Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Cool in My Code

One of the things they don't tell you about New York before you go to live there is that it has its own TV station, NYCTV. Not only is NYCTV broadcast exclusively in New York, New York is its sole subject matter. Programs include
  • NYC Paradetown USA
  • Blueprint NYC
  • Backdrop NYC
  • Eat Out NY
  • The Bridge (about hip-hop, but as Wikipedia defensively explains, "hip hop began in New York City")
A lot of these programs have no parallel in the "straight" world. There's no Non-NYC Paradetown USA. Parades in Lincoln, NE and Marquette, MI remain uncommented-on. People in the rest of the country are just as curious about the world around them as New Yorkers, but lack Cool in Your Code, which methodically examines the ZIP codes of New York, to tell us what is cool and what is not.

Really, the programming of NYCTV resembles nothing so much as the Travel Channel. But instead of taking us to Europe to discuss the local pastimes and delicacies, NYCTV leaves us right here. It may not be as glamorous as watching a program about foreign lands, but with NYCTV, you are living the travelogue. Yes, life is one long staycation in New York City.

posted by apk01004 at 12:48 AM

3 Comments:

Blogger Bzbb said...

Small town boosterism in the big city

2:19 AM  
Blogger Unknown said...

Nice post and glad that you like Cool In Your Code. You're right... CiNYC can and should work in any city. Hope we can do that some day.

Thanks

Hank Wasiak (CiNYC)

12:31 PM  
Blogger apk01004 said...

Thank you, Mr. Wasiak, but now that I come to think of it, it would never work. The majority of the programs would begin, We Are Sorry. If you live in Rawlins, WY (82301), there is nothing "Cool in your Code". We apologize for the inconvenience.

Then they'd just run a half hour of infomercials.

I do like the idea, however, that "cool" things are classified by what post office they're closest to. Mr. Zip is the arbiter of fashion again, and I say it's about time.

1:25 PM  

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