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 ...