I had read about the Chelsea Market (located in the Chelsea neighborhood of New York), so I wandered down early today. Food TV Network is located in the building, which I take to be a former warehouse or garment building. The main floor is food and food-related businesses. Also, it appears it’s where they tape the show “Emeril Live” with Emeril Lagasse.

Production note: because I strung together four separate segments, I had to convert my MPEG 4 files to MPEG2 to edit. Therefore, the final product is not as crisp as the native MPEG4. I can only hope someone wakes up to the need for MPEG4 editing for consumer content creators.

This is for fans of "Curb Your Enthusiasm." The current cast, on Broadway, includes a CYE character, Richard Kind (he plays Larry David's cousin). A touch of irony.

It’s been a long time since I have listened to Howard Stern live on the radio (K-Rock, 93.3 NYC). Definitely, the first time since he signed his satellite radio deal. He’s supposed to have Jose Canseco on later today, but right now he’s talking to some Playmate, and Howard is doing his best to test the limits of over-the-air FM radio content. Clearly, he’s setting up his listeners for what might be to come once he’s on Pay Radio, but that’s whole appeal of Stern—walking to the ledge or edge of titillation and allowing the listener to take his or her imagination the next few, final steps. Stern merely spewing epithets and acting like a peephole observer will not be funny or sexy or interesting. I guarantee it.

Stern even had a tantrum aimed at Tom, his General Manager. Tom had some word bleeped and Stern went into a fit. It was, as if to say, “If you listen to me on satellite radio, my words will not be bleeped.”

Stern’s missing the boat. If he was to Podcast the show, he’d be in total control of his material and would have instant global distribution. Heck, at the same time he could even do a Videoblog of the show. Can’t you imagine advertisers lining up?