Bopin' in the Big Apple
June, 2007
The purpose for starting this column was to share with you what its like to be a reviewer. So with this year’s “Home Entertainment” show in New York this May, I thought it would be a good time to talk about Audio Shows.
I had been to a few shows over the years, and I have to tell you there are both real advantages and disadvantages to going as a reviewer. The disadvantages are pretty simple; you have to do other things than just have fun. You have to lug around cameras and note pads. The advantages are equally simple; you get in before it’s crowded, and you get a chance to get to know some really good folks. Oh by the way, at some shows the press gets in free and they have free food in the press room, not a bad advantages either.
Enough of that, let’s talk about bopin’ in New York. I started my trip by going over to see Yankee Stadium. A life long Cardinals fan, I grew up loving to hate the Yankees. I still wanted to see the stadium; what a disappointment. It has lots of history, but it’s a dump. I have new respect for Yankee fans, misguided as they are, they must have a real love for their team to go watch ball there.
The next thing Becky and I did was to take a walk down “Fifth Avenue”. It was sort of like walking around Union Square in San Francisco only not as hilly. I loved the “Apple Computer’s Mac Cube” with the escalator down into the NYC Apple Store, and Becky loved the carriage ride through the Central Park.
