{"id":921,"date":"2012-04-11T11:16:56","date_gmt":"2012-04-11T15:16:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/?p=921"},"modified":"2012-04-11T14:18:38","modified_gmt":"2012-04-11T18:18:38","slug":"the-internet-is-a-delight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/2012\/04\/the-internet-is-a-delight\/","title":{"rendered":"The Internet is a delight"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pitches, I have neglected you. I have no excuses except my Real Job and the 7 weddings I have to go to this year. I Tweet<\/a> a lot: the lazy woman’s blogging.<\/p>\n

But the Interweb continues to entertain, with or without my presence. First, via Alex Ross<\/a>, we have Dan Deacon’s Twitter exchange with Amtrak<\/a> about his Carnegie Hall performance.<\/p>\n

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The best part, believe it or not, is actually yet to come. That would be when Amtrak Tweets back, “@ebaynetflix Wow, that’s awesome! We bet the performance will be amazing.” And then some random goes,\u00a0“@ebaynetflix wait a god damn minuet your coming to ny?? tickets available?”<\/p>\n

Turns out, Amtrak just Tweets constantly<\/a>, which is actually an excellent customer service strategy, considering most of their customers are messing with their phones when they’re bored on the train.<\/p>\n

Yesterday, I fell down the Internet rabbithole (just in time for Easter!) and found this at the bottom. Nicolas Cage does John Cage’s 4’33”. I don’t think that needs more explanation.
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And then this morning, I found out via Fake Norman Lebrecht<\/a> via real Norman Lebrecht<\/a> that New York Philharmonic Music Director Alan Gilbert will be in an Absolut Vodka commercial<\/a>?<\/p>\n

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I’ll tell you this: it does make me want to drink!<\/p>\n

Back in the Physical World, I’m dismayed to report that the Mrs. Gilbert banners<\/a> on my block have been taken down. They’ve been replaced by banners of Gilbert sans Mrs. crossing the street and drinking iced coffee. New Yorkers do like iced coffee!<\/p>\n

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