Ham Tyler
Here's Tyler in early 2001, in my father's old office on Long Island. If my dad was working, Tyler was in there. If there was an empty garbage can or box, he would jump in it. Why? Because he could. Because he was Tyler.
Tyler and 9/11: Twenty Years Later
Originally written in May 2015. September 11 th . 2001. That day of days. I was working at the time at BAM: the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Even then it was what a former girlfriend referred to as “hipster doofus.” BAM is a Brooklyn performing arts institution. Modern dance, modern arts, from what I understand they put on great shows. I did see Pete Townshend there once. I, however, can't dance. I look like I’m making wine when I dance. STOMP STOMP STOMP. It isn't pretty. The rest of the area had yet to become the hip downtown Brooklyn it has since become. I grew up walking distance to the Cyclone, so I remember the REAL Brooklyn. I remember the real bagels and the real bialys. Do you all know what a bialy is? The Barclays Center? Nope, it was a parking lot at the time. What was I doing there you might ask? At the time I still thought I could make a career out of working in Museums. The truth ...
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