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Waltzing With John Cage: A Performance of 49 Waltzes for the Five Boroughs
I'm hearing a taxi come rumbling up Jane Street, and it's going Ka-Thunk and Ka-Thunk and Ka-Thunk over a cobblestone stretch of the West Village. Now comes a pair of pedestrians, walking past me and ...
The Pogues' Shane MacGowan at 50: "Fairytale of New York"
After so many lessons, it's time for a carol.Happy birthday to Irish singer-songwriter Shane MacGowan, born December 25, 1957, who will turn 50 on Christmas Day. He is currently touring Ireland with h...
Happy Hour You Tube Party with Art Ford and Cy Coleman
I spent a lot of time today nervously awaiting the names of the New York Yankees on Senator Mitchell's list of steroid users, and now that I know that my favorite players are not on the list, it's tim...
Then We Take Berlin: Berlin in Lights Festival Underway
The Berlin in Lights festival is now underway at many venues throughout the wider New York area, celebrating the emergence of Berlin as a dynamic changing city. The rise of Berlin as a cultural center...
Weekend Frivolities: The Ho' Made Cupcake Melting in the Rain Edition
CHORUSMacArthur's Park is melting in the darkAll the sweet, green icing flowing down...Someone left the cake out in the rainI don't think that I can take it'cause it took so long to bake itAnd I'll ne...
Weekend Music Bonus: Maynard Ferguson Big Band
Walking Off the Big Apple is an illustrated walking journal of daily life in New York City with commentary on art, New Yorkers, neighborhoods, cuisine, architecture, and culture. Please visit the full...
Items From the Lost & Found: Exhibits, Lectures, Etc.
While out on my walks, I accumulate a lot of information that I would like to pass on to readers but later misplace. On occasion I recover these tidbits, large and small. I'm starting a new feature to...
Weekend Frivolities: Movie Trailer
While I put on my dark glasses and floppy hat to venture up Madison Avenue, you may be interested in a visit to the picture show. The colonel and I strolled up Broadway to the Regal Union Square Stadi...
John Cage Performs Water Walk on I've Got A Secret January 1960
Walking Off the Big Apple is an illustrated walking journal of daily life in New York City with commentary on art, New Yorkers, neighborhoods, cuisine, architecture, and culture....
Walking Off ALL the Big Apples
I work hard to establish Walking Off the Big Apple as a major brand in the culture industry. The greater corporate entity that is known at WOTBA, Inc. even envisions a vast global empire of storefront...
"A bit like London, but only more so"
From The Old Grey Whistle Test Show. Excerpt from an interview with John Lennon in New York, 1975. Also please note a completely unrelated video posted at the bottom of this page.Walking Off the Big A...
Walking Videos: Show Some Love
I don't know if you've had a chance to see the Diddy (Sean Combs) video located at the bottom of this page, but I've viewed it over and over again. You can tell that P. Diddy genuinely loves walking i...
