The chief would tell him, 'We certainly do. You get your butt back here safely.' |
The first thing I said to him is 'I guess I owe you a few apologies,' ... He laughed and was just very warm and gracious. |
There's been a lot of development in the neighborhood, a lot of gentrification, a lot of artists have been forced out, a lot of venues have been closed down, and we really wanted to assert the fact that we're still here and there's still amazing stuff going on down here. The festival is simultaneously looking back at this great cultural legacy, but looking forward because we want to create opportunities for the next generation of visionaries to flourish right here. |
We were doing tape backups. But with the hurricanes, we started to think about what would happen if we lost the whole building -- and how we were going to get our systems back, not just our data. |
What we can do is try to encourage the idea that the East Village is as much a place as a state of mind ... So hopefully the community can be understood by anyone with the right attitude, be they from Hoboken or Tokyo. |
Wonderful Canadian family who gave me free Canadian Scotch daily, |