Wrapping up the NY posts
I have been back from New York for several days, fighting a cold and playing catch up from the trip. But before moving forward on what is new, I wanted to bring some closure to the trip blog before moving forward.
On Tuesday I worked till about 4, had a couple meetings read some contracts and sent some e-mails around. On the way to Mike's office I popped into the MoMA's store and picked up some presents. 1 for Mike Daubert at the Animation Farm and another for my niece, who has a birthday party on the Sunday when I get back to Houston. One of my later meetings got cancelled so I called Mandy and we quickly made our way to the Museum of Natural History.
The Museum is really amazing, but it also somewhat surreal. It could easily also be called The Museum of Goofy Taxidermy. Most of our photos did not turn out due to our cameras inability to take indoor photos.
After the museum, we changed, then made our way to Broadway to check out "Talk Radio," with Liev Schreiber.
The play was excellent. Somehow, Mandy got us front row tickets- dead center. If we would have stood up, we could have slapped the actors. Props fell from the stage right in front of us. I wanted to snag a couple from the floor as souvenirs, but my wife has more scruples than I do.
If you are in New York, and have a chance- go see this play. Liev Schreiber is truly amazing. I listen to a lot of talk radio. My theory is to listen to extremes on both sides of the political spectrum. I listen to Ingram, O'Reilly, Savage, Air America, and 2 of the BBC daily broadcasts, a few of the NPR podcasts, the NY Times podcasts, and a few more when I can.
The script was interesting because it explores the relationship between artist and the unseen audience in this world that has party apparatchiks mixing entertainment with news. After the play, Mandy and I went to Da Tomasso, an Italian Restaurant in Hell's Kitchen that Mike recommended, and I waxed pretentious about the play.
On Wednesday I had several meetings. I had a bad start, taking an uptown train for two stops instead of a downtown train, and barely made it to Mike's office on time. The meetings went well. I had lunch with Mike and his Dad, who ran American Artists before Mike did. We listened to him tell stories of the old days of being an art rep, back when most of the art was done in oils and there were no computers. One of my meetings was at the Comedy Central offices in the Newsweek building, which was a thrill to see. After that meeting Mandy, Mike and I went to have dinner and drinks with a current client at the fancy Dream Hotel around the corner.
Thursday was a bit hectic, we had to leave at 5am on Friday to catch our plane. I had some more meetings, and then left around 5pm to make the train to Brooklyn. In Brooklyn, we met Tom Fulp (middle) and Tim from Newgrounds.
I had never met Tom or Tim before, but it was like we had known each other for a long time. Newgrounds runs the Captain Capitalism cartoons, and Tom has been nice enough to help me out and sponsor the last cartoon. These are simply great folks. I had a blast talking about Flash games, the next version of Flash, the internet market, and many other things. I even got a sneak peek at some of the Newgrounds redesign.
Barrcade itself is a cool place. It is a small bar with great beers that is encircled by old arcade games, which as you may know from the Captain Capitalism arcade machine I made, or the arcade machines we made at Powerhouse, I have soft spot for these things.
The really cool thing is they have a high score board, that people from all around the world come to compete for. The way I was told, people from Austria will come to defend their scores if someone usurps them at Blasteroids.
On Tuesday I worked till about 4, had a couple meetings read some contracts and sent some e-mails around. On the way to Mike's office I popped into the MoMA's store and picked up some presents. 1 for Mike Daubert at the Animation Farm and another for my niece, who has a birthday party on the Sunday when I get back to Houston. One of my later meetings got cancelled so I called Mandy and we quickly made our way to the Museum of Natural History.
The Museum is really amazing, but it also somewhat surreal. It could easily also be called The Museum of Goofy Taxidermy. Most of our photos did not turn out due to our cameras inability to take indoor photos.
After the museum, we changed, then made our way to Broadway to check out "Talk Radio," with Liev Schreiber.
The play was excellent. Somehow, Mandy got us front row tickets- dead center. If we would have stood up, we could have slapped the actors. Props fell from the stage right in front of us. I wanted to snag a couple from the floor as souvenirs, but my wife has more scruples than I do.
If you are in New York, and have a chance- go see this play. Liev Schreiber is truly amazing. I listen to a lot of talk radio. My theory is to listen to extremes on both sides of the political spectrum. I listen to Ingram, O'Reilly, Savage, Air America, and 2 of the BBC daily broadcasts, a few of the NPR podcasts, the NY Times podcasts, and a few more when I can.
The script was interesting because it explores the relationship between artist and the unseen audience in this world that has party apparatchiks mixing entertainment with news. After the play, Mandy and I went to Da Tomasso, an Italian Restaurant in Hell's Kitchen that Mike recommended, and I waxed pretentious about the play.
On Wednesday I had several meetings. I had a bad start, taking an uptown train for two stops instead of a downtown train, and barely made it to Mike's office on time. The meetings went well. I had lunch with Mike and his Dad, who ran American Artists before Mike did. We listened to him tell stories of the old days of being an art rep, back when most of the art was done in oils and there were no computers. One of my meetings was at the Comedy Central offices in the Newsweek building, which was a thrill to see. After that meeting Mandy, Mike and I went to have dinner and drinks with a current client at the fancy Dream Hotel around the corner.
Thursday was a bit hectic, we had to leave at 5am on Friday to catch our plane. I had some more meetings, and then left around 5pm to make the train to Brooklyn. In Brooklyn, we met Tom Fulp (middle) and Tim from Newgrounds.
I had never met Tom or Tim before, but it was like we had known each other for a long time. Newgrounds runs the Captain Capitalism cartoons, and Tom has been nice enough to help me out and sponsor the last cartoon. These are simply great folks. I had a blast talking about Flash games, the next version of Flash, the internet market, and many other things. I even got a sneak peek at some of the Newgrounds redesign.
Barrcade itself is a cool place. It is a small bar with great beers that is encircled by old arcade games, which as you may know from the Captain Capitalism arcade machine I made, or the arcade machines we made at Powerhouse, I have soft spot for these things.
The really cool thing is they have a high score board, that people from all around the world come to compete for. The way I was told, people from Austria will come to defend their scores if someone usurps them at Blasteroids.
New York was a blast, but I have gotten a bit behind and some of the things I learned and talked to folks about in New York just added to my to do list. But exciting things are on the way, stay tuned...
posted by Captain Capitalism at 9:53 PM
1 Comments:
great pictures but they're all so small!!
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