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Somtimes I get on wild when fancy cars drive fast. Money don’t get me down but I can’t make it last. I bite my nails and if that fails I go get myself stoned. But when I do I think of you and head myself back home where I’ve got chores to keep me busy, a clock to keep my time, a pretty girl to love me, with the same last name as mine and when the flowers wilt, a big old quilt to keep us warm. I’ve got the sun to see your blue eyes and tonight you’re in my arms. — Gram Parsons

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This newfangled television thing

Posted by morren on November 17, 2008 . Leave a response

Andy Rooney is my least favorite commentator anywhere, ever. Generally, his senile ramblings at the end of 60 Minutes bring me to apoplexy. But this week’s paean to newspapers was just sad. To think that a discussion of the woes of newspapers today remotely calls for a comparison to television is beyond clueless, even for [...]

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"I wasn't losing — I was just learning how to win."

Posted by morren on November 11, 2008 . Leave a response

Ted Turner has been a longtime hero of mine — It was an article he wrote about the media business that was the last push to leave a safe, lucrative publishing job to start a local media business. I just stumbled on a nice CNN interview with him. For me, this was the money-shot:

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Warning: Follow this logic and your mind may implode

Posted by morren on October 31, 2008 . Leave a response

“So, when you say that I’m saying mean things, you’re violating my right to free speech, so your right to free speech by criticizing me should be shut off right now, goshdarnit.”

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The fake economy really sucks too

Posted by morren on October 31, 2008 . Leave a response

As a new media guy, I suppose it’s heresy to say that I find some of the en vogue (or at least formerly en vogue) services to be utterly ridiculous. Twitter’s one example (but that’s another post). I tried really hard to see Second Life as something more than a timesuck for gullible ex-dungeonmasters and [...]

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