February 2008
January 2008
fred-wilson:had lunch with Umair http://bubblegeneration.com/ if you want to stretch your mind a bit, go read his stuff wwwwwhoa! cool stuff!!
Normative, LLC, part one
jakoblodwick: […] Musical success in 2008 will require a deep familiarity with three important concepts: art, commerce, and technology. I believe this truth stands without exception. A label that doesn’t “get” the web will fail. A bedroom music producer who cringes at signing a contract will fail. A web entreprenuer who sees musicians as entertainers, not as walking...
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“Industry rule number four thousand and eighty:
record company people are shady”
– Q-Tip, “Check the Rhime” (from Tribe Called Quest’s The Low End Theory)
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Termanology ft. Royce da 5’9, Crooked I,...
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Mary J. Blige, Lil’ Wayne, and Swizz Beats -...
Dear Old People: "Treat me right, I'll treat you...
If you were already a pre-school graduate by 1990, then this goes out to you: Nineteen ninety, Chubb jumps upon the scene With a lean and a pocket full of green The grass doesn’t symbolize I made it on the top But Robo Cop last year was a shock The tone of the Popeye cut shook your butt Kids are screaming, the media says “What kind of music is this for you to dance to?” The man...
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WatchErykah Badu - Honey Music AMAZING MUSIC VIDEO. SERIOUSLY. First single off the legendary lady’s Feb. 26th release: New AmErykah, Pt. One: 4th World War i can’t get the fucking embed to work right. link:http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x46wso_erykah-badu-honey_music
Instapaper →
joelaz: marco: I’m ready to direct some traffic to my little side project, Instapaper. I’ve been using it for months and couldn’t live without it now. Here’s the basic premise: You come across substantial news or blog articles that you want to read, but don’t have time at the moment. You need something to read while sitting on a bus, waiting in a line, or bored in front of a computer. ...
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Santogold - L.E.S. Artistes A fitting song for the...
AT&T begins offering TV Monday in Chicago (via... →
“Mr. Gates also sees The Root as a way of recreating the role of the black...”
– “Washington Post Starts an Online Magazine for Blacks” (via NYT)
“Another reason to not like Daniel “I refuse to call him that silly nickname”...”
– Matt Watson, Detroit Bad Boys
Sun-Times lays off 17 newsroom staff members... →
New Chicago EL interior redesign →
Head to the Transit Authority’s President’s Report to see more. (via Chicagoist)
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Less than for hours until...
The Mos Def Big Band’s tribute show to J Dilla at Hill Auditorium in The Deuce. Holler.
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The Album is Dead... - Blog Maverick →
“What is called the music business today, however, is not the business of...”
– David Byrne’s Survival Strategies for Emerging Artists and Megastores - Wired This is a fantastic article about the future of music. (reblogged from bijan)
Watch“What A Comment Stream Would Look Like In A Meeting” via CH
“The Verve have joined an increasing number of artists - including the like of...”
– via NME “The Verve threaten to withhold next album” I hope the Verve are concerned about more than just their pre-album advances and ensuring EMI is in decent financial shape for their own release.
“It’s possible [the] video podcast format may start to do to television what the...”
– Video Podcasts: The Sleeping Giant on AppleTV - Bits -New York Times Blog reblogged from Tim Shey
“I don’t think it would be a vast overstatement to say the Volt is in many...”
– Bob Lutz, vice chairman of GM (via Wired)
Designing for one person (via fascinated)
I was talking with John about his assistive technologies work @ ITP, where him and his students create devices to assist those undergoing rehabilitation/occupational therapy. He mentioned that his favorite method has always been to spend lots of time with the specific person who they are making the device for and really get into their world. This bypasses a lot of other typical design methods with...
Mayor Daley Playing Telephone for Obama
(via S-T) Cute.
Chicago Olympic Officials Project Predict $2.5...
(via Crain’s Chicago Business) Chicago is facing still competition from Tokyo, Rio, and Madrid to host the 2016 Olympics. City officials predict that hosting the events and athletes will cost around $2 billion, projecting to take in $2.5 billion from sponsorships and tickets. I’m very torn with regards to Chicago’s bid. On the one hand, there is no doubt the Windy City would...
Waited Until 4 p.m. to Open Google Reader...
MoveOn.org hires away The Onion's managing editor →
(via examiner.com) So if you can do political satire, then you can do political activism? Why not.
Ethanol Startup Coskata Launches, Backed By... →
(via Earth2Tech) The Illinois-based startup claims it can produce ethanol that would be 50 cents to $1 cheaper per gallon than gasoline. I still think that way too much investment is going into ethanol, which will only be an intermediate solution to the automotive gas-guzzling gaffe.
Vote for Mitt in Michigan!
“Best of all, he’s rich, desperate, and lashing out like a drunken fratboy.” (ht: TPM)
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John Dewey - Human Nature and Conduct
A track from Rhymefest’s latest mixtape....
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Improving
Tinkering with the layout and other content ideas.
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“Crocodile Hunter was the shit”
– Katt Williams on his Comedy Central special.