On Sunday, May 10th at 2 p.m.(ish) I left my apartment for a 2.23-mile walk to (and from) Bed-Stuy (formally Bedford-Stuyvestant) to honor Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old man murdered on February 23, in his own neighborhood of Satilla Shores, Georgia. Travis McMichael and his father Gregory McMichael followed (menaced) Arbery; Travis shot (murdered) Arbery after a brief confrontation. It wouldn't be … Continue reading #IRunWithMaud
In Memory of Jimmy Webb
Jimmy Webb died this week. He was 62; the cause was cancer.His death has been recorded by Gothamist, Rolling Stone, and Consequence of Sound, but not the New York Times, so I feel an obligation to remember him here, even if this blog hasn't launched yet.Jimmy was called to New York by a Lou Reed song, and … Continue reading In Memory of Jimmy Webb

