Last night, with the news that Osama bin Laden had been killed, it was near impossible for many of us not to think of September 2001. If anything positive was gleamed from the events that tragic day, it was that people became more neighborly. For a short time following 9/11, though the vast majority of people were severely depressed, they were friendlier than what they were on September 10, 2001.
I found that people would say hi more often, when passing them on the street. Someone would hold the door for you, or would hold an elevator, when before they wouldn't take the time to. The nation, for lack of a better term, was polite. In time, the civility went away, and everything went back to normal.
It was an atmosphere that I hoped to see return last night. Instead, the scene outside the White House looked more like a Grateful Dead concert. People were throwing beach balls and climbing light poles at two in the morning, chanting "Na na na na. Hey hey hey. Good bye." To the rest of the world, especially the Middle East, the citizens of the United States looked like jagoffs.
On September 11, 2001, the Dave Matthews Band was coincidentally scheduled to release the song 'When the World Ends' as their third single, off of their album 'Everyday'. Based on what happened that morning, the single was pulled, and the video was scrapped. The band and studio decided to release the album's title track, 'Everyday', instead.
The video featured (then unknown) '30 Rock's' Judah Friedlander, walking through the streets of New York's Greenwich Village asking random people for a hug. It was filmed shortly after 9/11, and features a few cameos from some New York celebrities, such as Conan O'Brien, Blue Man Group, and Tiki Barber. At the time, it was very touching and heartwarming to watch. Even with his relative television fame, I don't think Judah Friedlander would be able to get enough hugs to fill three minutes of video in 2011. It's sad how people have grown colder in the last 10 years.
I found that people would say hi more often, when passing them on the street. Someone would hold the door for you, or would hold an elevator, when before they wouldn't take the time to. The nation, for lack of a better term, was polite. In time, the civility went away, and everything went back to normal.
It was an atmosphere that I hoped to see return last night. Instead, the scene outside the White House looked more like a Grateful Dead concert. People were throwing beach balls and climbing light poles at two in the morning, chanting "Na na na na. Hey hey hey. Good bye." To the rest of the world, especially the Middle East, the citizens of the United States looked like jagoffs.
On September 11, 2001, the Dave Matthews Band was coincidentally scheduled to release the song 'When the World Ends' as their third single, off of their album 'Everyday'. Based on what happened that morning, the single was pulled, and the video was scrapped. The band and studio decided to release the album's title track, 'Everyday', instead.
The video featured (then unknown) '30 Rock's' Judah Friedlander, walking through the streets of New York's Greenwich Village asking random people for a hug. It was filmed shortly after 9/11, and features a few cameos from some New York celebrities, such as Conan O'Brien, Blue Man Group, and Tiki Barber. At the time, it was very touching and heartwarming to watch. Even with his relative television fame, I don't think Judah Friedlander would be able to get enough hugs to fill three minutes of video in 2011. It's sad how people have grown colder in the last 10 years.
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