Raindrops on Rooftops

Tupak took 5 bullets in the lobby of an NYC recording studio. In the years since, the likes of Alicia Keys, Mariah Carey, John Legend & others have recorded at that same studio on the penthouse level of 48th & 7th Ave.


It’s that kind of celebrity lore & legend that sustains the next generation of the industry. Its vampiric ambition for young blood is insatiable. Recession-proof & built Ford-tough like a Model T the pop-rocks-top-the-chart-locks of long-haired wonders stream in from every nation to make it into penthouses like these.

Waiting in the lobby doorway to be escorted up was a little surreal. I tried to think about where he might’ve been standing that night, where the shots were fired, how people on the street might’ve reacted. A pair of NYPD blue were posted outside the door tonight; was that every night?

I went up with “Winter” to the penthouse to meet up with N Result doing a video shoot on the rooftop. There’s always a first line in these situations; its either an in or a nothin. Mine was “so you guys are the only building on the island with a 13th floor?” Winter chuckled but then quickly defended it being the “penthouse” and only technically also 13 floors up. I retorted in contextual and humorous kind with “I don’t know if you’ve noticed but the call button says floor 13.” He frowned in juvenile fear like the first time he saw “Thriller.” I said “you’re in trouble!” and we laughed as we exited the elevator.


Gia, Lisa & Helena added spiritual support rep’ing the church well in this environment as Ross & Chamire held the line with industry exec’s, film directors, camera men, stylists, staff & engineers. However, the mixture of exhaustion & accessibility can make addicts of us all. I hoped to tip the scales decisively in our favor.

I went up on the rooftop and looked down to the thousands of tourist & native alike, both jockeying for position & popularity in the busiest of city streets. Its just as lost up here as it is down there.

Lone-ranger raindrop hits the billboard behind me...storms coming in.


Job 27:6 I will maintain my righteousness and never let go of it; my conscience will not reproach me as long as I live.
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Acts 24:16 So I strive always to keep my conscience clear before God and man.
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1 Corinthians 4:4 My conscience is clear, but that does not make me innocent. It is the Lord who judges me.
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1 Timothy 3:9 They must keep hold of the deep truths of the faith with a clear conscience.

N Result
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yC6wdT3N0yI

40 Floors 2 Freedom

“Old” Sublime melodies tune in on my brain-dar as my ears pop for the umpteenth time sailing up to floor forty. There are four fast elevators from the lobby up to the penthouse on floor forty-six; minus one because there’s no thirteenth.

I’m now a firm believer in elevator talk. I used to be a silent rider, but since the move into Manhattan my mind is renewed. I’ve met over thirty fellow building residers on the elevator; a few families, a few artists, a few Californians and my new buddy Mansig, floor 29, who’s pumped to play me in some billiards downstairs.

My new address is 561 10th Ave. 40D New York, New York. The building is called the “Victory.”