“When the editors and publishers of our great magazines and networks want you to worry about something – child safety seats, the impact of air bags, drunken driving, insecticides on apples – they know how to make you worry. They … Read More
Author Archives: Bob Hill
Good Pictures/Bad Camera: Greetings From Asbury Park, New Jersey
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Moving On: In the Cold, Cold Night
By Bob Hill I am alone now, and I am shivering, mangled beyond all recognition in the rear pew of St. Ann’s Catholic Church. It is late now, well past 4 am, and all that’s left along the strand is … Read More
Review: Lissy Trullie @ The Mercury Lounge, 4/25
Last night, Lissy Trullie arrived at the Mercury Lounge for what should have been a triumphant return. Trullie played a similar, well-publicized CD pre-lease show at the Mercury way back in early February, 2009. That show felt more like a … Read More
Abe Lincoln on the Importance of Following Your Passion
“Every man is proud of what he does well, and no man is proud of what he does not do well. With the former, his heart is in his work, and he will do twice as much of it … Read More
Good Pictures/Bad Camera: West Village Morning
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Moving On: Wild Bobby’s Circus Story
By Bob Hill I was working the microphone of an eight-player race game located on the corner of 24th and the Boardwalk. I was living in a one-bedroom apartment less than two blocks away. My roommates were a pair of potheads named … Read More
Andre Aciman on New York City
“This is your walk and this is your moment and this is your time capsule, says the city every evening as I leave the mailroom and step outside to find the lights of Lincoln Square. This is the moment when … Read More
Good Pictures/Bad Camera: From Midtown to the Park
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