Well - sliding back into the NY Groove is difficult - especially when germ infected. I look like a swollen otter and feel like hell. I've been polishing up a promised article on art and entertainment, and was struck by 2 recent articles discussing just that. First Charlie Finch lays out the fact that the art world has come to mimic Hollywood - a charge we have made here in the past (Thanks Charlie! I always feel like you get it.) And second in todays Times - Roberta discusses the recent Aaron Young spectacle at the Armory - who doesn't always get it, but really, really, really wants to (majesty of the empty building - puhleese.) "Several hundred denizens of the spheres of art and fashion were in attendance, observing from raised balconies and bleachers. Watching gladiators at the Roman Colosseum was not a far-fetched analogy. The performance was followed by drinks in the Armory’s baronial Tiffany Room and dinner on long tables with black tablecloths, courtesy of Tobias Meyer of Sotheby’s and the designer Tom Ford."
The Times also documents the thing with one of their patented slide shows. In the corporate world this is known as branding synergy - in the service this is known as a cluster fuck.

I've been very precise about the connections between art and entertainment in my upcoming post so I will leave off commenting for now. You'll just have to read the links and have your Entertainment Tonight pump primed. So much to do and so little time....