August 2009

Stream o' consciousness for August 6th

Published on August 6, 2009

	Shared Apple’s new low: censoring a dictionary
	"I enjoy the massacre of ads. This sentence will slaughter ads without a messy bloodbath." http://bit.ly/D1qvK (Brilliant ad context hack) [#]
	Shared How to build a long-lived culture of excellence
	@mleewelch It’s just under a mile, but I highly recommend Club Quarters. Nice and cheap (rare combo): http://bit.ly/MYYVD [#]
	RT @copyblogger: Ironically, it’s a lot easier to have integrity when you have money. [#]
	@bsaren What’s main differential? [#]
	Published Smart thoughts on corporate culture
	@LevelTen_Colin Step 1. Take your group off LinkedIn and to a social net where people actually use/interact with groups. [#]
	Wow. First time I’ve ever been actively blocked on Twitter. And by someone I met under seemingly pleasant circumstances last week. Sniff. [#]
	RT @dgouldin: @mikeorren then why do most of the people I know with integrity not have money? (original via @copyblogger) [#]
	@davehucker I saw a retweet that I knew I hadn’t seen. When I clicked user in Seesmic, said I was blocked @ user request [#]
	@mattsingley A free and immediately available copy of Sherpa for iPhone. 😉 [#]
	Listening to The Ozark Mountain Daredevils – It’ll Shine When It Shines http://qtwt.us/las [#]
	Listened to 45 songs. 07 If You Need Me _ Solomon Burke – If You Need Me / Solomon Burke Al Hirt – Green Hornet Allen Brothers – Shake It, Ida, Shake It Austin Lounge Lizards – Trailways of Tears Barrelhouse Annie – If It Don’t Fit (Don’t Force It) Beastie Boys – The Melee Ben Harper and Relentless7 – Under pressure Bob Seger – Beautiful Loser (Live) Bob Seger – Katmandu Bob Seger – Mainstreet Bob Seger – Shame On The Moon Bob Seger – Still The Same Bob Seger – trying’ to live my life without you Bob Seger – We’ve Got Tonight Buck Owens – Down on the Corner of Love Centromatic (with Jason Isbell) – Love has found me somehow Cher & Gregg Allman – Can You Fool Creedence Clearwater Revival – Pagan Baby Death Cab for Cutie – Soul Meets Body Donald Fagen – Florida Room Dwight Yoakam – Nothing’s Changed Here Fugees – Blunted Interlude Glen Campbell – It’s Only Make Believe Jimmy Page / The Black Crowes – Out on the Tiles Journey – Anytime Mandy Barnett & Chuck Mead – Jackson Marty Robbins – God Understands Marty Robbins – Twentieth Century Drifter-74/10 Mavis Staples – Have A Little Faith Neil Young & Crazy Horse – Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black) Oglio Music – Sexercise Plastic Bertrand – Ca Plane Pour Moi Son Volt – Bandages & Scars (live) The Flaming Lips – Drug Machine The Flaming Lips – Flaming Lips No Title The Flaming Lips – Rainin’ Babies The Four Tops – Reach out I’ll be there (origi The Ink Spots – Slap That Bass The Ozark Mountain Daredevils – It’ll Shine When It Shines The Smithereens – I Don’t Want to Lose You Tim’m West – Stutter Todd Snider and the Nervous Wrecks – 16_Todd_Snider_and_the_Nervous_Wreck Uncle Tupelo – We’ve Been Had Wilco – Outta Mind (Outta Sight) Willie Nelson – Keep Me From Blowing Away
	Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell. – John Nichols (via @johnperrybarlow)-> what’s your co’s strategy? [#]
	Sad on several levels that the #4 paid app in iTunes store is geocoded sex offender dbase. [#]
	rt @pegasusnews Pegasus News week in view: Serial edition – http://eepurl.com/cSLb [#]
	If you’ve ever pitched or been pitched or might pitch for investment, you must watch Dragon’s Den on BBC America. [#]
	@wmhartnett I didn’t get Cohen either until I saw him live a few months back. Then the skies opened. [#]
	http://bit.ly/NHRKj (via @GraemeThickins) "The lesson: it doesn’t matter what a company needs; only matters what customers willing to do." [#]
	Mad Men premiere dry, @dynamoe? So many illusions shattering. Need an early-morning old fashioned to cope. [#]
	@anildash Count me another vote for genius o’ PM Dawn. [#]
	Listening to The Gourds – Tex-Mex Mile http://qtwt.us/ats "I was Rip Van Winkle, but I thought I was Apollo Creed" [#]
	Posted New player in local news (and nonprofit) space: Square Pegs
	Listened to 24 songs. Bob Schneider – A Long Way to Get Bobbie Gentry & Glen Campbell – Less of Me Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy – Lie Down in the Light Django Reinhardt and the QHCF with Stephane Grappelly – Charleston Eddie Cochran – Hallelujah I Love Her So (with echo – no strings) Joe Tex – Skinny Legs and All Marty Robbins – That Old Feeling Marty Robbins – Tumbling Tumbleweeds Marty Robbins – Utah Carol Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs – I Wanna Be Sedated (Bonus Track) Mose Allison – Ever Since The World Ended (Live) NeffTunes – I Don’t Know by HankWilliamsIII Rodney Crowell – Moving Work Of Art Rodney Crowell – Sex & Gasoline Tennessee Ernie Ford – Sixteen Tons The Avett Brothers – Walking For You The Black Crowes – Go Faster The Ernie Freeman Combo – Rock House The Gourds – Tex-Mex Mile The Princeton Nassoons – Time Todd Snider – Thin Wild Mercury Tower of Power – Ain’t Nothin’ Stoppin’ Us Now Us3 – World No More victoria spivey & lonnie johnson – Furniture Man Blues – Part 2

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Published on August 5, 2009

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Stream o' consciousness for August 5th

Published on August 5, 2009

	Less-than-annual confontation w/ neighborhood nemesis #walmart. Damn you and your reasonably-priced solar boat lights! #fb [#]
	News from socialnets means lost detail. Did Clinton have sec svc? In my version he snuck in w/ Walther PPK wrapped in copy of Penthouse. [#]
	Posted Guest co-hosting the Jack E. Jett Show: Square Pegs
	Listened to 25 songs. Asylum Street Spankers – Monkey Rag (Live) Ben Pollack & His Orchestra – On With the Dance Brian Wilson – Oh Broadway Dick Hyman Group/Howard Alden – Old Fashioned Love Django Reinhardt et le Quintette du Hot Club de France, avec Stéphane Grappelly – I Saw Stars (f. Bert Marshall) Dr. John & Chris Barber – Basin Street Blues/Take Me Back To New Orleans Elvis Costello – My Flame Burns Blue (Blood Count) Frank Sinatra – That Old Black Magic Guns N’ Roses – Dead Horse Howard McGhee – Sharp Edge James McMurtry – I’m Not From Here Jimmy Buffett – Quietly Making Noise John Coltrane – Naima Kay Starr – I’ll Never Be Free Marty Robbins – After You Leave – 1953 Nat King Cole – Bring Another Drink Nat King Cole – I’ll Never Be the Same Nina Simone – Please Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood Old 97’s – You Belong to My Heart Rhett Miller – Caroline Richmond Fontaine – Capsized Southern Culture on the Skids – The Great Atomic Power The Beatles – 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 – Get Back The Dandy Warhols – Wonderful You The Mavericks – Things You Said To Me
	Din w/ April at Lake Ray Hubbard Flying Saucer. Yes, we sailed here. #fb [#]
	Time marches on. Sock puppets get no smarter: http://bit.ly/nPEih [#]
	Listened to 14 songs. Allen Brothers – Shake It, Ida, Shake It Austin Lounge Lizards – Trailways of Tears Ben Harper and Relentless7 – Under pressure Bob Seger – We’ve Got Tonight Buck Owens – Down on the Corner of Love Cher & Gregg Allman – Can You Fool Creedence Clearwater Revival – Pagan Baby Death Cab for Cutie – Soul Meets Body Dwight Yoakam – Nothing’s Changed Here Jimmy Page / The Black Crowes – Out on the Tiles Journey – Anytime Mandy Barnett & Chuck Mead – Jackson Marty Robbins – Twentieth Century Drifter-74/10 Wilco – Outta Mind (Outta Sight)

Stream o' consciousness for August 4th

Published on August 4, 2009

	Listened to 24 songs. Barry Manilow – I Made It Through the Rain Boz Scaggs – Runnin’ Blue BR5-49 – 18 Wheels & A Crowbar Buck Owens – Dust On Mother’s Bible Elton John – Pinball Wizard Eminem – Lose Yourself – No Skips – Guaranteed – Cervantes1337 Eric Clapton – Motherless Children Living Colour – Fight the Fight Living Colour – Information Overload Living Colour – Ology Living Colour – Tag Team Partners Living Colour – These Are Happy Times Living Colour – Type Living Colour – Visions Meat Loaf – Everything Louder Than Everything Else Ralph Stanley & Bob Dylan – The Lonesome River Red Hot Chili Peppers – Desecration Smile Talking Heads – Mr. Jones The Connells – Fun & Games (live) The Darkness – Holding My Own The Drams – Holy Moses The Happy Bullets – Good Day! Us3 – Enough (bonus beats) Will Kimbrough – Goodnight Moon
	Listened to 9 songs. Dick Hyman Group/Howard Alden – Old Fashioned Love Django Reinhardt et le Quintette du Hot Club de France, avec Stéphane Grappelly – I Saw Stars (f. Bert Marshall) John Coltrane – Naima Nat King Cole – Bring Another Drink Nat King Cole – I’ll Never Be the Same Old 97’s – You Belong to My Heart Southern Culture on the Skids – The Great Atomic Power The Beatles – 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 – Get Back The Dandy Warhols – Wonderful You
	Newsflash: People don’t enjoy ads, even online. Film @ 11: http://is.gd/22cFv [#]
	Taking a day off. [#]
	Just got a new #shouldbeabandname from @chrismarquardt: Astronaut-Butt Molds – http://bit.ly/2U08N3 [#]
	Weird Al + JibJab+ White Stripes + CNR = Awesome http://is.gd/22ecP [#]
	Shared 37 37
	Posted 37 \| Mike Orren
	Just because your hamster wheel is made out of platinum and diamonds, doesn’t mean you’re getting off any sooner buah ha (via @gapingvoid) [#]
	Just kicked a bottle of champagne. Feeling very AbFab. [#]

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Published on August 4, 2009

This years resolve: The prelude is over. Game on. — This year's resolve: The prelude is over. Game on.

Todd Snider: “Age Like Wine”

Stream o' consciousness for August 3rd

Published on August 3, 2009

	Steve Jobs hates the App Store – http://qtwt.us/nsr (I dismissed beginning as clownery bit by end is spot-on) [#]
	@howardowens The fact that they’re addressing you means you’ve already won. [#]
	Seeing war over web metrics in @howardowens smaller town puts ours in DFW in perspective http://tinyurl.com/l48ehd [#]
	@howardowens I agree was worth responding. But most important point is that they are clearly afraid of you. Win. [#]
	Said before; will again: Someone (FriendFeed?) create a Twit/FB/RSS reader that dedupes links. Bonus points for aggregating who posted. [#]
	RT @worklawyer: Re-watched "Paths of Glory" Reaffirmed including on my Top 5 movies for lawyers to watch, http://bit.ly/13TFXY (Me=awesome!) [#]
	RT @ideacounter: The number of people alive on earth right now is higher than the number of all the people that have died. [#]
	Published Sometimes too much is too much
	Why I’m over Central Market; shopping Whole Foods: http://is.gd/1ZshU [#]
	The New Lexicography (or) Wordination Postenko: http://bit.ly/livL1 [#]
	12seconds – Test http://tiny12.tv/NE848 [#]
	Isn’t Robert Earl Keen like 3 years overdue for a proper new CD? http://is.gd/1ZuVY [#]
	Rest of day swimming w/ pups, drinking LaChouffe & Absinthe & eating dinner of tuna, devilled eggs and bruschetta. April spoils me. #b-day [#]
	I wanted my ship’s log to be all analog so I got a moleskine I rarely use. Here’s the digital answer: http://is.gd/1ZvOc [#]
	RT @gapingvoid: From my latest blog post: "Fail cheap. Fail often. Always make new mistakes." ~Esther Dyson http://bit.ly/Yb6t0 [#]
	Listened to 41 songs. Ben Folds – Your Redneck Past Bobby Summers – Pad Brave Combo – Patricia Twist Country Gazette – Snowball Elvis Costello & The Attractions – Beyond Belief Hank 3 – Life of Sin Jan Garbarek – Nefertite-Jan Garbarek Leadbelly – In New Orleans (House of the Rising Sun) Leonard Cohen – Chelsea Hotel #2 Leonard Cohen – Our Lady of Solitude Liars – Plaster Casts of Everything Marty Robbins – 10_No Tears, No Regrets (Sweeney) Marty Robbins – Girl from Spanish Town Marty Robbins – Stairway of Love Marty Robbins – The Roving Gambler Marty Robbins – Would You Take Me Back Again Marty Robbins – You Won’t Have Her Long Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs – I See The Rain Neil Young & Crazy Horse – The Old Laughing Lady Phish – Cavern Phish – Manteca Primal Scream – Over & Over Robert Earl Keen – My Baby Left Me (Please Send Her Home Roger Miller – Dang Me Scott Miller and the Commonwealth – Feel So Good to Midland The Detroit Cobras – Baby Let Me Hold Your Hand The Detroit Cobras – Cha Cha Twist The Lurkers – Frankenstein Again The Lurkers – Jenny The Raconteurs – Hold Up The Sadies – Home The Smithereens – Time and Time Again Tom T. Hall – Me and Jesus Tom Waits – $29.00 Tom Waits – All the World Is Green Tom Waits – Innocent When You Dream [Barroom][Version] Tom Waits – Intro Tom Waits – Let Me Get Up On It Warren Zevon – Mohammed’s Radio William Bell – I’ll Show You Willie Nelson & Wynton Marsalis – Bright Lights Big City
	I’m thinking that no one earned anything from WaPo/Gawker angst. Question is who lost less. #newnewnewmediaeconomics [#]
	Marty Robbins only wrote five songs and remade them with lyrical variations 1,000x. All are worth hearing. #whitesportcoatpinkcrustacean [#]
	Posted Body language says Melissa d’Arabian is Next Food Network Star: Square Pegs
	Shared Dallas Convention Hotel Fails As Urban Design
	Linkified http://bit.ly/cVfvc (via @seankovacs) [#]
	Shared mikeorren: http://twitpic.com/ckpn4
	B-day festivus din http://twitpic.com/ckpn4 [#]
	Ambidextrous Sinners #shouldbeabandname [#]
	Tunajuice Cuttinboard #shouldbeabandname [#]
	Shared Tina Brown: It seems like Talk mag’s launch party happened in the 18th century
	Starting a new job with @pegasusnews tomorrow; found the job through, who else, @twitter – thanks guys! (via @chrisedgemon) [#]
	A lion’s roar can be heard from 5 miles away. (via @ideacounter)–> for my fellow Leos. #fb [#]
	Google v. Microsoft v. Apple – like a 70’s Japanese Godzilla flick: http://bit.ly/AId75 (via @davidgerzof)–> great analogy [#]
	Listened to 13 songs. Barry Manilow – I Made It Through the Rain Boz Scaggs – Runnin’ Blue BR5-49 – 18 Wheels & A Crowbar Buck Owens – Dust On Mother’s Bible Eminem – Lose Yourself – No Skips – Guaranteed – Cervantes1337 Eric Clapton – Motherless Children Living Colour – Fight the Fight Living Colour – Tag Team Partners Ralph Stanley & Bob Dylan – The Lonesome River The Darkness – Holding My Own The Happy Bullets – Good Day! Us3 – Enough (bonus beats) Will Kimbrough – Goodnight Moon

Sometimes too much is too much

Published on August 2, 2009

While doing the weekly-ish grocery shopping at the Lakewood Whole Foods this morning, I realized that I am totally over Central Market, which used to be my favorite grocer.
First, a bit of context: Because we live in an area of town where grocers fear to tread, we have to drive a minimum of five miles to get to anything north of a dollar store. And, as demi-foodies, we figure that if you’re going to drive, you might as well go to one of the better stores — and in this gerrymandered burg of dry areas, part of that relates to the ability to buy hooch. We never much cared for the Greenville Avenue Whole Foods, so until it moved to the new store in Lakewood, that meant a drive to the Central Market on Lovers.
At first I thought we were going to the new WF more often just out of laziness because it was closer. But during today’s shopping expedition, I realized that I really am enjoying the shopping experience more. Here’s why: Keep Reading

Stream o' consciousness for August 2nd

Published on August 2, 2009

	Shared Should NPR let staffers march in gay pride parades?
	@markbriggs Tell them no need to worry about KOMO. [#]
	… Sweep the leg. [#]
	… You’re the best! Around! Nothing’s gonna ever keep you down (punctuation literal) #karatekid #joeesposito [#]
	"Turn on, tune in, and drop out." – Marshall McLuhan (Honest. McLuhan gave it to Leary cuz it didn’t fit his own rap) (via @johnperrybarlow) [#]
	Gen X, Gen Y, Gen Z, uh… maybe we ought to rethink this naming system. (via @scottkarp) [#]
	For those who love/hate the #madmen iconmaker: A Dyna Moe model of media – http://qtwt.us/goq [#]
	Listened to 7 songs. Ben Folds – Your Redneck Past Bobby Summers – Pad Elvis Costello & The Attractions – Beyond Belief Jan Garbarek – Nefertite-Jan Garbarek Primal Scream – Over & Over Warren Zevon – Mohammed’s Radio Willie Nelson & Wynton Marsalis – Bright Lights Big City
	If you think your business is people interacting w/ content AND comment on your site, check & tremble: http://www.greactions.com [#]

Stream o' consciousness for August 1st

Published on August 1, 2009

	At luncheon with #belo head Robert Decherd as speaker. Tidbits tk if interesting … [#]
	"we have been ridiculed for some of our early investments, but the fact is that we were there" #cuecat [#]
	Minor irony: as this talk goes on, many AH Belo sites are down… [#]
	Decherd: "How do you support great journalism in the face of this kind of revenue decline?" [#]
	Current rev of all AHC papers < DMN alone in 2000. [#]
	4th recession Decherd has seen. Difference = Internet. [#]
	Decherd: "Have to receive a fair value for what we deliver every day." [#]
	Remembering days of customer complaint over Sunday paper being too big for dog to pick up. (ah, memories) [#]
	"our advertisers don’t care what our circulation is in Tulsa or Amarillo" [#]
	Decherd: Attrition rate from higher sub prices is fae less than modeled. [#]
	Decherd: nonprofit model is swell idea. Doesn’t work. (room laughs) [#]
	RD: Nonprofit model is not "commonsensical" b/c no wider print distribution. Foundations/donors will lose interest. [#]
	RD: philanthropy is fickle. Don’t be lulled into notion it is substitute. [#]
	RD: "Briefing has probably annoyed the heck out of a lot of you" Al Dia profitable. Quick "will be there" [#]
	RD: "All about the core" (niche sections didn’t work. It’s metro, sports, etc" [#]
	"Internet cannot save traditional media." Price destruction. [#]
	RD: paid online won’t save the day. Online fees + ads not replace what was lost. Industry missed boat years ago. [#]
	RD: Kindle is horrible financial deal for us. [#]
	NPR.org has by far the best "site not found" page I’ve ever seen. http://is.gd/1WtO3 (via @ckrewson) [#]
	Shared mikeorren: http://twitpic.com/ca5l4
	Just got my awesome b-day pressie from April: http://twitpic.com/ca5l4 🙂 Wonder what I’ll be having for my after work cocktail tonight? [#]
	Posted Lunch with Robert: Square Pegs
	So. Disturbing. Sex dolls for dogs: http://is.gd/1WyJp (Hat tip: Chad Jones via Facebook) [#]
	Aggregation of my tweets during Belo honcho Robert Decherd’s lunch talk: http://is.gd/1WzYg [#]
	RT @mikebullock: Hey DFW, rain or shine here are the estate and garage sale listings for this weekend. http://tinyurl.com/9fofxy [#]
	April got us a couples massage at The Crescent Spa. I hope my masseuse is ready for a workout. [#]
	@old97s The bootleg community can suck eggs. Everybody converts to MP3 if they want to listen to the music. #unnecessarypretention [#]
	Closing out the workweek w/ Waco Brothers version of Baba O’Riley #fb [#]
	@old97s I know all that. Just never understood point of being so pristine with recordings that are generally already substandard. [#]
	At stoplight. Crone in next car yelled at me for "the texting." Replied that she needed to mind her bidness; that she is greater danger… [#]
	…she gasped, called someone to report "assault…well, verbal assault!" People behind honked cos she didn’t notice light change #couldntmakeup [#]
	Listened to 20 songs. Blood, Sweat & Tears – Ride Captain Ride Bowling for Soup – 1985 Frank Black – Selkie Bride Georgie Fame – Green Onions Gorillaz – Five Four Gram Parsons – Honky Tonk Woman James Brown – Talkin’ Loud & Sayin’ Nothing Johnny Cash – Wreck of the Old ’97 Laura Nyro – Jimmy Mack Little Feat – The Weight (feat. Bela Fleck & Mike Utley) NeffTunes – WhiteTrashBySouthernCultureOnTheSkids Rush – Crossroads Sonny Lester and His Orchestra – Perfume And Pink Chiffon Steve Earle – Steve’s Last Ramble Stray Cats – You Can’t Hurry Love The Jazz Butcher – Angels The Jazz Butcher – Bath Of Bacon The Jazz Butcher – Love Kittens The Waco Brothers – Baba O’Riley Van Morrison – Listen to the Lion / The Lion Speaks
	Thunderstorm Convertible #shouldbeabandname [#]
	The one thing I absolutely cannot tolerate is hypocrisy … unless it benefits me. Then I blithely ignore it. [#]
	Light at the end of the tunnel @ http://tinyurl.com/nykonq (via @seankovacs re: G Voice iPhone app rejection) [#]
	Listening to Dwight Yoakam – Please, Please Baby http://qtwt.us/fyq (testing qtweet) [#]
	Dear Bob: We Haven’t Met, But Texas Tribune Heart DMN Anyway!! BFF, Okay? « Insomniactive – http://qtwt.us/gyq [#]
	Listened to 12 songs. Bobby Bare – Dropkick Me, Jesus Cracker – Yalla Yalla (Let’s Go) Fats Waller and his Rhythm – Ain’t Misbehavin’ JK w/ Jools Holland Band – I’m In The Mood For Love Marty Robbins – Respectfully Miss Brooks Pete Johnson and "Big" Joe Truner – Rebecca S. Grappelli and Barney Kessel – Cant’ Help Lovin’ That Man Of Mine Steely Dan – Barrytown Teddy Wilson – Stompin’ At The Savoy The Rolling Stones – Torn and Frayed The Staple Singers – Will the circle be unbroken Us3 – money on my mind
	Interplanetary Biscuit #shouldbeabandname [#]
	Watching Karate Kid recorded of AMC and drinking mimosas… [#]
	…Mom is convincing son that she could never make the $ and bennies in computers that she could make after breaking into foodservice (!) [#]
	… forgot how integral crap soundrtracks were to 80’s films. [#]
	… Was 1984 really a cruel, cruel summer? [#]

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