High Fidelity List Series: Top 10 Signs That Block Out Scenery And Defy Common Sense

Subtitled:
Signs, Signs, Everywhere is Signs

Background:
It all started when I found myself asking, "Have any of those huge electronic highway alert signs that came en vogue a year or two ago ever 'warned' me about anything of consequence?” The answer was a resounding, "No". I made a note to check the roadsides I travel upon for other useless signage – and believe you me; someone’s making a fortune here. If I had the political connections, I’d hand in my resignation tomorrow and open a sign manufacturing business.

Déjà Vu all Over Again: The Seven Reasons Bill Graham Closed Down The Fillmore East

Fillmore East - End of a 4 Year Run

The More Things Change, The More They Stay The Same:

In an open letter appearing on page 45 of the May 6th, 1971 edition of The Village Voice, Bill "Uncle Bobo" Graham published an open, 'Dear Friends' letter explaining his reasons for closing down the famous venues. The seven reasons he enumerated are quoted exactly as they were published - and resonate as much (if not more) today, then they did 35 years ago

Artists & Entertainers With an Honorary Street or Landmark in New Yorks Five Boroughs

Dedication: Where the streets have two names...In honor of Dave Van Ronk


Introduction: In the 5 boroughs of NYC, the most prevalent manner in which notables are honored is to name a street after them. It's essentially Gotham's metaphor to Hollywood's Walk of Fame or Chicago honoring most everyone who ever stepped foot on a sidewalk

Background: Unlike LA, where businessmen decide the honorees, NY's process is left in the hands of the city council, who approves names which mayors sign-off on. As a rule, entertainers take a back seat to fallen heroes and political hacks. Post-9/11, sign crews were very busy.

Suburban Rant: Pennysavers - The Bane Of Our Driveways

Every Saturday, come Hell or high water, rain or shine, the publisher of The Pennsaver distributes their weekly publications to every house in my neighborhood - and all 2 million homes on Long Island.

Whoever Came Up With The Concept Of Using Golf Umbrellas In Urban Settings: F.O.A.D.

Supposedly, lightning is the biggest hazard during a rainstorm -- not having your eyeballs ripped from their sockets by sidewalk SUVs.

Times have changed. For the past half dozen or so years, the ratio of conventional rain gear to golf umbrellas has continued to skew away from the side of sanity. Short of writing this worthless mini-rant, I'm helpless in either comprehending, avoiding or eliminating the wholesale use of these god-damned, Titleist & Big Bertha brand umbrellas on city sidewalks. I've been smacked upside the head 500x too often by these insensitive ombrophobiacs. My most recent wound is a decent sized, horizontal wound across my neck.

Living Like A Porko

It's kinda strange how differing factors can end up tying together into a neat little package. Add:

The fact we get tons of inane trade publications no one reads sent to the office
+ My inability to find long enough jeans (with a 36" inseam and a 31" or 32" waist size) in retail shops
Stir in a few fellow employees who pay no mind to addressee confidentiality

...And come up with a magazine that was hand delivered to my desk today called Living XL...

Nihilism Award To Linda Carlson: She's Here, She's Queer & She's In eHarmony's Face

Someone's got sand in their vagina. We all know there's not enough real discrimination that needs to be addressed. Linda Carlson feels it necessary to keep her California attorneys busy by suing eHarmony for not offering their internet match-making services to gays and lesbians.