Posts Tagged New York City

Occupy Wall Street: It took police violence to get the media’s attention

Posted by Jason in Commentary, My Writing on September 29, 2011

Sometimes all it takes is a little violence to get attention. In this case it was police violence. Last week on Forget The Box I wrote about how the mainstream media was ignoring the Occupy Wall Street protest pretty much across the board, just like how the state-controlled media in places like Egypt and Bahrain [...]

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The oldest bar in America (or at least Manhattan)

Posted by Jason in Commentary, Travel on March 10, 2010

While so much of Manhattan has changed around it, it’s good to see that McSorley’s Old Ale House hasn’t changed much. When you walk into the place, have a look at the chairs, the walls and the sawdust on the floor, you can tell off the bat that this isn’t faux vintage, it’s the real deal.

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NYC snow trucks: making do with what you have

Posted by Jason in Commentary, Travel on March 5, 2010

A few days before we arrived last week, New York City was greeted with something we were told was a rather large blizzard. I’m not sure if it would rate as a blizzard or even rate as a large snowfall by Montreal standards, but it did seem big by local standards

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The Olympics LIVE from New York!

Posted by Jason in My Acting on February 28, 2010

When this post is published I’ll be in New York City (most likely Brooklyn to be precise) getting ready for the Olympics (sort of). Now despite what I may personally feel about the political and social implications of the heavily corporate-sponsored Native land-stealing games in Vancouver, or anywhere else for that matter (check out some of the coverage on Forget The Box), there are quite a few people interested in the sports and they are a good source for comedy

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