January 2008
185 posts
The Music Industry Is Dead!
If there was a theme song to this post it would be AC/DC’s “Shot Down In Flames.” There was a long suffering patient in the intensive care unit that is officially dead in my eyes. It’s name is the music industry. I read a post from an unnamed source (he doesn’t need anymore exposure than he already gets in cyberspace) and I have no idea why this guy thinks he can be...
i form-erly had a life
i was at work until 9:45 tonight. !!! i’m really hoping this doesn’t become a pattern. i barely have time to pee at work, or eat lunch (although i shouldn’t complain about that - i could stand to miss a meal, and i certainly haven’t had time to go to the gym since i’m getting up at 7 and getting home at 9)! there are so many meetings… i’m not sure...
Bush Finally Admits He Is A God Damn Drunk!!! →
With a year left to go, Bush got closer on Tuesday to publicly admitting an inner demon: he was addicted to the sauce. Get this, he will only drink non-alcoholic beer while still allowing federal laws to imprison drug abusers instead of offering them rehabiliation. He personally never kicked his habit utilzing professional help. Instead, he did it the old fashioned way, he replaced one bad...
“Hillary will strengthen the nation’s middle class as I did and she would...”
– William “Bill” Jefferson Hillbilly Clinton making a comment that I find hilarious. I wonder why Hillary would be his fave candidate. Maybe ‘cause she’s a lady Bill? ;0 - G
If you love music and technology, you'll love this...
Everyone who’s anyone in the global music industry is at Cannes this week for MIDEM. It’s a great place to be especially if you want to license your music to other global territories. Once again, it’s a global marketplace. I don’t care about bands that can sell 10,000 in New York Shitty. I don’t care about bands that appeal to hipsters who don’t buy music. I...
Even American sports owners don't want to own... →
As a fan of the beautiful game, I find it interesting that now 4 teams in the English Premier League are owned by Americans (Man United, Liverpool, Aston Villa, Derby County). It shows how far American status has fallen in the world. American sports owners (Man U is owned by the Glazer family who owns the Tampa Bay Bucanneers and Aston Villa by Randy Lerner who owns the Cleveland Browns)...
A letter to the United States Government that...
whami: austin: Dear United States Government, As an honest, loyal taxpayer I would like to register my complaint with this latest “economic stimulus” package. If you would like to stimulate the economy, then quit bombing shit. Take the $150 billion you plan to spend on the war in 2008 and invest that into some decent social programs. I’d rather you do that as opposed to you...
“Of course you want to see me naked. I’m fucking hot!”
– angelique “frenchy” from rock of love
The Housing Bubble has Burst (except in NY)
CBS ‘60 Minutes’ PollWho is to blame for the subprime meltdown? The mortgage lenders 19% The Wall Street security brokers 6% The borrowers 10% All of the above 66% DID YOU KNOW? Banks and securities firms worldwide have written off about $133 billion in losses stemming from the subprime crisis, according to Bloomberg News. In...
Can You Stop Re-blogging Jakob Lodwick?? (ZIKED) →
“What’s the point of everyone posting the same content on their Tumblr? Tumblr should be about individuality and spreading the words of the unheard voices.” It’s true, if you’re going to reblog someone, you should probably add commentary or explain why you thought it was worth reblogging — you should add some value. — jakoblodwick Jakob Lodwick, burgeoning music...
WatchGeoff and I just finished watching the movie Once. It wasn’t complicated; it was a charmingly simple, yet lovely and insightful story about two lost souls finding their way back to their loves. I’ve had the soundtrack for a while but hadn’t seen the film. Now I love the songs even more.
Geoff and Stephen (who I swear is my late friend...
Geoff: That NYT article is great. It’s something most people do not want to talk about anymore. Especially young college grads. They’re getting a rude awakening on how hard life is going to be for them after college and that certain jobs are only going to pay specific amounts unless you’re willing to relocate or be retrained to learn new skills. It’s the New World Order!
Stephen: Exactly. I think this is what Louisa and her friends are going through. They didn't know how hard the world is and it takes time and work before you can really live comfortably.
Geoff: You wanna swap stories? Wait until I get a few Lowenbrau’s in me and I’ll tell you that I probably didn’t start living comfortably until 2004. When I moved here in 1996, I slept on a couch for a month and then in a sleeping bag on the floor of a friend’s apartment for two months! I didn’t own a TV until 1998. I lived in a bedroom the size of your bathroom for five years. So many people want to go from the way they lived with their parents to that lifestyle without doing any of the work or realizing you start at the bottom of the totem pole. I also had no health care from 1994 until 1999! Five years! I spent money out of my pocket if I ever got sick and went to the ER if I had the flu. I love younger people, I’m not an ageist, but too many expect to create some web 2.0 platform and become the next Google without realizing all business ventures take time, sweat and equity. Besides, it’s fun to be poor. Gives you drive and makes you more creative when it comes to finding a solution. That’s why fat-cat politicians will never be trusted to get results. What incentive do they have when they are rich and comfortable?
another idiot allison moment
so i found out the hard way today that the walls in the lobby of the 3rd floor at food are not actually hard walls but some sort of plastic plexi that when you lean on, give. alot. ok, so the real story is that i tried to lean casually against the wall whilst waiting for the elevator (in front of the receptionist, security guard, 2 FN staffers waiting for the elevator as well, and someone...
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Milwaukee to unveil bronze statue of "The Fonz" →
One word that defined my childhood in the late 70s: “Aaaaaaaaaaay!” - G
Voters Show Darker Mood Than in 2000 →
My neighbor Stephen sent me a link to this “dark” article. I figured it would brighten everyone’s “dark” day during the “darkest” month of the year(you like all those “quotes” don’t you A?) Oh, how I wish NYC could have LA weather. - G
A + G on the couch last night
A: You know, your posts are terrible. They are filled with run-on sentences, misspellings, punctuation. And you were a journalism major! Come on!
G: I know, I know, but I need to get thoughts out and now I know what 16 year olds are going through that we never had to go through.
A: What's that?
G: I just yelled and screamed and sung my lungs out at 16. Now kids need to type and their typing just doesn't keep up with what their brain is spewing out
A: I hear ya
G: I just need to get some of this stuff out. No wonder people type in shorthand and write like they speak. No one writes anymore because they have no time and the world demands everyone to email or blog. It's like we don't want to have conversations or hear people speak. I'll email it to you is such a common phrase. I never hear anyone say, I'll call you much anymore.
A: Well by the look of things, you're one of those people.
G: Why is that?
A: Because you email and blog all day.
G: I'm goin' to bed damnit! ;)
A Loves Food but Does Food Love A?
wowsers. this has been a crazy week so far! my new job at food is taking some getting used to. don’t get me wrong - the people there are all ridiculously nice. but it is corporate, so there is one person to do every single job. and just learning that is quite a hurdle. coming from viacom, i’m used to navigating the corporate hierarchy, but this is hyper-hierarchy. i was in the...
Emo is Dead! →
EMO is dead! Now that a FOX News affiliate in Chicago says it’s popular you know it isn’t. The problem with big media is it’s populated by assholes who I went to college with who strive for perfection and a coolness factor they will never ever attain. As my late and great friend Bear said back in 1994, “You can’t say you’re cool and be cool. Cool is the lack of...
A personal letter from Michelle Obama to Geoffrey
Geoffrey — In the past week or two, another candidate’s spouse has been getting an awful lot of attention. We knew getting into this race that Barack would be competing with Senator Clinton and President Clinton at the same time. We expected that Bill Clinton would tout his record from the nineties and talk about Hillary’s role in his past success. That’s a fair...
“What Republican candidates ignore, of course, is the one historical truism of...”
– PM Carpenter
Tumblr's Future and why 21 year olds should not be...
I had to reblog this passage regarding the Tumblr operating system. As a marketing professional, Julia’s on target regarding the future of the platform. They could easily go the way of Friendster and the way Facebook is going now (which way is that you ask? Down the toilet). A and I have spoken about how Tumblr should have a directory of sites and stats that users could use to build blog...
The Politics of Hopelessness →
Okay, sorry I’m posting so many political things on this tumble log. Don’t like it? Go fuck yourself. Life is politics mate so even if you try to run away from it and hide your head in the sand it’s going to find you. There’s no amount of consumer spending that is going to get you away from it. This article hits the nail right on the head of what I’ve been trying to...
Kucinich (of Cleveland, OH) Starts New Impeachment... →
Accusing the administration of lying about the need for the war in Iraq, Mr. Kucinich said he did not need to hear the president’s assessment. “We know the State of the Union,” he declared. “It’s a lie.” He also fired a volley at House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California who has maintained that impeaching Mr. Bush is not on the table for Congressional Democrats. “If impeachment is off the...
Email is FINALLY up and running. Another mad crazy day. Just running down to grab food and I have a meeting at 3 and a phone call w/Knoxville (my counterpart, Ali D – another AD!) at 5. Plus IT is giving me a crackberry at 4. REALLY back to the corporate world. EEKS! Love everyone here though. All very helpful, friendly, etc. Good stuff. Love you! Xoxo ad
Bush and senior administration officials... →
What a waste this fucking war is. - G