Evan Rose
...was born in Dallas, Texas, traveled, lived in the Bay Area, DJed, studied architecture, collected furniture, played drums, and is now a web developer and IT consultant in New York City. Here's more.
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When I'm not working on mtv.com, I build web sites and web based applications for small businesses and individuals. I also help those businesses and individuals with their Macs and networks. Here's more.
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Monday August 30, 2010
AC, MD, DC, and DE
This past weekend, just before Labor Day this time, I rode my motorcycle to Atlantic City (where I got some sun, played some blackjack and recalled fondly my trip there Labor Day weekend '08), Baltimore (where I had dinner with my cousin Mary Chaney and her husband, Lee and where I spent a weekend on a boat in September of '05[!]), DC to see Gunnar, Ingrid, Daria and Ben (where I'd spent Labor Day Weekend last year) and then, on the way back, had a quick chat with Zach in Wilmington, DE, where I'd never been. It took far longer to get there and back than I thought but I packed a lot of fun into a small amount of time.
While in DC, a Tea Party rally was happening on the Mall and a Nazi propaganda exhibition was on display at the Holocaust Museum. I spent some time antagonizing crowds we passed through and marveling over the irony. We ate at Eola, went to a crazy dance/pool party and I took a bunch of pictures, some of which are here.
Thursday August 19, 2010
Various and Sundry, Etc.
For Mr. Gage, a recent Mad Men episode referenced Washington Market which I'd never heard of. Apparently, it was in a part of Manhattan that used to be known as the Lower West Side and was town down in order to build the World Trade Center towers. Follow that link for an interesting history lesson.
PVT, an awesome band on Warp records who I saw last year has put out a new record that is beyond description. Stream it here.
Gothamist asks if I saw the sunset last night. Yes I did and it was amazing. I didn't have my camera with me but thankfully others did.
212 Area Codes Now "Retro-Chic"; I have one for my cell number, a constant source of confusion, as I thought it'd seem more professional. "212 cell phones are a little phony, like fake vintage T-shirts. Real Manhattanites use 917 for their cell phones and 212 for their land lines." Yep.
For future reference: Five Bike Destinations Offering More Than Just Wheels.
There's other stuff; MGMT, a long weekend, the Beach, the Putnam Count Spelling Bee (for which there is no site?), a 27" iMac at work as a reward for my service, perhaps, and more.
Wednesday July 28, 2010
Books, Work on the Web, and Fun
But not necessarily in that order...
Recently, I finished Infinite Jest, finally (I think I started it sometime last September), and started catching up on articles and New Yorkers, thinking I never wanted to look at another book again. I changed my mind and grabbed Cat's Cradle, found serendipitously on my bookshelf, after a conversation about Vonnegut where it was revealed that it was one of his best. I blew through it over three days at the pool, one day of which, Monday, was given to me by my most excellent boss for quickly and awesomely launching MTV's Twitter Jockey site and Facebook app last Friday. Now I'm back to book reading full force.
Speaking of the pool, books, and awesome work on the web, I have new freelance clients coming out of the woodwork but I've been neglecting the ones I have. My reasons are sound (my fun is very, very important), but it's a situation that will soon be rectified, I promise.
Finally, speaking of fun, I got to spend a long weekend on Fire Island recently (and more are to come!), pictures of which are on Facebook if you know where to look. More recently, Chris and Jayna paid a visit to New York, pictures of which are also on Facebook and Chris's Flickr stream, and spending time with the two of them, now a lovely couple, was fantastic.
Monday July 12, 2010
33
On the 6th, I turned 33 years old and threw myself a little get-together in Brooklyn to which a bunch of friends came, which was lovely. I don't remember if it was day of, but my birthday party last year was a lot of fun too (I mention that because there were several years in there where they very seriously weren't, follow that link backwards and read). In the meantime, there's a lot of the beach and the ocean, a lot of time on bikes, both motorized and not, and a lot of good food, both in and out (or in parks).
In other news, I have stopped reading and posting on Facebook in honor of being an old man; "less time on the computer... more time out and about" indeed. I'm all for it.
Monday June 21, 2010
Some More Links and Commentary
iPhone 4 lineup starts in Texas at my old place of employment. I don't even know when the 4G iPhone is arriving but it isn't for a while and this guy *still* probably won't get one.
Bitches Brew Revisited at Celebrate Brooklyn; I was there, picnic basket, blanket and all and it was fantastic. On deck for next weekend? Kid Koala!
Marty Markowitz Will Strip To Shorts If City Doesn't Open Pool. Like it says on a comment on Yelp's review of this pool, it *is* one of Brooklyn's best kept secrets. I did a lot of riding out to the pool in Red Hook until a surreptitious conversation sent me this pool's way. Way closer to mine and way less crowded. I'm with Marty - open it up (but keep it on the DL).
The 100 Best Films Of World Cinema ("The greatest films not in the English language...") a kind of irritating list, as all movie lists are. No Haneke? No Greenaway? No Lust, Caution? (Actually, I'm not surprised, I am the only person in the world who thought this was a great movie.)
Y tu mama tambien but not Amores Perros? Whatever. I've seen 22 of them (though 3 were counted as one [the Red, White and Blue trilogy]) and three more if you count American remakes. There are almost that many that are waiting in my Netflix Queue. I'm way behind.
Wednesday June 9, 2010
Misc Links Part 23 of 487
Miranda July's 11 Heavy Things; I'm looking forward to seeing this.
Bike Thieves Score Major Haul at Brooklyn Bike Shop; I had my bike there for a couple of days recently and am glad mine wasn't one that went missing. I feel terrible for those who did. May those theives rot in hell.
Man Arrested After Mentioning "B*mb" On Flight To LI which is why I don't speak or write this word, at all, ever.
Warmest Spring Ever[?!] No freakin' way. This spring was freezing! It's still cold outside! Bring on the sun, weather gods.
AT&T offers free Wi-Fi in New York City; especially in Times Square. Awesome. How about a 3G tower up in here while you're at it?
Thursday June 3, 2010
The Artist is Present; Links
From 14 March to 31 May 2010, Marina Abramovic' performed "The Artist is Present" a 736-hour and 30-minute static, silent piece, in which she sat immobile, while spectators were invited to take turns sitting opposite her.
- The Artist is Present; the New York Times on the opening of the show
- Sitting With Marina by Arthur Danto for the New York Times
- The flickr feed of all the sitters; hit slideshow, click pause, then hit next, next, next; "mesmerising."
- On Wednesday, May 26th at around 11:50, after standing for six hours (with Sonia Kreitzer, among others), I finally sat with Marina for 11 minutes. I had my photo taken and was on the live webcam feed. I also have written and talked about this elsewhere and will post something here soon
- On the following Saturday, I attended The Artist is Absent and saw some of Marina's more controversial pieces performed. Watching Rhythm 10 moved me more than anything else has in some time
- Marina and Ulay reunite and if I'd been there, I'd have lost it
- The Performer Laid Bare; I saw my friend Jeramy performing this piece on the closing day. She said it was her favorite
- Look but Don't Touch, which was a problem during the show
- Jason Kottke's post on the subject
- Confronting a Stranger, for Art in the New York Times
- An artist stages her own performance with Marina, as did many others
- Colm Toibin sits with Marina
- a shot of my friend Josephine, the "Unexpected Nude," and an account of her being ejected from the museum for taking her clothes off before sitting down. Josephine would have been the first person I'd seen that I knew in the flickr feed, had she sat, other than Jeramy
- Bye Bye Abramovic': Artist Closes Out In Style, along with a photo of Jeramy and Laird
- The Artist Has Left the Building
- 700-Hour Silent Opera Reaches Finale at MoMA; the New York Times on the end of the show. I was there. There was fifteen minutes of applause
It was a wonderful thing.
Tuesday May 11, 2010
Another Ten Year Anniversary
Ten years ago today, I left Dallas for the Bay Area where I started building web sites professionally and to throw parties with my friend Stephen Ruiz. Ten years! I had no idea that my time there would be so short, that I'd go through so much there and leave with so little, and certainly never dreamed that my little website building hobby would be a career on the opposite side of the country a decade later. It's been a while since I've celebrated ten years worth of something.
This has been the first May in ten years (or more!) that I've not either been going through some sort of tumult (both good and bad!) or in the midst of fallout from a tumultuous (usually bad!) April. My pendulum was swinging pretty widely then and it's been slowing, pointing more and more in the right direction ever since. Everything is the way that it is and the way that is is the way it should be.
Thursday May 6, 2010
Lock and Bike Miscellany
Will Love Locks Take Over The Brooklyn Bridge? I mentioned noticing in Italy this in a previous post and I see that I'd never seen it before as it hasn't been around very long (definitely not as long as it's been since I had last been to Italy prior to my recent trip). I like the idea of the practice but it seems, based on the sign I saw biking over the BB last night admonishing people not to attach anything to the bridge, that the city doesn't. I will assume that the practice is going to continue - it's just so sweet. Speaking of that ride, Google Maps for bikes suggests a different route than the one I've always taken. I'll have to try this one next time.
More bike stuff: "Amazing" Growth in Estimated Number of Cyclists
Time Out plans some bike riding iteneraries and also, hit the road with other cycling nuts at these bikecentric events. I really, really want to start riding my bike to work (update: did it!). That will require a. a haircut (update: got it!) and b. getting over my aversion to sitting in my own sweat all day (update: no change!) and c. getting going a bit earlier (update: did it!). Finally, at MAD: The Handbuilt Bicycle which Mr. Goltl would love but will miss along with ICFF and Massive Attack.
Tuesday April 6, 2010
Spring Happenings
Recently:
- had fifteen years
- went to Dallas and had a fantastic time, pics of which are here
- saw Erik Swenson's show (and Texas peeps) at James Cohan Gallery
- saw The Temper Trap, The Invisible, and Bonobo and am soon to see other cool shows
- bought a 2010 Triumph Bonneville T100 and can't wait to ride
- am thinking of a summer share(!) and trips to DC and California
- am back on my bicycle and enjoying the crap warmer weather
- am keeping folks up to date on Facebook rather than here
- am attempting to pump up my Google juice, Evan Rose
There's more to come.