Archive for August, 2009
It’s the ecosystem, stupid! Or is it?
Monday, August 31st, 2009I’ll begin this by freely admitting that I don’t like Farhad Manjoo. I don’t give much credence to most of the people who write frequently about economics, social psychology, marketing, and “new” media. That includes Mr. Manjoo, the Heath brothers and their nauseatingly obvious columns in Fast Company, the Freakonomics guys, and even Malcolm Gladwell [...]
It’s Snowing Leopards, Hallelujah!
Saturday, August 29th, 2009After reading all the preliminary documentation on what to expect from Apple’s Snow Leopard, I took the plunge today, release day, to start fresh on my 2.5 year old iMac. Performance had been suffering, I had some nagging lockups with Safari when I deigned to use it, and I had never done a really thorough [...]
A Brief Note About Artists Suffering from Terminal Cranial-Rectal Inversion
Thursday, August 27th, 2009This note on Asthmatic Kitty’s web site has me seeing red. For those of you not in the know, the enigmatic Sufjan Stevens is embarking upon a small tour of the Northeastern and Midwestern US with Cryptacize*. The long & the short of the note is that the Stevens & Cryptacize are playing a number [...]
Three Worth A Look
Friday, August 21st, 2009I started out writing this piece about artists with whom I had a near miss. Twice in the last few months I have wandered into bars to find musicians nearing the end of their sets or packing up their gear. Add to this a third band that I serendipitously caught at a favorite local club [...]
We only have 8 minutes….
Wednesday, August 19th, 2009This is a true story….names and identifying details of the guilty, or otherwise foolish, have been altered. It began, as many evenings do, with a few drink at the apartment of Engineer Girl (EG). We were joined at some point by Reporter Girl (RG), and eventually by RG’s friend Red. We weren’t really close to [...]