Stream o' consciousness…
12 entries for December 12th:
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12 entries for December 12th:
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I’ve been writing about this for a while now, but with every passing day — even without media hype — it becomes clearer to me that we are in the early stages of hard times beyond the most devout Cassandra’s ken. You can say that people saying things like this are turning this recession depression holyshit into a self-fulfilling prophecy. I say: “Mithridates, he died old.”
I’ve taken the existence of this thing (whatever you want to call it) as a given for a while now. The question increasingly on my mind is how are we going to handle it? Keep Reading
I’m seeing an unhappy, but perhaps necessary trend in business relationships of late, one that may well be born of
Bob Dylan: Everything is Broken The car, the pool, the computer, the economy, my nasal passages. Ack. Mahalia Jackson: “If
We’re going to see a lot more of this sort of thing… 1. Tribune coverwrap on issue of AdAge that
Bob Dylan: Everything is Broken
The car, the pool, the computer, the economy, my nasal passages. Ack.
Mahalia Jackson: “If We Never Needed the Lord Before”
Rediscovered Mahalia via the closing credits of an exceptional episode of This American Life. And we could all use a little help these days. Keep Reading
I’m seeing an unhappy, but perhaps necessary trend in business relationships of late, one that may well be born of
Jackson Browne: “Rock Me on the Water” This may well be one of my top ten favorite songs, but I
I’m usually leery when sales managers recommend reading — it’s typically brainless, feel-good plucky crap designed to motivate the unmotivated.
11 entries for December 11th:
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14 entries for December 10th:
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I’ve noticed an uptick lately in the number and quality of what I’d call LP blogs — sites primarily dedicated to posting audio and cover images from long out-of-print vinyl records.
This is an invaluable service, spreading around good, great and sometimes intentionally awful music that would otherwise be lost to the ages. And even the most jaded RIAA-lovin’ copyright fanatic can’t reasonably object to the dissemination of these mostly obscure out-of-circulation albums without a discernible commercial market…
Eh, come to think of it, they probably could, would, will and do find a way to carp. But they’d be better off watching to see what’s popular on these blogs as a bellwether for the reissue and compilation market.
Here are some of the LP blogs that make my daily feeds and cause my hard drive to overflow: Keep Reading
A quick note to explain a series of posts to follow: I’ve threatened (and been encouraged by friends) over the
Finally, country music appears in RockBand 2!
Oh, wait. You said Brooks & Dunn, Dixie Chicks, Miranda Lambert, and Brad Paisley?
Sigh. Nevermind.
Bonus tunes:
Hank Williams III: “Dixie” from Straight to Hell. – NSFW
Robbie Fulks: “Countrier than Thou” from Georgia Hard
I’ve been using my Xbox 360 as a media server in our house, but there have always been a few
I recently bought Fallout 3 for the Xbox 360 on the strength of its reviews. It may have been a
We’re going to see a lot more of this sort of thing…
1. Tribune coverwrap on issue of AdAge that arrived the same day as their bankruptcy announcement:
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“Sometimes I Wish I Didn’t Care”: Kevn Kinney’s STAR
I’m seeing an unhappy, but perhaps necessary trend in business relationships of late, one that may well be born of
Saving the banking industry means saving banks. Saving the auto industry means saving car makers. Saving the free press does
Obviously, I think a lot about cities and the way that neighborhoods and suburbs interact.
I didn’t catch on first listen to the most recent Son Volt album, but apparently Jay Farrar does too.
“Exurbia” by Son Volt. From The Search.
2 entries for December 9th:
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