November 2008
67 posts
Simple Twist of Fate - Jeff Tweedy (Dylan cover)...
Blonde Redhead - Misery Is A Butterfly
Heard this...
Q-Tip - Manwomanboogie (feat. Amanda Diva)
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-11-23) →
Madonna
Kanye West
M83
Macy Gray
Kate Bush
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Ideas are Just a Multiplier of Execution
innonate:
David S. Rose on the Angelsoft Blog:
In a pithy but perceptive post on O’Reilly ONLamp.com several years ago (which has, in some quarters, achieved almost iconic status), Derek Sivers wrote the following, which I think is an excellent way of clarifying why angels and VCs put much, MUCH less stock in “good ideas” than do the entrepreneurs who submit them:
“It’s so funny when I hear...
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Moonland
I turn on...
Well done, team.
whitneymcn: Hot damn—well...
“The University of Chicago House System will offer a gender-neutral housing...”
– Chicago will offer gender-neutral housing for the first time in January 2009. I’m making a big gift to my alma mater with a specific note on this initiative to show my support.
muxtape:
francisandthelights:
Francis and the...
The Band - Atlantic City (Bruce Springsteen...
“Stock: (n.), An ownership share in a company. ORIGIN: the medieval instrument of...”
– Scott Simpson on Twitter (via tmblg)
It was a sad day when Prince went from entertainingly insane to just plain old crazy insane. Please note that I can’t even figure out where to begin on the whole “*Prince* is making judgments about others’ sexuality?” issue. Not going to touch it. [Insert joke about how many other people have “touched it” here.] Originally posted as a comment by whitneymcn on...
Prince Has Some Thoughts On Gay Marriage →
The New Yorker visits the Purple One in his home to talk about stuff. Prop 8 and Roe v. Wade came up. We sorta wish they didn’t: “When asked about his perspective on social issues—gay marriage, abortion—Prince tapped his Bible and said, “God came to earth and saw people sticking it wherever and doing it with whatever, and he just cleared it all out. He was, like,...
NPR Listener Poll: The Best Albums of 2008 →
All Songs Considered from NPR collected thousands of listener nominations for the top albums of 2008. From those nominations, they’ve selected the 100 most popular to kick off the annual poll on the best of the year. I’m super relieved to see a couple of my lesser known top favorites here since I never got around to submitting my nominations. Vote! It’s fun.
whitneymcn:
White Denim - All You Really Have To...
Topspin's Ian Rogers gives an amazing MusicTech... →
whitneymcn:
(via yvynyl)
Read this.
“The lamenting we read in the press is not the story of the new music business. Continuing to talk about the health of the music industry on these terms is as if we’d all been crying about the dying cassette business in 1995. The difference is that when we moved from cassette to CD the winners were the same (big companies who owned access to cash,...
tuneage:
School of Seven Bells - “Half Asleep”
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Kanye West - Jesus Walks
Listen again for the...
Brief thoughts on the M83 show
I saw M83 play a great show at Starlight Ballroom in Philly last night. A few thoughts and a bunch of pictures:
* I’m sort of embarrassed to admit that I didn’t know what kind of band M83 tours with. Turns out, it’s Anthony Gonzalez (the only full-time band member) on vocals, guitars, keyboards, and MacBook; Loic Maurin on Drums; Pierre-Marie Maulini on bass and guitar; and...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-11-16) →
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
John Prine + Bonnie Raitt
Dr. Dog
My Brightest Diamond
Tokyo Police Club
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
bijan:
Hazelton - Bon Iver
The new album called...
M83 - Kim & Jessie
M83 at the church...
“What should young people do with their lives today? Many things, obviously. But...”
– -Kurt Vonnegut
Recession-proof advice. (via fascinated)
themusic:
Bruce Springsteen - Born In The U.S.A....
themusic:
John Prine & Bonnie Raitt - Angel...
LCD Soundsystem - Someone Great
This is the...
tuneage:
Joanna Newsom - “Bridges and Balloons”
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Cloud Cult — Take Your Medicine
You can take it...
“Measure what is measureable, make measureable what is not.”
– Galileo (via Tim O’Reilly) (via whitneymcn)
I’m going to try to execute on this in my work. This is important and I haven’t made it happen. I’m putting it on my list of objectives right now.
“The juxtaposition of a networked, open-source campaign and a historically...”
– NYTimes: How Obama Tapped Into Social Networks’ Power
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Hyde Park will never be the same →
themusic:
Bruce Springsteen - Thunder Road...
