Guilty Pleasures – Trance 101- pt1

In as much as I love electronic generated music, the access to the technology to make it has also spawned mucho crap. I find most techno a.k.a house music to be repetetive, boring and uninspiring. Not to mention there are so many genres and sub-genres it becomes difficult to [...]

I LOVE THIS!!!

[This was written by Robert Byron.  It can also be found on his site]
One thing that has always bugged me, and I’m sure it does most of you, is to sit down at the dinner table only to be interrupted by a
phone call from a telemarketer. I decided, on one such occasion, to try to [...]

Privacy: A look into the future of marketing

a.k.a. Why I don’t register for Supermarket discount cards:
Dear Mr. Jones:
We noticed you’ve not picked up any condoms at SpiffyMart recently. (Your last purchase was 8 weeks ago.) Further, you have stopped buying feminine hygiene products, but have sharply increased your frozen pizza and dinners usage in the same time frame.
It’s clear that Ms. Jody [...]

Tech Support: the Good Old Days

Q: My Etch-A-Sketch has a distorted display. What should I do?
A: Pick it up and shake it.
Q: My Etch-A-Sketch has these funny little lines all over the screen.
A: Pick it up and shake it.
Q: How do I turn my Etch-A-Sketch off?
A: Pick it up and shake it. Set it down.
Q: My Etch-A-Sketch has lines that [...]

remember dial up?

Hitting the wall ::SPLAT::

I’m approaching new levels of frustration.  I average 12-15 hours a week on math alone. This week…I’m approaching the 20 hour mark. I can crank through the homework and accomplish the weekly quizzes with B’s.  My crash and burn occurrs at the tests.  I don’t know if it’s test anxiety or if my skills are that weak, [...]

mend digital music distribution

We’ve setup accounts and uploaded “In Spite Of It All” to the following online retailers:
·                     Amazon
·                     iTunes
·                     Napster
·                     MusicNet
·                     Rhapsody
·                     eMusic
Word is, that it can take anywhere from a couple of weeks to a couple months  before our accounts are available, but they should be up and running by the time the new “CD” is [...]

death of the recording business, part 8

Another chapter for my blog on the status of the decline of the music industry.  I think I’ll set these up in their own category.
Now Jay-Z is taking the plunge from the confines of traditional recording contracts, and is going with Live Nation.
Here’s the link:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/03/arts/music/03jayz.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin