Holiday spirit is being trucked into the city today, in the form of that huge Rockefeller Center tree. (The tree lighting will be on December 3rd.) Urban forestry photojournalist Sumeet Shah is on the scene at an extremely high vantage point.
More pictures after the jump and throughout the day.
November 14, 2008
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The Rockefeller Center tree lighting, from Bryan Mochizuki to your computer.
7:58 PM: Two minutes 'til showtime. Apparently New York markets were treated to an extra hour prior to the national broadcast. Taylor Hicks fans, start kicking yourself now - he just performed his first song. Two preshow thoughts:
Will anyone sing a holiday protest song? Sarah McLachlan covered Lennon's "Happy X-Mas (War Is Over)" on her new Christmas album and she's due to perform tonight. There's a few other wild-cards on the set-list - Sting, Legend - who could turn something out. I don't think NBC has the balls to let "Happy X-Mas" hit the air, but we'll see. I'm guessing they'll go the more traditional route - "Silent Night" with some vague political banter before. Wimps.
Also, who will sing "Santa Baby"? Aguilera was born to do it, but Bette Midler was too (and a good 30 years before). Either way, it's gotta happen.
8:05 PM: Surprise! 30 Rock intro! Who woulda thought... Tracy Morgan's in
it, reprising his role from the last episode...prior to this they announced that some portions were pre-recorded. Considering the state of affairs in the Morgan, um, liver, this was probably one of them...
8:06 PM: America's greatest karaoke singer is doing "White Christmas." Uh oh. He's jazzing it up now. I'm not a huge fan of Hicks, but I do like the fact that the American Idol winner is finally someone who looks like they actually hang out in karaoke bars. He seems the sort to make twice the required amount of cupcakes for the office potluck. Every time.
November 29, 2006
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Tomorrow night, Enya, X-tina, and a small army of tourists will converge on Rockefeller Plaza to watch Al Roker waste a lot of electricity and, as usual, freeze his ass off. Though we mildly recommend that everyone to go watch in person, NBC has been gracious enough to shift their blockbuster Wednesday line-up to make way for a one-hour TV special on the event (which will also include performances by John Legend and Bette Midler, as well as an inestimable number of plugs for 30 Rock and Heroes). Alternatively, you could keep refreshing Bwog, where music critic/holiday enthusiast Bryan Mochizuki will be blogging minute-by-minute updates. Tune in here at 8 PM for good tidings and Taylor Hicks jokes.
November 28, 2006
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