A Walk In The Garden

I can’t believe I’m in the Garden today. No rose buds, aphides or tomato vines here though. This Garden gives us the stuff that dreams are made of. Here you’re more likely to find giants (or Knicks) shooting hoops, toothless baddies slinging pucks and butterflies stinging Fraziers. It is here that a Beatle held a concert for Bangladesh while another one gave us his last public look-see before his unnecessary and untimely death. Other memorable greats have come to this Garden as well, and although they are gone their names still ring through these halls and VOMS like a sweet musical note hangin on a Fender guitar played by Hendrix or Clapton. These are names you will know: Joplin, Morrison, Lennon, Sammy, Sinatra, Mercury, Jackson, and Marley. Their energy is here and they have become part of the legacy this place is known for. There are other people who’ve visited this Garden and who believe now that it is, in fact, the center of the universe. People like: Joel, Sir Elton, Bowie, Madonna, Mick, Aerosmith, Kiss, Judas Priest, Wilson Pickett, The Spinners, The Bee Gees, Iron Maiden, U2 Super Tramp, Roger Waters, The Eagles, Phish, Marilyn Manson, Guns N’ Roses, The Dixie Chicks, Streisand, Tenacious D, Timberlake, Ozzy, Jay-Z, Kid Rock, The Black Eyed Peas….everyone comes to this Garden sooner or later and when they do it is a commune for the masses - a moment of pure, unadulterated and unfiltered magic and unlike any moment that has occurred in time before or since. The Garden is that kind of place. And I am here now. I walk the halls once walked by a King – THE King - and perhaps I’ve just leaned on the same wall Elvis himself leaned upon minutes before heading out to wow a crowd of 40,000. I can even feel his ghost watching over me as I type these words and it whispers, “Thank you, thankyouverymuch” in that familiar mumbled southern drawl.

This is indeed a sacred place and the energy here is palpable. I am in the best-known Garden the entertainment world has ever known and perhaps, with the exception of the Coliseum in Rome, the most famous place for viewing the best live entertainment history has ever known. I am in the Garden, Madison Square Garden to be precise. After walking its girth and exploring its sacred halls and corridors you can now put me on that list of those industry peeps who believe that this place really is the center of the universe. If you don’t know Madison Square Garden make plans to take a stroll whether in person or virtually – the link below is a great place to start.

http://www.thegarden.com/