And so it begins. Not with a bang but a brrrrrr. On January 5th, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo laid down his first State of the State address in a freezing cold auditorium at the Empire State Plaza Convention Center in Albany. The space wasn't frigid by accident. The "meat locker"* temp at the Center drove some older legislators to wrap themselves in blankets.
Once upon a wasted time (circa late 1970's and early 80's) I hung on New York City's downtown art/music scene. The scene never fit me, I tried to fit it. Which was one of the stupidest things I've ever done. My only excuse is that I was caught in a spiritual downdraft. Couldn't see how deeply the Punk New Wave No Wave Ironic Transgressive thing wasn't me. Its gods weren't mine.
As ya'll may recall, Sir Mix-a-Lot's seminal ode to humongous booty hammered home the refrain "I like big butts." The Klown Execs' genius lay in changing the refrain to "I like big bucks." Transforming the piece into a WaMu stadium anthem by metaphorically morphing ass(ets) into cash.
I confess. I had a 15 minute fling with Barack Obama in presidential primary time. The memory of going O, if only for a few mad moments, humbles me. Whenever I start feeling smarty pants, a little voice says "Hey, remember how you bought that crock of Obama?"
Jersey Shore? Fuhgeddaboudit. Jersey City is the gem of reality TV. Shore is MTV. Jersey City is FBI. Like, how real is that? Killer videos of pols talking trash and passing cash have been unspooling in federal court in Newark at the trial of Jersey City Deputy Mayor Leona Beldini. Beldini was busted last summer in an FBI sweep that corralled dozens of Jersey pols. It was one of the largest corruption roundups in Jersey's thick history of roundups.
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