September 2008
10 posts
“Earlier this year, in a study sponsored by the hotel chain Travelodge of the...”
– Sasha Frere-Jones explains the “mechanics” behind the Coldplay allure.
“One day’s exposure to mountains is better than cartloads of books.”
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Back from Lake Tahoe, and this quote from John Muir pretty much sums it all up for me on this fine Tuesday.
Pierre The Hair
An awesome shot of my friend (and old bandmate) Pierre Kaiser rocking the acoustic with his band Flock of Sea… I mean, The Dimes.
“Palin’s password was ‘popcorn’”
– Oh my.
Mission Impossible: Myspace Music
Great perspective from Om Malik regarding Myspace Music’s prospects. Om always gets down to brass tax money-wise, and that’s why I like to peruse his perspective from time to time.
But he’s got it nailed here:
Why can’t its corporate backers, News Corp., and all the record labels who own a piece of this company pony up the dollars themselves? Or do their non-actions speak for...
“There’s really no reason to set our sights low. If you do things right you can...”
– Sergey Brin of Google from an interview he did in January of 1999.
Fitbit - Automatically Track Your Fitness and... →
(via kevinrose)
I think I might want one of these when it comes out. Nice to see that you can isolate the amount of activity to specific times of the day. Including the ability to track the elevation gain would be the icing on the cake.
“As long as a man stands in his own way, everything seems to be in his way.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
Uptones Take Off
Damn, I love this shot of Moose launching himself at an Uptones show earlier this year.
If you want to know what an Uptones show is like, this picture should give you a pretty good idea. KFOG set the stage for them at Slim’s just a few days ago, killer show, and one that was even blog worthy for Big Rick Stuart.
“It felt so right to me when I read it: that I have a choice. We all have a...”
– Marc Jacbos on why he has the word “perfect” tattooed on his right wrist.