Edison Inc. footage of Roosevelt Island, formerly Blackwell's Island, on May 20th 1903.

This film was photographed from a boat ... all » heading south along the eastern shore of Blackwell's Island (known today as Roosevelt Island). The island lies in the East River, between Manhattan (which can be seen in the background) and Long Island City, Queens. It is approximately one and three-quarters of a mile long, extending from 51st Street to 88th, and at the time of the filming was the location for a number of New York City's charitable and penal institutions. The film opens showing the lighthouse at the north end of the island (Hallet's Cove) [Frame: 0186].

As the boat enters the east channel of the river, the stacks of a large brewery on Manhattan are visible in the distance [0542]. The camera pans along the island's granite seawall (built by inmates of the Penitentiary and Workhouse) and the following buildings, in order of appearance, are shown: the New York City Lunatic Asylum [0956]; the Workhouse [1274]; the Almshouse [1524]; piers for the Queensborough (or 59th Street) Bridge, which upon completion in 1908 will span 135 feet above the island [2388]; the Almshouse Keeper's House (originally the home of the Blackwell family, who had once owned the island) [2730]; the Penitentiary [3646]; Charity Hospital [4140]. The film ends before reaching the southern tip of the island.

Other rare films can be seen at the Library Of Congress

The El at 104th St

104th Street Curve, New York, Elevated Railway.
April 22, 1899, Thomas Alva Edison

New York Police Parade, June 1st 1899

Thomas Alva Edison, New York Police Parade, June 1st 1899