First #dzadognyc had his knee surgery and I was taking care of him. Then I got sick af (with some not-Covid but Covid-like bug) and he was taking care of me. Now we’re on the mend together. Call us codependent or call us #fam … just pls don’t call us late for dinner. #hounddogs #bigdogs #gangstersoflove 🐶🐶🖤🖤
More than 48 hours after hearing the news, I still can’t find any words to say that make even vauge or remote sense of, let alone do justice to, Sinead and the art she made and the depth of the tragedy that was her story … how irreducibly great (“one of the greatest musical artists of my lifetime, if we judge by the apex of an artist’s creative output,” as my pal @briankoppelman wrote, 100% correctly) and exquisitely fierce and supremely rad she was (go find the video of her at the 1989 Grammy awards, all alone onstage, belting out Mandinka in her black Docs, the @publicenemy logo painted on the side of her shaved head, I mean, 🤯) to all of us of a certain age and go-fuck-yourself temperament; how empowering and liberating and exhilarating to every female rock fan I’ve ever known; how self-possessed, brave, unyielding, and *right* she turned out to be when it came to pretty much every heresy she uttered that got her exiled not just from polite society but rock & roll itself. On Koppelman’s page, @fly_vulpes_fly wrote the truest thing I’ve read in the gusher of commentary that’s flowed the past two days: “It just feels like we all failed her … like a wronging we’ll never right. We couldn’t save the unicorn; sadly, we couldn’t be bothered to try.” And yet, even so, I can say this: clear though it is that we didn’t deserve her, I’m still grateful beyond words that those of us who loved her got to share the planet with her — and hear that voice of hers blow the roofs off of buildings, punch holes in the nighttime sky, and cut through everything and anything that stood between her and her truth — even for a little while. #rip #nothingcompares 🖤🤲🎶
Fourteen months after his first acl surgery (right knee), on Monday #dzadognyc returned to @amcny to have his second (left knee). This was DZA’s *fourth* surgery in his five years on 🌎 (the other two were to fix a small birth defect in his shoulder when he was a puppy and to remove a huge but benign tumor from his mouth), all performed by AMC’s insanely talented and fully lovable head of surgery, Dr Pam Schwartz (praise jeebus for that woman). All of which is simply to say that this lovable lug has had *way* more than his fair share of medical mishegas … yet he’s come through all of it with his profound sweetness, gangly goofiness, outlandish optimism, and overflowing empathy 100% intact. And now, to top it off, once Dizzy’s recovery is complete 🤞, this #goodboy will soar into the summer as a fully Bionic Hound … and then, well, everyone LOOK OUT!!! #gangsteroflove #6milliondollardane 🐶🐾🩺💪🙏♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
Fourteen months after his first acl surgery (right knee), on Monday #dzadognyc returned to @amcny to have his second (left knee). This was DZA’s *fourth* surgery in his five years on 🌎 (the other two were to fix a small birth defect in his shoulder when he was a puppy and to remove a huge but benign tumor from his mouth), all performed by AMC’s insanely talented and fully lovable head of surgery, Dr Pam Schwartz (praise jeebus for that woman). All of which is simply to say that this lovable lug has had *way* more than his fair share of medical mishegas … yet he’s come through all of it with his profound sweetness, gangly goofiness, outlandish optimism, and overflowing empathy 100% intact. And now, to top it off, once Dizzy’s recovery is complete 🤞, this #goodboy will soar into the summer as a fully Bionic Hound … and then, well, everyone LOOK OUT!!! #gangsteroflove #6milliondollardane 🐶🐾🩺💪🙏♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
Fourteen months after his first acl surgery (right knee), on Monday #dzadognyc returned to @amcny to have his second (left knee). This was DZA’s *fourth* surgery in his five years on 🌎 (the other two were to fix a small birth defect in his shoulder when he was a puppy and to remove a huge but benign tumor from his mouth), all performed by AMC’s insanely talented and fully lovable head of surgery, Dr Pam Schwartz (praise jeebus for that woman). All of which is simply to say that this lovable lug has had *way* more than his fair share of medical mishegas … yet he’s come through all of it with his profound sweetness, gangly goofiness, outlandish optimism, and overflowing empathy 100% intact. And now, to top it off, once Dizzy’s recovery is complete 🤞, this #goodboy will soar into the summer as a fully Bionic Hound … and then, well, everyone LOOK OUT!!! #gangsteroflove #6milliondollardane 🐶🐾🩺💪🙏♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
Namaste, peeps, and Happy 4th — on which #dzadognyc @gangsteroflovenyc is celebrating his own (physical) independence after 3 restful & rehabilitative but romp-free months following his second successful acl surgery courtesy Dr Pamela Tha God Schwartz at @amcny. And I’ll tell you: He is one *very* exhausted but *very* happy doggo right now. #gangsteroflove #backinthenewyorkgroove #dontcallitacomeback #backinblack 🐶🐾🐾🌊🇺🇸🖤🤍
Namaste, peeps, and Happy 4th — on which #dzadognyc @gangsteroflovenyc is celebrating his own (physical) independence after 3 restful & rehabilitative but romp-free months following his second successful acl surgery courtesy Dr Pamela Tha God Schwartz at @amcny. And I’ll tell you: He is one *very* exhausted but *very* happy doggo right now. #gangsteroflove #backinthenewyorkgroove #dontcallitacomeback #backinblack 🐶🐾🐾🌊🇺🇸🖤🤍
Nothing on earth lifts the spirit more than @nyknicks v @celtics at @thegarden with the inestimable irreducible irrepressible @grayyyy. 🍀🗽🏀🖕🖕
You may have read in the @nytimes yesterday that the @a24 4K IMAX restoration/remastering/rerelease of Stop Making Sense is “staggering,” “exhilarating,” “jaw-dropping” … and that viewing the film in this mega-format is “like seeing it anew.” As someone who’s watched SMS dozens upon dozens of times in the 40 years since it was shot, I’m here to tell you: Every word of that is true. You may also have read that, at the world premiere at @tiff_net on Monday, all four members of @talkingheadsofficial took the stage together for the first time in 20-plus years for a chat with @officialspikelee. Also true. What the Times didn’t say is that the band is convening onstage *again* tonight at @bam_brooklyn for the NYC premiere, where they’ll be interviewed by … yours truly. To which, for now, I have just two things to add: (1) No, alas, I can’t help get you a ticket; and (2) 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯. #stopmakingsense2023
The name of this band is Talking Heads … and you need to run, not walk, to your local @imax cinema to see the newly/gloriously restored and remastered incarnation of the band’s (and of course the late great director Jonathan Demme’s) immortal, nearly 40-year-old tour de force concert film Stop Making Sense. I promise it’ll BLOW YOUR MIND … as the 4k version did for everyone last night at the NYC premiere at @bam_brooklyn. Swipe left for some snaps of the band and its most devoted/rabid/lunatic fan, his own mind blown by a #onceinalifetime experience. #aboutlastnight #thismustbetheplace #stopmakingsense2023
The name of this band is Talking Heads … and you need to run, not walk, to your local @imax cinema to see the newly/gloriously restored and remastered incarnation of the band’s (and of course the late great director Jonathan Demme’s) immortal, nearly 40-year-old tour de force concert film Stop Making Sense. I promise it’ll BLOW YOUR MIND … as the 4k version did for everyone last night at the NYC premiere at @bam_brooklyn. Swipe left for some snaps of the band and its most devoted/rabid/lunatic fan, his own mind blown by a #onceinalifetime experience. #aboutlastnight #thismustbetheplace #stopmakingsense2023
The name of this band is Talking Heads … and you need to run, not walk, to your local @imax cinema to see the newly/gloriously restored and remastered incarnation of the band’s (and of course the late great director Jonathan Demme’s) immortal, nearly 40-year-old tour de force concert film Stop Making Sense. I promise it’ll BLOW YOUR MIND … as the 4k version did for everyone last night at the NYC premiere at @bam_brooklyn. Swipe left for some snaps of the band and its most devoted/rabid/lunatic fan, his own mind blown by a #onceinalifetime experience. #aboutlastnight #thismustbetheplace #stopmakingsense2023
The name of this band is Talking Heads … and you need to run, not walk, to your local @imax cinema to see the newly/gloriously restored and remastered incarnation of the band’s (and of course the late great director Jonathan Demme’s) immortal, nearly 40-year-old tour de force concert film Stop Making Sense. I promise it’ll BLOW YOUR MIND … as the 4k version did for everyone last night at the NYC premiere at @bam_brooklyn. Swipe left for some snaps of the band and its most devoted/rabid/lunatic fan, his own mind blown by a #onceinalifetime experience. #aboutlastnight #thismustbetheplace #stopmakingsense2023
The name of this band is Talking Heads … and you need to run, not walk, to your local @imax cinema to see the newly/gloriously restored and remastered incarnation of the band’s (and of course the late great director Jonathan Demme’s) immortal, nearly 40-year-old tour de force concert film Stop Making Sense. I promise it’ll BLOW YOUR MIND … as the 4k version did for everyone last night at the NYC premiere at @bam_brooklyn. Swipe left for some snaps of the band and its most devoted/rabid/lunatic fan, his own mind blown by a #onceinalifetime experience. #aboutlastnight #thismustbetheplace #stopmakingsense2023
More @morningjoe hijinks this week when we had a chance to talk with @marymccartney about “If These Walls Could Sing,” her new doc on the history of @abbeyroadstudios — where Mary’s dad and his 3 mates from Liverpool (as well as the likes of Cliff Richard, Aretha Franklin, Kate Bush, etc) made music that changed the world. Aside from her insistence on mispronouncing the word “zebra,” Mary is brilliant and fabulous in every way … and so’s her film, which hits @disneyplus on December 16. 🎶🎥📺🍿i
Who’da thought we’d be kicking off S8 of @sho_thecircus the same way we kicked off S7: with me in Warsaw covering 🇺🇦 v 🇷🇺 (and drinking from the biggest beer stein in the known universe). Check my interview with @jakesullivan1976, @mmckinnon with @nicollewallace, and @jennifer.palmieri with @jimstavridis — as we look back on “The Year of Living Dangerously” and what the future holds for Zelenskyy, Putin, and @potus in our season premiere at 8pm ET/PT tonight, only on @showtime. 🎪📺🇺🇸
Who’da thought we’d be kicking off S8 of @sho_thecircus the same way we kicked off S7: with me in Warsaw covering 🇺🇦 v 🇷🇺 (and drinking from the biggest beer stein in the known universe). Check my interview with @jakesullivan1976, @mmckinnon with @nicollewallace, and @jennifer.palmieri with @jimstavridis — as we look back on “The Year of Living Dangerously” and what the future holds for Zelenskyy, Putin, and @potus in our season premiere at 8pm ET/PT tonight, only on @showtime. 🎪📺🇺🇸
Who’da thought we’d be kicking off S8 of @sho_thecircus the same way we kicked off S7: with me in Warsaw covering 🇺🇦 v 🇷🇺 (and drinking from the biggest beer stein in the known universe). Check my interview with @jakesullivan1976, @mmckinnon with @nicollewallace, and @jennifer.palmieri with @jimstavridis — as we look back on “The Year of Living Dangerously” and what the future holds for Zelenskyy, Putin, and @potus in our season premiere at 8pm ET/PT tonight, only on @showtime. 🎪📺🇺🇸
Who’da thought we’d be kicking off S8 of @sho_thecircus the same way we kicked off S7: with me in Warsaw covering 🇺🇦 v 🇷🇺 (and drinking from the biggest beer stein in the known universe). Check my interview with @jakesullivan1976, @mmckinnon with @nicollewallace, and @jennifer.palmieri with @jimstavridis — as we look back on “The Year of Living Dangerously” and what the future holds for Zelenskyy, Putin, and @potus in our season premiere at 8pm ET/PT tonight, only on @showtime. 🎪📺🇺🇸
Who’da thought we’d be kicking off S8 of @sho_thecircus the same way we kicked off S7: with me in Warsaw covering 🇺🇦 v 🇷🇺 (and drinking from the biggest beer stein in the known universe). Check my interview with @jakesullivan1976, @mmckinnon with @nicollewallace, and @jennifer.palmieri with @jimstavridis — as we look back on “The Year of Living Dangerously” and what the future holds for Zelenskyy, Putin, and @potus in our season premiere at 8pm ET/PT tonight, only on @showtime. 🎪📺🇺🇸
Who’da thought we’d be kicking off S8 of @sho_thecircus the same way we kicked off S7: with me in Warsaw covering 🇺🇦 v 🇷🇺 (and drinking from the biggest beer stein in the known universe). Check my interview with @jakesullivan1976, @mmckinnon with @nicollewallace, and @jennifer.palmieri with @jimstavridis — as we look back on “The Year of Living Dangerously” and what the future holds for Zelenskyy, Putin, and @potus in our season premiere at 8pm ET/PT tonight, only on @showtime. 🎪📺🇺🇸
My off-camera colleagues at @msnbc are (in some cases literally) 🔥🔥🔥. #endorse #cosign #deepinthetrees
“The dogs on Main Street howl ‘Cause they understand If I could take one moment into my hands Mister I ain’t a boy, no, I’m a man And I believe in a promised land.” @springsteen, Brooklyn, right now … aaaaaah.
Just like I pictured it: skyscrapers … and everything. #livingforthecity #home 🗽🌇🏙
