May 2009 – Page 2 – Mike Orren

Stream o' consciousness for May 21st

Published on May 21, 2009

	Published Stream o’ consciousness for May 19th — 8:00pm via orrenmedia.com
	Listened to 29 songs. — 8:51pm via Last.fm ## Motown ## – Four Tops – Baby I Need Your Loving Aerosmith – Milk Cow Blues (MTV Unplugged) Buck Owens & Buddy Alan – PFFT You Were Gone Buena Vista Social Club – Chan chan Doug Sahm – The Ballad Of Davy Crockett Elvis Costello – You Tripped at Every Step Elvis Presley – Hard Headed Woman Emmylou Harris – The Race Is On Green Day – American Idiot John Cale – She Doesn’t Live Here Anymore Juggaknots – I’m Gonna Kill U Kevn Kinney – Ballad of Hollis Brown Led Zeppelin – Achilles Last Stand Lee Pickett – Fatty Patty Marty Robbins – Silver Haired Daddy Of Mine Mofro – How Junior Got His Head Put Out Queen – Calling All Girls Shibboleth – The Boss Bass Flute Of Ian Whithurst-McKenneth Sonny Lester and His Orchestra – Lullaby Of Birdland The Brian Jonestown Massacre – Oh Lord The Killers – Midnight Show The Meatmen – Morrissey Must Die The Smithereens – She’s Got a Way Todd Snider – Enjoy Yourself Tom Petty – Needles and Pins Tom Waits – Old Shoes (& Picture Postcards) Van Morrison – And It Stoned Me Willie Nelson – Stay a Little Longer ZZ Top – I Thank You
	Woot-off Phillips Bluetooth Wireless Micro System arrived. Win! Listening to my computer over Btooth and interrupt to take call on speaker. [#] — 8:59pm via Twitter
	Anybody got experience w/ At&T u-verse? ‘Specially in Dallas? Looking at HD pack without movie chs plus phone plus tippytop Internet offer. [#] — 10:51pm via Twitter
	@GadgetVirtuoso but is it more reliable than my at&t DSL that cuts out incessantly? [#] — 11:07pm via Twitter
	@TuneUp feature idea: pull in flickr photos alongside YouTube etc. I think songbird does that. [#] — 11:11pm via Twitter
	Shared TV stations forced to shift back to local advertisers — "if there are any left" — 10:00am via Google Reader
	LOVE the new GuideLive relaunch. 😉 [#] — 11:15am via Twitter
	Finally, Texas gets the border wall it needs. Plus a bonus around Austin: http://is.gd/BKB5 [#] — 1:47pm via Twitter
	Shared Google Launches Maps Data API – O’Reilly Radar — 1:54pm via Google Reader
	Shared Village Voice to Launch Local Ad Network — 3:54pm via Google Reader
	Mercury is SO freakin’ retrograde. Or as Bobby Zimmerman says, "everything is broken." [#] — 11:01pm via Twitter

Stream o' consciousness for May 19th

Published on May 19, 2009

	Posted At-Home Dinner of a Food Writer (with photos): Square Pegs — 8:42pm via Generic
	Published Stream o’ consciousness for May 19th — 1:09am via orrenmedia.com
	Thought Twitter for @Adium would allow me to drop an app, but without user icons is too hard to follow. [#] — 10:48am via Twitter
	Shared Google Turns To (What Else) An Algorithm To Keep Employees From Leaving — 1:06pm via Google Reader
	@bmurnahan Let me know if you find a good one. I’m looking too. [#] — 2:56pm via Twitter
	@Adium Cool. Thanks! [#] — 3:08pm via Twitter
	New release of #TuneUp iTunes library cleaner de-crapifies and takes it from the worst purchase ever made to one of best. [#] — 4:23pm via Twitter
	@magnus72 Yup. And not hijacking all my processes or freezing. Dbase recognition seems better too [#] — 4:34pm via Twitter
	Listened to 21 songs. — 4:59pm via Last.fm ## Motown ## – Four Tops – Baby I Need Your Loving Aerosmith – Milk Cow Blues (MTV Unplugged) Buck Owens & Buddy Alan – PFFT You Were Gone Buena Vista Social Club – Chan chan Doug Sahm – The Ballad Of Davy Crockett Elvis Costello – You Tripped at Every Step Elvis Presley – Hard Headed Woman Green Day – American Idiot John Cale – She Doesn’t Live Here Anymore Kevn Kinney – Ballad of Hollis Brown Lee Pickett – Fatty Patty Mofro – How Junior Got His Head Put Out Queen – Calling All Girls Shibboleth – The Boss Bass Flute Of Ian Whithurst-McKenneth Sonny Lester and His Orchestra – Lullaby Of Birdland The Brian Jonestown Massacre – Oh Lord The Killers – Midnight Show The Meatmen – Morrissey Must Die The Smithereens – She’s Got a Way Todd Snider – Enjoy Yourself Tom Waits – Old Shoes (& Picture Postcards)

Stream o' consciousness for May 19th

Published on May 19, 2009

	Published Stream o’ consciousness for May 18th — 6:00am via orrenmedia.com
	Shared A tale of two audiences (and beatblogging and topics pages) — 4:59pm via Google Reader
	Posted East Dallas Vice vs. Godzilla: Square Pegs — 5:30pm via Generic
	Why Online Video Ads Still Don’t Work http://bit.ly/15UAni [#] — 7:57pm via Twitter
	Listened to 55 songs. — 8:19pm via Last.fm Aerosmith – Rag Doll Blood, Sweat & Tears – Fire and Rain Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy – The Brute Choir Buck Owens – Crying Time Buddy Holly – Blue Days (aka Blue Days, Black Nights) Cannon’s Jug Stompers – Feather Bed Centro-matic – Flashes and Cables Chris Isaak – I Don’t Want To Fall In Love David Lindley & El Rayo-X – Texas Tango Dr. John – Goodnight Irene Eagles – New Kid in Town Eleven Hundred Springs – Steel Guitar And Fiddle Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong – Our Love Is Here to Stay Everclear – Electra Made Me Blind Gordon Lightfoot – Pussywillows, Cat-tails Guns N’ Roses – This I Love Harry Nilsson – You’re Breaking My Heart Herbie Hancock – Rock It J. D. Whittenburg – Losing My Senses Jason Ringenberg – Rainbow Stew Jerry Garcia/David Grisman – When First Unto This Country Joe Tex – You Got What It Takes Kasey Chambers – Surrender Laura Cantrell – Old Downtown Led Zeppelin – Over the Hills and Far Away Lyle Lovett – Flyin’ Shoes Me First and the Gimme Gimmes – On The Road Again (Willie Nelson) Midlake – Mopper’s Medley Neil Diamond – Whose Hands Are These Neil Young – Old Man Neko Case – Maybe Sparrow New Riders of the Purple Sage – Panama Red Public Enemy – Terminator X to the Edge of Panic Queen – It’s a Hard Life Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings – 100 Days, 100 Nights Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings – Something’s Changed Texas Tornados – Dinero The Band – Across The Great Divide The Band – Baby, Let Me Follow You Down (Reprise) The Beatles – A Hard Days Night The Beatles – dont let me down The Black Keys – Midnight in Her Eyes The Black Keys – The Flame The Boxmasters – I Wanna Hold Your Hand The Delta Rhythm Boys – What Would It Take The Doors – Crystal Ship The Polyphonic Spree – Days Like This Keep Me Warm The Trammps – Hold Back the Night Thelonious Monk – Round Midnight Thin Lizzy – The Boys Are Back in Town Uncle Tupelo – Satan Us3 – Knowledge of Self Van Halen – Intruder Velvet Revolver – Slither Violent Femmes – Gone Daddy Gone (previously un
	Two products it seems not to pay for me to buy "quality": Sunglasses and watches. Inverse relation between price and durability. [#] — 8:21pm via Twitter

Stream o' consciousness for May 18th

Published on May 18, 2009

	Published Stream o’ consciousness for May 17th — 6:00am via orrenmedia.com
	Stood up on sailing lesson, so going it alone. Wish us luck! [#] — 6:25pm via Twitter
	@njslaughter where do you sail? [#] — 8:40pm via Twitter
	Interesting to hear Statesman’s film critic from Cannes on NPR. Question is, why the hell Is AAS @ Cannes? #brokenbizmodel [#] — 9:59pm via Twitter
	@anthonymartinez sry. dont buy it. esp when the paper is on the block. Nothing their critic brings 2 table that cnt be had elsewhere. [#] — 11:14pm via Twitter

Stream o' consciousness for May 17th

Published on May 17, 2009

	Published Stream o’ consciousness for May 15th — 1:02am via orrenmedia.com
	RT @johnme23 Wow. Flew in a B-24. With Addison Mayor Joe Chow. And his lovely wife Chi Chi. (Video at 11. Tomorrow.) [#] — 4:16am via Twitter
	Boat names are difficult. Any ideas? [#] — 4:21pm via Twitter
	@vedo http://twitpic.com/5al18 [#] — 4:45pm via Twitter
	Cannibalism rampant @ Central Market: http://twitpic.com/5b43z [#] — 8:01pm via Twitter
	Sometimes I think I have it all figured out. Then I realize that I am not Mose Allison. [#] — 10:45pm via Twitter

Stream o' consciousness for May 15th

Published on May 15, 2009

	Published Stream o’ consciousness for May 14th — 8:00pm via orrenmedia.com
	@howardowens @westseattleblog Marketers trained by Google to think PPC is only model. Hardest mindset to change. [#] — 11:18pm via Twitter
	@howardowens @westseattleblog Happier advertisers when we make them put call to action in. Also, find contesting is helpful. Sell like radio [#] — 9:24am via Twitter
	@huntleypaton I believe Buffett would say there are no puffs left in this cigar. [#] — 9:32am via Twitter
	Hype overload: discussions of papers charging for online. Wake me up when someone actually does something (new in 2009). [#] — 11:02am via Twitter
	RT @iwillclarke "Only kings, presidents, editors, & people with tapeworms have the right to use the editorial ‘we.’" -Mark Twain (So we do.) [#] — 11:10am via Twitter
	@jfritsche You were where I first heard of that infernal game. My social life and productivity blame you. #peggle [#] — 2:39pm via Twitter
	@SanctuarySancto But is there any value to those auto-added followers? [#] — 3:47pm via Twitter
	Listened to 16 songs. — 4:40pm via Last.fm Green Day – Longview Jack Ingram – Barbie Doll Jackson Browne – Here Come Those Tears Again James McMurtry – Childish Things Loretta Lynn – Portland Oregon Pink Floyd – Fearless Rage Against the Machine – Killing in the Name Slobberbone – That Is All Son Volt – Adrenaline And Heresy The Byrds – One Hundred Years from Now [Rehearsal – Take #2][#][*] The Grascals – Teardrops in My Eyes The Neville Brothers – Love the One You’re With/You Can’t Always Get What You Want The Velvet Underground – 13 – I’m Sticking With You (Demo) U2 – So Cruel Warren Zevon – Poor Poor Pitifull Me Wilco – What’s the World Got in Store
	Posted Get your Tom Leppert commemorative tile (only 999 left!): Square Pegs — 4:55pm via Generic
	Eat your heart out Franklin Mint! Bespoke news-driven commemoratives: http://is.gd/Af8x [#] — 5:04pm via Twitter

Stream o' consciousness for May 14th

Published on May 14, 2009

	Listened to 51 songs. — 8:53pm via Last.fm [unknown] – Yeah, Man Ben Folds Five – Battle of Who Could Care Less Ben Folds Five – Brick Ben Folds Five – Raindrops Blood, Sweat & Tears – Go Down Gamblin’ Booker T. Jones – Native New Yorker Buck Owens – A-11 Dean Martin – Return to Me (Ritorna-Me) Eddie Cochran – Sittin’ In The Balcony (standard) John Doe And The Sadies – A Fool Such As I John Doe And The Sadies – Before I Wake John Doe And The Sadies – Husbands and Wives John Doe And The Sadies – I Still Miss Someone John Doe And The Sadies – It Just Dawned On Me John Doe And The Sadies – Night Life John Doe And The Sadies – Stop The World And Let Me Off John Doe And The Sadies – Take These Chains From My Heart John Doe And The Sadies – The Cold Hard Facts Of Life John Doe And The Sadies – The Sudbury Nickel John Doe And The Sadies – Til I Get It Right M. Ward – Fuel for Fire M. Ward – Helicopter M. Ward – Outta My Head M. Ward – Poor Boy, Minor Key M. Ward – Radio Campaign M. Ward – Regeneration #1 M. Ward – Well-Tempered Clavier Merle Travis – Let’s Settle Down (To Running Around Together) NeffList – Sarah’s Lament by WayneRobbins&TheHellsayers Pink Floyd – Trance Remix – The Dark Side Of The Moon – 02 – On The Run Terry Allen – El Camino Instrumental The Beatles – 09 [1] – 09 – And I Love Her The Best Of Reggae Sunsplash – Toots and The Maytals Never The Fleshtones – I Was A Teenage Zombie The Fleshtones – Return to the haunted house The Fleshtones – Roman Gods The Fleshtones – Super Hexbreaker The Replacements – Nobody The Who – Amazing Journey/Sparks Uncle Tupelo – Gimme, Gimme, Gimme Wilco – Bull Black Nova Wilco – Country Disappeared Wilco – Deeper Down Wilco – Everlasting Wilco – I’ll Fight Wilco – One Wing Wilco – Solitaire Wilco – Sunny Feeling Wilco – Wilco The Song Wilco – You And I Wilco – You Never Know
	Posted Great stuff for the weekend of May 14 – 16 — 8:54pm via Generic
	Published Stream o’ consciousness for May 14th — 1:00am via orrenmedia.com
	N. Dallas gridlocked around NW hwy / 75. Both frwy and surface. Moved 100 yards in 15 mins. http://twitpic.com/55hhp [#] — 9:15am via Twitter
	Posted Still alive: Square Pegs — 12:08pm via Generic
	The biggest downside to owning a boat so far? You never want to be anywhere else. #sunnydaycoopedupinoffice [#] — 12:53pm via Twitter
	Great form for evaluating online business proposals: http://is.gd/zU0D [#] — 2:25pm via Twitter
	Listened to 79 songs. — 5:10pm via Last.fm 233 – Dave Matthews Band – Rhyme & Reason Allen Brothers – Cheat ‘Em Black Oak Arkansas – Jim Dandy Booker T. Jones – Get Behind The Mule Chris Robinson – Sunday Sound Commonwealth/Scott Miller – Across the Line Dave Holland – Ario Dizzy Gillespie and his Orchestra – Manteca Dr. John – I Wanna Rock Duke Ellington – Take the "A" Train (vocal) Eleven Hundred Springs – Swerving Fats Waller – By The Light Of The Silvery Moon Gary Shelton – Stop the World Geto Boys – Still Gogol Bordello – Sally Homer Henderson – I Wish It Were Me I’m From Barcelona – This Boy (feat. Loney, Dear) Joe Maphis – Guitar Rock and Roll Joe Newman – I Feel Like a Newman Joe Tex – Buying a Book John Hiatt – Washable Ink John Mellencamp – Cherry Bomb John Mellencamp – Hurts So Good John Mellencamp – I Need a Lover John Mellencamp – Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat John Mellencamp – Paper in Fire John Mellencamp – Without Expression Josh Ritter – Wait For Love Living Colour – Glamour Boys Lucinda Williams – Tears of Joy Marty Robbins – Johnny Fedavo – 1963 Marty Robbins – Seconds to Remember Merle Haggard – Turnin’ Off a Memory Nina Simone – Hey, Buddy Bolden OK Go – Maybe, This Time Otha Turner and The Rising Star Fife and Drum Band – Short’nin’ / Henduck Pink Floyd – Another Brick in the Wall, Part II Pink Floyd – Sheep Pink Floyd – Shine on You Crazy Diamond (edit) Pink Floyd – Syncopated Pandemonium Pink Floyd – Time Pink Floyd – Us & Them Pink Floyd – When the Tigers Broke Free Ray Davies – Over My Head Right Said Fred – I’m Too Sexy Robert I Sutton, Ph. D. – The No Asshole Rule [Disc 02]~ Track 07 Salvation Army – She Turns To Flowers Shuggie Otis – Inspiration Information Skee-Lo – The Tale of Mr. Morton The Black Crowes – P. 25 London The Brian Jonestown Massacre – In My Life The Byrds – Chimes of Freedom The Ends – Pucker Up The Hooters – Deliver Me The Knitters – Baby Out of Jail The Knitters – Burning House Of Love The Knitters – Long Chain On The Knitters – Poor Little Critter on the Road The Knitters – Silver Wings The Knitters – The New Call of the Wreckin’ Ball The Knitters – The New World The Love Experts – Cuba Street The Offspring – Kick Him When He’s Down The Offspring – Neocon The Offspring – Pretty Fly The Pipettes – Pull Shapes The Replacements – Here Comes a Regular The Sadies – Stay A Little Longer The Smithereens – Don’t Bother Me The Smithereens – House We Used to Live In Tom Petty – Saving Grace U2 – Indian Summer Sky Van Halen – Hang ’em High Van Morrison – Playhouse Van Morrison – The Way Young Lovers Do Webb Pierce – Honky Tonk Song wilco2004 – 12 31D1T03 Yellowbelly – Come on Home Yellowbelly – Plain to See

Stream o' consciousness for May 14th

Published on May 14, 2009

	Listening to pre-release Wilco and Green Day while trying to dig out of deep backlog. [#] — 4:10pm via Twitter
	Published Stream o’ consciousness for May 13th — 4:35pm via orrenmedia.com
	@wmhartnett Is there room for #apatheticonreplies w/ #dontfixreplies ? [#] — 5:19pm via Twitter
	@pavel_lishin Occasionally do speedtraps, especially when multiday. [#] — 5:34pm via Twitter
	I always confuse panacea and placebo. Maybe because in the end they’re the same. [#] — 7:47pm via Twitter
	Love Wilco & not just music: Album leak response = stream;"guilt abatement" plan. Donate to: http://inspirationcorp.org/ [#] — 8:19pm via Twitter
	RT @lostremote tax break for WA newspapers doesn’t appear to apply to my online-only news startup. Stunningly unfair. http://bit.ly/XB3os [#] — 8:25pm via Twitter
	@scottkarp Probably less or even. But the real cost is subscription marketing. That blows the economics. [#] — 8:52pm via Twitter
	As if the life of an intern isn’t bad enough: HuffPo says pay to play http://is.gd/zAkN [#] — 9:36pm via Twitter
	Listened to 40 songs. — 10:23pm via Last.fm [unknown] – Yeah, Man Ben Folds Five – Battle of Who Could Care Less Ben Folds Five – Brick Ben Folds Five – Raindrops Blood, Sweat & Tears – Go Down Gamblin’ Booker T. Jones – Native New Yorker Buck Owens – A-11 Dean Martin – Return to Me (Ritorna-Me) Eddie Cochran – Sittin’ In The Balcony (standard) M. Ward – Fuel for Fire M. Ward – Helicopter M. Ward – Outta My Head M. Ward – Poor Boy, Minor Key M. Ward – Radio Campaign M. Ward – Regeneration #1 M. Ward – Well-Tempered Clavier Merle Travis – Let’s Settle Down (To Running Around Together) NeffList – Sarah’s Lament by WayneRobbins&TheHellsayers Pink Floyd – Trance Remix – The Dark Side Of The Moon – 02 – On The Run Terry Allen – El Camino Instrumental The Beatles – 09 [1] – 09 – And I Love Her The Best Of Reggae Sunsplash – Toots and The Maytals Never The Fleshtones – I Was A Teenage Zombie The Fleshtones – Return to the haunted house The Fleshtones – Roman Gods The Fleshtones – Super Hexbreaker The Replacements – Nobody The Who – Amazing Journey/Sparks Uncle Tupelo – Gimme, Gimme, Gimme Wilco – Bull Black Nova Wilco – Country Disappeared Wilco – Deeper Down Wilco – Everlasting Wilco – I’ll Fight Wilco – One Wing Wilco – Solitaire Wilco – Sunny Feeling Wilco – Wilco The Song Wilco – You And I Wilco – You Never Know

Stream o' consciousness for May 13th

Published on May 13, 2009

	Published Stream o’ consciousness for May 12th — 8:00pm via orrenmedia.com
	@CharlotteAnne Are there any outrageous newspapers to bail out? [#] — 9:40am via Twitter
	Posted Texas Governor Rick Perry likes ’em on their knees: Square Pegs — 10:07am via Generic
	Listened to 2 songs. — 10:15am via Last.fm Ben Folds Five – Brick Pink Floyd – Trance Remix – The Dark Side Of The Moon – 02 – On The Run

Stream o' consciousness for May 12th

Published on May 12, 2009

	Published Stream o’ consciousness for May 11th — 8:07pm via orrenmedia.com
	Much respect for our pioneer forefathers. How did they get to work without realtime traffic maps on their iPhones? [#] — 8:50am via Twitter
	People whose lists require email from address on list to unsub have never had to act as domain catchall. And they should burn in hell. [#] — 9:08am via Twitter
	Listened to 70 songs. — 3:54pm via Last.fm 257 – Mercury Rev Holes Anna Fermin’s Trigger Gospel – Oh Lonesome Me Ben Folds Five – Selfless, Cold and Composed Ben Kweller – Ballad Of Wendy Baker Ben Kweller – Fight Ben Kweller – Gypsy Rose Ben Kweller – Homeward Bound Ben Kweller – Hurtin’ You Ben Kweller – Old Hat Ben Kweller – On Her Own Ben Kweller – Sawdust Man Ben Kweller – Things I Like To Do Ben Kweller – Wantin’ Her Again Bowling for Soup – Epiphany Bowling for Soup – The Bitch Song David Elliott – Bring It on Home to Me Diana Krall – ‘S Wonderful Diana Krall – I’ve Got You Under My Skin Diana Krall – They Can’t Take That Away From Me – Diana Krall – You Go To My Head Dionne Warwick – Anyone Who Had a Heart Fleetwood Mac – Temporary One Forty Thieves Orkestar vs Mahala Raï Banda – The Man Who Drinks (Forty Thieves Orkestar Remix) Green Day – ?Viva La Gloria? (Little Girl) Green Day – ¡Viva la Gloria! Green Day – 21 Guns Green Day – 21st Century Breakdown Green Day – American Eulogy Green Day – Before The Lobotomy Green Day – Christian’s Inferno Green Day – East Jesus Nowhere Green Day – Horseshoes and Handgrenades Green Day – Know Your Enemy Green Day – Last Night On Earth Green Day – Last of the American Girls Green Day – Murder City Green Day – Peacemaker Green Day – Restless Heart Syndrome Green Day – See The Light Green Day – Song of the Century Green Day – The Static Age Harry Reser’s Cliquot Club Eskimos (featuring Tom Stacks) – At Sundown Henry Mancini – Touch of Evil IMA Robot – A Is for Action Jerry Jeff Walker – Gettin’ By Jerry Lee Lewis – Think About It Darlin’ Judas Priest – Breaking the Law Kasey Chambers – I Still Pray Led Zeppelin – I Can’t Quit You Baby Living Colour – Elvis Is Dead Louis Jordan – House Party Mercury Rev – Little Rhymes Mike Orren – My Song 6 Otis Redding – I’ve Been Loving You Too Long Otis Redding – I Can’t Turn You Loose Otis Redding – Pain in my Heart Pearl Jam – All on None Pink Floyd – See Emily Play Stéphane Grappelli – I Got Rhythm-Stephanie Grappelli Steely Dan – Any World That I’m Welcome To Steve Earle – (Quicksilver Daydreams Of) Maria The Drams – Shortsighted The Flatlanders – One Road More The Magic Numbers – This Love The Revelators – Ain’t That Hatin’ You Baby The Wellingtons – Help me fall The White Stripes – The Denial Twist Trinity River Whalers – Botany Bay Victoria Spivey – Toothache Blues When The Saints Go Marching In Boogie – Dave Bartholomew