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Click here to visit the new home of Politics Daily!(April 12) -- A composer in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., knows what it's like to follow the beat of a different drummer: He's trying to hammer out a deal that will allow him to play the Eiffel Tower like a percussion instrument. Joseph Bertolozzi is a composer who has played and performed music all over the world, including the Vatican. His main instrument is the organ, but now he's taken a fancy to playing the Eiffel Tower as well. Bob Rozycki, courtesy of Westfair Publications Composer Joseph Bertolozzi is attempting to hammer out a deal that will allow him to compose a song using the Eiffel Tower ...
As a I look out my living room windows in the Washington Heights area of Manhattan, all I see is a beautiful, peaceful patch of the Hudson River, framed by the green of the Palisades, the line of cliffs on the New Jersey side. It's what sold me on the apartment almost 10 years ago when I bought it (and it was affordable), and it is what I wake up to most days. I wanted a refuge from the assault on the senses that is life in New York City. Much of that life is good, but much of it is also a hassle. I wanted a bubble protecting me from the stress and unpleasantness outside. ...
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