It has been five years since the “gray lady” started dressing up in colored inks, and Carl Schlesinger, retired print-room operator, wants to celebrate the occasion, reports the New York Observer. So on October 16th a five-piece band will stand outside the New York Times’ building and play “The New York Times Color March”, words and music by Schlesinger (with a little help from an old advertising jingle and a big tip of the hat to John Philip Sousa). The Times has no official connection to this event, but Schlesinger is keeping the paper informed of his activities. He hopes to have the song performed all over the country eventually. This newspaper march isn’t unprecedented. Sousa was commissioned to write “The Washington Post March” to promote an essay contest sponsored by the paper in 1889. (via MediaNews)