August 2009
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Into Your Arms - The Lemonheads
Woke up with...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-8-30) →
The Clash (59)
Arctic Monkeys (44)
Kings of Leon (25)
Generationals (19)
Sondre Lerche (10)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Cat People (Putting Out The Fire) -David Bowie
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Writing down your life story
We spent Thursday and Friday in New York City.
Yesterday, we arrived at my parents in Long Island. Last night after the kids went to bed, my dad told us some amazing things about his childhood that I had never heard before.
My brother and I have learned a lot about my parents lives over the years but I know there are gaps missing from the stories. And there are certainly photos missing. The old...
Beware of the complicated deal (part II)
A few months ago I wrote about the woes of complicated deals.
I’ve recently seen a number of complicated deals and thought it was worth sharing the issues that come along with them.
One of our companies is looking for an independent board member. We have a few candidates in mind. One of them in particular seems like a great given his track record. But that person wants a complicated...
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Molly’s Chambers - Kings of Leon
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Remembering CBGB
Yesterday afternoon I picked up CBGB and OMFUG: Thirty Years from the Home of Underground Rock .
They sell it at the old CBGBs now the John Varvatos Bowery.
The photos are great. Lots of early shots of the Ramones, The Police, the Cramps, The Jam and plenty more.
My favorite might be the Youth of Today photo. I’m pretty sure I was at that very show.
Love Machine - Arctic Monkeys
Alex Turner &...
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Genius - Kings of Leon
From their 2003 debut...
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Mint Car - The Cure
The summer always reminds me...
Random thoughts
Just a list of random thoughts. (Hope you don’t mind)
0 - My brand new MacBook Pro has a 500 gig drive. I always knew the day would come where I would be carring around a half a terabyte - but it’s amazing nonetheless.
1 - This past week on vacation I saw my wife and my oldest daughter tear through a ridiculous amount of books. We had to make a trip to the local bookstore mid week to...
“One thing I would say so that there is no confusion out there is that this FCC...”
– TheHill.com - Obama’s FCC to enforce ‘net neutrality’
Right on Julius !
“Having said that, I have only one major complaint with the App Store, and I can...”
– Joe Hewitt - Innocent Until Proven Guilty
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Cornerstone - Arctic Monkeys
I’ve been...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-8-23) →
M. Ward (127)
The Jam (59)
David Bowie (29)
Okkervil River (23)
The National (14)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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Yes, it's easy to go after Apple but let's not...
These days it’s very easy to go after Apple’s business practices with iTunes & iPhone.
Unlike the Macintosh operating system where any developer can build an app, the iTunes App Store and iPhone has a specific limitation. Apple must approve your app.
The most high profile app drama is Google Voice. Apple has not given Google permission to run that app on the iPhone. This is on...
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Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space -...
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Nobody Could Change Your Mind - Generationals
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“Recently California’s Governor announced a free digital textbook...”
– Slashdot News Story | Open Textbooks Win Over Publishers In CA
You can’t hold the hand of a rock and roll...
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Blue Tulip - Bon Iver
I was going to post the...
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Are we going to see an Apple television panel...
Image via Wikipedia
That Apple rumor is back. I’m not talking about the alleged Apple tablet.
We’re talking about an Apple television set.
The reality is that no one knows but it’s fun to think about.
So in that spirit, here’s what I want in my future Apple television
1 - Make it beautiful. I have no doubt it would look great. Right now we have a Pioneer Elite plasma...
“We’re gearing up to launch a new feature which makes Twitter truly...”
– Twitter Blog: Location, Location, Location
This is going to be awesome.
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The Tumblr music scene part II
A few days ago i wrote down a bunch of tumblelogs I enjoy because of the great music they share amongst other interesting things as well.
I just discovered (via John) a much larger list recently posted by yvynyl. It’s excellent and I’m now following a bunch more folks.
Rock on!
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When You’re Young - The Jam
We are playing...
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Sleep All Summer - The National w/ St Vincent
A...
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The Tumblr music scene
Earlier today Fred wrote about MySpace music and how many artists are now blogging and taking control over their websites.
As a timely example, here is Ben Kweller’s tweet from just a few moments ago.
i wanna meet a professional web programmer! im talkin’ hardcore back-end e-commerce, user login, databasing shit. not just css/html. hit me!
It’s exciting to see more artists...
To Save Me - M. Ward
After a brief time away,...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-8-16) →
The Rolling Stones (59)
The Decemberists (57)
Arctic Monkeys (31)
Fruit Bats (31)
The Postal Service (27)
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The most helpful iPhone app on vacation so far
We’ve been on the cape since Saturday.
Lauren and I both have iphones. They have come in handy on our vacation for a variety of useful and fun things.
But the most helpful app so far was Flashlight.
Let me explain.
Last night we went into Provincetown. We had dinner at our favorite place, Cafe Edwige.
Just as dessert arrived the lights when out. The restaurant and as it turns out all...
“Let’s keep one central fact in mind about health care. The USA is the ONLY...”
– Mitch Kapor - Useful Krugman op-ed on relevance of Swiss model of health care to the US
Fight - Ben Kweller
Fred is playing card songs...
Let’s See Action - Eddie Vedder & Pete...
History Sticks To Your Feet - Modest Mouse
I just...
A new walk down memory lane
Last night we went to see David Wilcox play in Harvard Square.
I’ve been into David’s music since my early days of college. Up until then the only folk musician I really liked was Dylan and Billy Bragg.
But there was something about the lyrics in those songs at the time. Many of them spoke right to me. At the time I was 19 and had no idea what the world was about. No idea what I...
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I could never take the place of your man - Eels
I...
