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Following BIA / Kelsey ILM 09

In Bidness, Media on December 9, 2009

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How I manage information overload

In Bidness, Gadgets, Media, PopCult on December 6, 2009

If I’ve had a little extra bliss in recent weeks, it’s because I finally feel like I’ve mastered control of the ridiculous amounts of information I choose to and not to ingest on a daily basis. I Tweeted about it a while back and instantly got numerous responses from folks wanting to know the secret. I said:

16 yr working, 15 yr InterWebs/email, 7 yr smartphone, 5 yr RSS, 3 yr social networks – finally have info mgmt system that works for me.

First, some context. On average, I:

Read and react to more than a thousand emails a week
Send more than 300 emails a week
Subscribe to a couple hundred RSS feeds, for around 400 posts per day
Follow 700 Twitter users
Manage four Twitter accounts
Keep up with 350 Facebook friends
Manage a Facebook page
Have 15 meetings a week that have to be coordinated with other people
Take 20 phone calls per week
Have about a dozen topics that I feel like I have to be expert on at all times
And run a large local website

And somehow, I finally feel like I have control of it all. I trust my system and nothing seems to slip through the cracks.

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Song of the moment: Ben Folds’ “Bastard”

In Music, me, Me, ME! on November 13, 2009

Ben Folds: “Bastard”

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The diet

In Fam, me, Me, ME! on November 10, 2009

Have you seen this man?

If you’ve only known me during my professional life, the picture at right probably makes no sense to you. It is clipped from a recent Facebook post of a group picture during my senior year in high school. I look scrawny, bordering on gaunt. I was prolly around a buck-sixty.

As the years have gone on, I’ve, um, blossomed to a robust 285. While the first twenty were muscle packed on as a collegiate swimmer, the rest are … not. I recently found out that’s ten pounds more than the apex my father hit– and I’ve always considered him fat.

While I’ve gone on diets before, a couple weeks ago, with April’s help and support, I hit a tipping point and embarked on some major lifestyle changes that I believe may well stick. For that reason, I’m contemplative about how I got here, and anyone who is a glutton for detail or who might be in a similar position can get the full story after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »

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Two (more) good reasons to go to Kelsey’s Interactive Local Media 2009: Me and a discount

In Bidness, Media, me, Me, ME! on October 19, 2009

Peter Krasilovsky continues to be inexplicably kind to me and has again included me on a panel for this year’s Interactive Local Media conference in LA. I’m on Friday morning (December 11) with Neil Budde of DailyMe (formerly of Yahoo! News):

9:30 am – 10:00 am
Personalization and Local
Personalization has been synonymous with “local” from day one—in theory. Recently, several cutting edge platforms make the tie more of a reality. We’ll get deep insight into how to make personalization/local work from two of the industry’s leading thinkers and doers—Internet media pioneer Neil Budde, the founding publisher of WSJ.com and leader of Yahoo News, and Mike Orren, the founder of Pegasus News.
Neil Budde, President and Chief Product Officer, DailyMe
Mike Orren, Founder and President, Pegasus News

Funny related story: We at Pegasus News have a flagship technology called “The Daily You.” The first conference I went to after we launched that, I randomly wound up sitting next to Eduardo Hauser, the founder of DailyMe. That was my first proof that this local behavioral thing had gone mainstream.

Also, as a speaker, it turns out I can offer you (my dear friend and loyal reader) a $200 registration discount for the conference. Just click the banner below to download the coupon:

ILM is consistently the best industry conference I attend. It’s no BS; the moderators don’t pull punches; and everybody in the room is a decision-maker who is doing something interesting. Hope to see you there.

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Time changes everything

In Bidness, me, Me, ME! on September 29, 2009

Ever have one of those unexpected flashbacks to a bad memory, so visceral that it gives you chills?

I just had one of those moments at the cab stand at Norman Y. Mineta San Jose Airport. In an instant I was transported back to March 19, 2007. I had scraped together the last fragment of credit our business had to fly to California for the Kelsey Drilling Down on Local Conference. I had used that excuse of proximity to bulldoze my way into some meetings with VC’s with whom I’d had promising phone conversations, but who couldn’t get too excited over a Texas start-up whose founder wasn’t standing in their office.

I got on the plane that day resolved that if I didn’t come back with at least five promising investment leads, I was going to shut the thing down and walk away. Four months past the launch of our flagship product, we were broke. Our angel investors had probably gone as far as they could. We were going to miss payroll from here forward. I spent equal time on the plane honing my pitch and making a shortlist of companies that might hire me the next week.

As I walked to the cabstand, where there was a considerable line, I turned my cellphone back on. Before I could even check for messages, it started ringing incessantly:

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Todd Snider: “Money, Compliments, Publicity (Song Number Ten)”

Song of the moment: “Money, compliments and publicity”

In Music on September 18, 2009

Origin here.

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Heresy du jour #1: There are no trends in start-ups

In Bidness, Media on August 24, 2009

If these trends continue, heeeyy...

I went on a mini-rant on Twitter last week that I thought I’d synthesize / clarify here: The media is ridiculously obsessed with identifying trends, particularly when those trends relate to media.

So every time someone sneezes, there are a flurry of trend stories opining that everyone will sneeze soon, presumably with the same intensity and viscosity as the sneezer immediately prior.

In the market space in which I presumably operate, there were great examples at both ends of the spectrum last week. My pals at Everyblock sold their company to MSNBC, and instantly, Hyperlocal is a Business Now. Seemingly moments later, the Washington Post shuttered its “hyperlocal” site for Loudon County, VA — and voila, Hyperlocal is Dead. My friend, Greg Sterling, quickly saw the fallacies flying.

It’s not just in the hyperlocal media space, though: It can be music websites; search engines; sellers of 12th century Tahitian antiquities — if a start-up in the space is born, dies, sells or raises a nickel of capital, a trend is born. Read the rest of this entry »

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The nature of business: Variable Alpha states

In Bidness, Sailing on August 17, 2009

Clyde, in Alpha mode

This is the first in a (potential) series of posts in which I examine natural phenomena with perceived lessons for the business world. If I manage to string together more than a couple of these, I’ll circle back and address the premise that behaviors in nature should actually be taken as business advice. In the meantime, consider it a theme on which to hang a random thought I had o’er the weekend…

Most are familiar with the concept of a lead animal in a pack being “Alpha,” meaning that they are the natural and largely accepted leader of a group. In the business world, we call these people “boss,” “President,” “Head honcho,” etc. While the process of determining Alpha may differ in skyscrapers as opposed to Serengeti, the operational upshot is similar. Read the rest of this entry »

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Commentary on comment

In Bidness, Media on August 13, 2009

A few weeks ago, I had one of my periodic head-explosions over Journalist-types poncing about over how hard civil and substantive comment is to maintain on news sites. This is a topic that really frustrates me, because I think it’s really easy. And for any of the other myriad mistakes we may have made at PegNews, this is one thing that I think we’ve gotten right.

Patrick Thornton of BeatBlogging.org was doing a good job of bringing in best practices in a Twitter conversation that turned into a great article on Poynter today. As part of that, I sent him a lengthy missive on our comment practices that was way too much to fit in a roundup piece. So, for posterity, I thought I’d share it here: Read the rest of this entry »

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In me, Me, ME! on August 12, 2009

	Woohoo! Got my @gapingvoid print in the mail. Now off to sell meteors to dinosaurs… [#]
	RT @ryansholin: Whatever an .xlsx is, I don’t believe in it. (Amen, bro!) [#]
	@PhilipHotchkiss NBC o-and-os do sponsored tweets. There’s also a what’s popular locally Twitter svc with 2x daily sponsor tweets. [#]
	@PhilipHotchkiss NBC says: "Sponsored:" happn_in_dallas says "Ad\| This is the once-per-day Happn.in advertising spot…" [#]
	I’m entreprenur and pragmatic windmill-tilter. @davewiner post is first thing In a long time to make my heart race. http://tr.im/we4T [#]
	Listened to 46 songs. Beastie Boys – Paul Revere Billie Holiday – Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off Branford Marsalis – Three Little Words Clifford Brown & Max Roach – I Get a Kick Out of You Clifford Brown – Hymn of the Orient Django Reinhardt and the QHCF with Stephane Grappelly – The Sheik of Araby Django Reinhardt – Improvisation Django Reinhardt – Manoir De Mes Reves Freddie Hubbard – Cold Turkey Funland – Stoned Gram Parsons – Older Guys Jimmy Buffett – Gypsies in the Palace Jimmy Buffett – Why Don’t We Get Drunk John Doe And The Sadies – Are The Good Times Really Over For Good John Doe And The Sadies – Help Me Make It Through The Night Kay Starr – I Waited a Little Too Long Laura Nyro – Mr. Blue Le Quintette du Hot Club de France – I’ve Found A New Baby Leadbelly – John Hardy (Version 2) Lee Morgan – Boy, What a Night Marah – Walt Whitman Bridge Marty Robbins – Kuu Upo Lani (My Sweetheart, L Marty Robbins – The Hawaiian Wedding Song Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs – Baby Blue (Bonus Track) Nicholas Payton – Tiger Rag Nina Simone – Zungo Old Crow Medicine Show – Harley In The Ballroom Pete Yorn – Splendid Isolation Ray Charles – Mister C Robbie Fulks – I Push Right Over Roy Hargrove – Camaraderie Serge Chaloff – You Brought A New Kind Of Love To Me Sonny Rollins – Blue 7 The Black Crowes – Thorn in My Pride The Commitments – Mustang Sally The Ink Spots – Stop Pretending The Killers – Mr. Brightside The Sir Douglas Quintet – Cotton Eyed Joe The Velvet Underground – Cool It Down The Velvet Underground – Guess I’m Falling in Love Tony Bennett – New York, New York Uncle Tupelo – Moonshiner Van Morrison – Jumpin’ With Symphony Sid Wayne Shorter – Yes or No Wynton Marsalis Septet – Linus & Lucy Wynton Marsalis – Bourbon Street Parade
	Of course, if anyone with a Mad Men avatar complains about sponsored tweets…… #justsayin (via @ryansholin) [#]
	Mp3 dissonance. iTunes cleanup program put Lil Wayne "The Carter" as cover for Carter Family oveure. [#]
	We’re in a recovery only a statistician can love http://bit.ly/rfq6e (WaPo). (via @mkapor) [#]
	Published Song of the moment: “If Tomorrow Never Comes”
	Listened to 38 songs. AC/DC – That‚s The Way I Wanna Rock & Roll Alex Combelle et le Quintette du Hot Club de France – The Sheik of Araby B.B. King / George Jones – Patches Billie Holiday – You Better Go Now Charles Mingus – Better Git It in Your Soul Commonwealth/Scott Miller – Wild Things Drive-By Truckers – TVA Drivin’ N’ Cryin’ – Malfunction Junction Hank 3 – RAMBLIN’ MAN INXS – Kiss the Dirt (Falling Down the Mountain) Keith Sykes – It’s Just You Kid Rock – Jackson, Mississippi Le Quintette du Hot Club de France – St. Louis Blues Levon Helm – Got Me A Woman Louis Armstrong – Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans-LOUIS ARMSTRONG Marah – City of Dreams Marty Robbins – The Air That I Breathe Marty Robbins – Time Can’t Make Me Forget Nina Simone – Solitude Nina Simone – The Thrill Is Gone Old 97’s – W.i.f.e. Pixies – Bam Thwok Raul Midón – If You’re Gonna Leave Raul Midón – Mystery Girl Raul Midón – Waited All My Life Solomon Burke – Got To Get YOu Off My Mind Sonny Rollins – Solitude Spinal Tap – Hell Hole T. Rex – Debora The Beach Boys – Here Today The Carter Family – I Aint’t Goin’ to Work Tomorrow – 1928 The Flaming Lips – The Flaming Lips – It’s Summertime The Ink Spots – Bless You Todd Snider – If Tomorrow Never Comes > Sideshow Blues Todd Snider – Stuck On The Corner (Prelude To A Heart Attack) Tom Waits – Falling Down William Bell – Do Right Woman – Do Right Man Willie Nelson – Bloody Mary Morning

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Song of the moment: “If Tomorrow Never Comes”

In Music, me, Me, ME! on August 12, 2009

For $30, Todd will, um, bobble at you.

“If we were all good people, we could work in perfect rhythm. If worms had daggers, birds wouldn’t fuck with them.”

Todd Snider: “If Tomorrow Never Comes (with story) / Sideshow Blues” (Live at the Soiled Dove)

The bad news is that my copy of the original, complete with honky-tonk piano and screaming guitars is all entwined with ITunes DRM so it won’t post. (But you can get it here.)

The good news is that the live bootleg version I posted includes the background story. The song stands on its own, but it’s even richer with the story. Plus it comes with a bonus version of “Sideshow Blues.”

And while I’m posting on Todd Snider: Love you man, but $30 bucks for a freakin’ bobblehead? That’s kinda optimistic.

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In me, Me, ME! on August 11, 2009

	Anyone got source for stats on impact of invasive rich media ads on user experience / retention? [#]
	Nothing like coming home from a long day and finding a.) MadMen season 2 review recorded and b.) wife readying deep fryer for maiden voyage. [#]
	@bretthoerner No, ran a marathon of last season starting at 7am. Tivo’d the whole thing. Say I’ll ff to catch up, but bet will watch all. [#]
	ry @worklawyer Wish companies would stop calling employees their "associates" or their "team members’ or their "partners". Empty words. [#]
	Rt @davewiner, lesson in Silicon Valley greed, and why not to fall in love with tech or SV companies http://bit.ly/jSULQ (via @dangillmor) [#]
	Listened to 85 songs. Allen Brothers – It’s Too Bad For You Amy Winehouse – Stronger Than Me (Jazz Intro) Ben Webster – But Not For Me-BEN WEBSTER Billie Holiday – Come Rain Or Come Shine Billy Joe Shaver – Live Forever Billy Joel – We Didn’t Start the Fire Bing Crosby – Amor Blind Willie McTell – Searching The desert For The Blues Bob Marley – Three Little Birds. Bruce Springsteen – Working on the Highway Buddy Holly – Every Day Charles Mingus – Lady Bird Chick Webb & His Orchestra – A-Tisket A-Tasket Crystal Gayle/Tom Waits – Is There Any Way Out Of This Dream? Crystal Gayle/Tom Waits – Opening Montage: Tom’s Piano Intro/Once upon a Town Crystal Gayle/Tom Waits – Presents Crystal Gayle/Tom Waits – This One’s from the Heart Dave Alvin – Out of Control Duke Ellington – The Feeling Of Jazz Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong – They All Laughed Everclear – American Girl (Acoustic) Fats Waller – Armfull O’ Sweetness Fats Waller – Zonky George Michael – Faith Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames – Let the Good Times Roll Grace Potter & the Nocturnals – Apologies Grateful Dead – And We Bid You Goodnight Hot Club of Cowtown – Darling You and I Are Through Hot Damn! – No! Ivan Lins – Abre Alas Jackie Wilson – Reet Petite(The Finest Girl You Ever Want To Meet) Jeannie C. Riley – Harper Valley PTA Jimmy Buffett – King of Somewhere Hot Jimmy Ruffin – What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted Joe Ely – Hard Livin’ John Coltrane – I’ll Wait And Pray [bonus alte Journey - Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin' Kay Starr - Toy or Treasure Keely Smith - You Go to My Head Ken Copeland - Where The Rio De Rosa Flows Kevn Kinney - Back Roads and Rainy Days Kevn Kinney - Hey Landlord (Meatloaf and Fishsticks) Lee Mitchell - Rootie Tootie Baby Link Wray - Big City After Dark Little Walter - Tell Me Mama Louis Armstrong f/ Cole Porter - Just One Of Those Things Marty Robbins - Hello Heartache Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs - Bell Bottom Blues Miles Davis - Move N'Dambi - Young Lady Nat King Cole - Barcarolle Nat King Cole - Early Morning Blues Natasha James - Fillin' Station Neil Young - Harvest Moon Nina Simone - The Laziest Girl in Town Old 97's - House That Used To Be [Austin City Limits 1-26-98] Old 97’s – Old Familiar Steam Pixies – Monkey Gone to Heaven Primal Scream – Beautiful Future Primal Scream – Necro Hex Blues Ray Charles – 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Ray Charl Reckless Kelly – Travelin Light Robbie Fulks – She Took a Lot of Pills (And Died) Ryan Adams – Life Is Beautiful Scott H. Biram – I’m Going Home Scott Miller and the Commonwealth – Heart In Harm’s Way Side FX – My Hero Squirrel Nut Zippers – Evening at Lafitte’s Steely Dan – FM Steely Dan – Your Gold Teeth Swampwater – Let Her Dance Th’ Legendary Shack*Shakers – Wheres The Devil When You Need Him The Backsliders – Cross Your Heart The Datsuns – You Build Me Up (To Bring Me Down) The Hooters – Until I Find You Again The Jazz Butcher – She’s on Drugs The Neville Brothers – Riverside The Rolling Stones – Goin’ Home The Temptations – Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me) (Easy Mo Bee remix) Thelonious Monk – Straight, No Chaser Todd Snider – Long Year Tom Petty – You Wreck Me Tom Waits – Potter’s Field Uncle Tupelo – Atomic Power Waylon Jennings – Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love)
	The largest advertiser in this a.m.’s paper? Obits. (via @johnrobinson) [#]
	@jowyang Why not tag sponsored tweets #ad? Too long? #s? [#]
	Listened to 14 songs. Beastie Boys – Paul Revere Billie Holiday – Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off Funland – Stoned Jimmy Buffett – Why Don’t We Get Drunk Leadbelly – John Hardy (Version 2) Marty Robbins – The Hawaiian Wedding Song Nina Simone – Zungo Old Crow Medicine Show – Harley In The Ballroom Pete Yorn – Splendid Isolation Ray Charles – Mister C Robbie Fulks – I Push Right Over The Ink Spots – Stop Pretending The Killers – Mr. Brightside Uncle Tupelo – Moonshiner

Stream o’ consciousness for August 10th

In me, Me, ME! on August 10, 2009

	Shared Generation band at Harbor at Lake Ray Hubbard
	Shared Odds and sods Odds and sods
	Why I love odds and sods albums: http://is.gd/29s1A [#]
	Posted Generation playing some Jackson Five at Lake Ray Hubbard: Square Pegs
	@JoostTX Awesome pic! You were clearly the center of attention. [#]
	@Exelsion Awesome. Thanks! [#]
	rt @pegasusnews Generation playing some Jackson Five at Lake Ray Hubbard: Square Pegs http://bit.ly/3OyfhM #dfw [#]
	Carded for wasp spray at Lowe’s. ID recorded for OTC allergy meds at drugstore. #litigationhappy #nannystate [#]
	Listened to 76 songs. [unknown] – 11_Sheryl_Crow_-_The_Very_Best_Of_-_ Édith Piaf – La Vie en rose Aerosmith – Amazing Alejandro Escovedo – People (We’re Only Gonna Live So Long) Asylum Street Spankers – Tight Like That Brian Wilson – In Blue Hawaii Bruce Springsteen – This Hard Land Buck Owens – Above and Beyond Cassandra Wilson – Someday My Prince Will Come Charlie Parker – Sepian Bounce Chet Baker & Gerry Mulligan – Walkin’ Shoes Cole Porter – Anything Goes Counting Crows – St. Robinson in His Cadillac D Cowboy Junkies – Sweet Jane Cracker – Family Tradition Del Shannon – Cry Baby Cry Django Reinhardt and the QHCF with Stephane Grappelly – You’re Driving Me Crazy Django Reinhardt et le Quintette du Hot Club de France, avec Stéphane Grappelly – Three Little Words Doug Sahm – (Is Anybody Going to) San Antone Fats Waller and his Rhythm – After You’ve Gone (#2) Garnet Clark – Rosetta George Clinton / P-Funk All Stars – Atomic Dog Gram Parsons – Do Right Woman Great Big Sea – I’m a Rover Iris DeMent – Trouble (Duet With Delbert McClinton) Jean Goldklette and His Orchestra (featuring The Keller Sisters and Al Lynch) – Sunday Jim Croce – I Got a Name John Hiatt – My Old Friend Jools Holland/Ruby Turner – Count Me In Josh Nelson – Prospect Bay Kay Starr – Wheel of Fortune Kid Rock – Blue Jeans And A Rosary Laura Nyro – Been on a Train Laura Nyro – I Met Him on a Sunday Leadbelly – The Gallis Pole Lester Young – s m blues Lester Young – Them There Eyes Lightnin’ Hopkins – Rock Me Baby Louis Armstrong – Black and Blue Lyle Lovett – I’ve Been to Memphis Mahalia Jackson – I Believe Mahalia Jackson – Walkin´to Jerusalem Marty Robbins – Foolish Decision Marty Robbins – Please Don’t Blame Me Nat King Cole – Babs NeffTunes – Been Caught Stealing by Jane’s Addiction Nina Simone – Since I Fell for You Old 97’s – Alone So Far Paul Simon – Loves Me Like A Rock (Ft. The Jessy Dixon Singers) (Live Form Saturday Night Live On October 18, 1975) Prince – P. Contro Raul Midón – Sunshine Scott H. Biram – Pastures of Plenty Scott Joplin – Fig Leaf rag Sidney Bechet – C-Jam Blues-SIDNEY BECHT Squirrel Nut Zippers – Blue Angel Steve Martin – Freddie’s Lilt The Backsliders – Two Candles The Beach Boys – That’s Not Me The Beatles – 13 13 – She Came in Through the Bathroom Window The Cynics – I Want Love The Dedringers – Sweetheart Of The Neighborhood The Dragons – Gravity The Flaming Lips – Race for the Prize The Ink Spots – Whispering Grass (Don’t Tell The Trees) The Jazz Butcher – Hungarian Love Song The Mohawks – Heavy Bopper The Police – Can’t Stand Losing You The Polyphonic Spree – Soldier Girl (UK single version) The Quintet of the Hot Club of France with Stéphane Grappelli – Louise The Quintet of the Hot Club of France with Stéphane Grappelli – Stompin’ At Decca Todd Snider – Mission Accomplished (Because You Gotta Have Faith) Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – Stories We Could Tell Van Morrison – Bring It On Home to Me Warren Zevon – Stand in the Fire Willie Nelson – $1000 Wedding Willie Nelson – Remember Me (When The Candlelights Are Gleaming)
	Every day I’m reminded of @dangillmor ’s note that our readers know more than I do. But I swear that not all readers do. (via @johnrobinson) [#]
	Avoid @1ASoftware2009. He’s a stinky spammer. [#]
	@dangillmor @johnrobinson In aggregate they know more, but would still argue that aggregate knowledge is concentrated in small subset. [#]
	RT @TerryHeaton: "The Order of the Web" is the 100th essay in my series "Local Media in a Postmodern World." http://bit.ly/gLA79 [#]
	Listened to 50 songs. Ben Webster – But Not For Me-BEN WEBSTER Billie Holiday – Come Rain Or Come Shine Billy Joe Shaver – Live Forever Bob Marley – Three Little Birds. Bruce Springsteen – Working on the Highway Charles Mingus – Lady Bird Chick Webb & His Orchestra – A-Tisket A-Tasket Crystal Gayle/Tom Waits – Is There Any Way Out Of This Dream? Crystal Gayle/Tom Waits – Opening Montage: Tom’s Piano Intro/Once upon a Town Crystal Gayle/Tom Waits – Presents Crystal Gayle/Tom Waits – This One’s from the Heart Duke Ellington – The Feeling Of Jazz Everclear – American Girl (Acoustic) Fats Waller – Armfull O’ Sweetness Fats Waller – Zonky Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames – Let the Good Times Roll Jackie Wilson – Reet Petite(The Finest Girl You Ever Want To Meet) Jeannie C. Riley – Harper Valley PTA Jimmy Buffett – King of Somewhere Hot John Coltrane – I’ll Wait And Pray [bonus alte Kay Starr – Toy or Treasure Keely Smith – You Go to My Head Kevn Kinney – Back Roads and Rainy Days Kevn Kinney – Hey Landlord (Meatloaf and Fishsticks) Lee Mitchell – Rootie Tootie Baby Link Wray – Big City After Dark Little Walter – Tell Me Mama Louis Armstrong f/ Cole Porter – Just One Of Those Things Marty Robbins – Hello Heartache Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs – Bell Bottom Blues Miles Davis – Move N’Dambi – Young Lady Nat King Cole – Early Morning Blues Nina Simone – The Laziest Girl in Town Pixies – Monkey Gone to Heaven Primal Scream – Beautiful Future Robbie Fulks – She Took a Lot of Pills (And Died) Scott H. Biram – I’m Going Home Scott Miller and the Commonwealth – Heart In Harm’s Way Steely Dan – FM Steely Dan – Your Gold Teeth Swampwater – Let Her Dance The Backsliders – Cross Your Heart The Jazz Butcher – She’s on Drugs The Neville Brothers – Riverside Thelonious Monk – Straight, No Chaser Todd Snider – Long Year Tom Petty – You Wreck Me Tom Waits – Potter’s Field Waylon Jennings – Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love)

castoffs, covers, Music, odds

Odds and sods

In Music on August 9, 2009

The original "odds and sods" disc

The Drive-by Truckers’ new rarities album, The Fine Print , has instantly become my favorite DBT album, period. From the off-kilter lyrics of “George Jones Talkin’ Cell Phone Blues” to superlative covers of Tom Petty (“Rebels”), Warren Zevon (“Play It All Night Long”) and Bob Dylan (“Like a Rolling Stone) — the album has a loose, improvisational, but virtuoso feel. Sometimes I find DBT a little obtuse lyrically, but I’ve always loved them live — and this album has that “off the rails” feel of a late night club show.

In mulling that yesterday, I realized how often I prefer bands’ cast-off odds-and-sods discs. To whit: Read the rest of this entry »

Stream o’ consciousness for August 9th

In me, Me, ME! on August 9, 2009

	@JoostTX photos, please? [#]
	Listened to 10 songs. Ben Harper and Relentless7 – Shimmer & Shine Billie Holiday – Big Stuff (Previously Unissued Third Version) Billy Joel – I Go to Extremes David Rose and His Orchestra – THE STRIPPER Marty Robbins – Blue Is My World Nat King Cole – Sweet Lorraine Raul Midón – State of Mind The Hooters – You Never Know Who Your Friends Are U2 – Ultraviolet (Light My Way) Whiskeytown – Top Dollar
	Listened to 60 songs. [unknown] – 11_Sheryl_Crow_-_The_Very_Best_Of_-_ Édith Piaf – La Vie en rose Aerosmith – Amazing Alejandro Escovedo – People (We’re Only Gonna Live So Long) Brian Wilson – In Blue Hawaii Buck Owens – Above and Beyond Charlie Parker – Sepian Bounce Chet Baker & Gerry Mulligan – Walkin’ Shoes Cole Porter – Anything Goes Counting Crows – St. Robinson in His Cadillac D Cowboy Junkies – Sweet Jane Cracker – Family Tradition Del Shannon – Cry Baby Cry Django Reinhardt and the QHCF with Stephane Grappelly – You’re Driving Me Crazy Django Reinhardt et le Quintette du Hot Club de France, avec Stéphane Grappelly – Three Little Words Doug Sahm – (Is Anybody Going to) San Antone Garnet Clark – Rosetta George Clinton / P-Funk All Stars – Atomic Dog Gram Parsons – Do Right Woman Iris DeMent – Trouble (Duet With Delbert McClinton) Jean Goldklette and His Orchestra (featuring The Keller Sisters and Al Lynch) – Sunday Jim Croce – I Got a Name John Hiatt – My Old Friend Josh Nelson – Prospect Bay Kay Starr – Wheel of Fortune Laura Nyro – Been on a Train Leadbelly – The Gallis Pole Lester Young – s m blues Lester Young – Them There Eyes Lightnin’ Hopkins – Rock Me Baby Louis Armstrong – Black and Blue Lyle Lovett – I’ve Been to Memphis Mahalia Jackson – I Believe Mahalia Jackson – Walkin´to Jerusalem Marty Robbins – Please Don’t Blame Me Nat King Cole – Babs NeffTunes – Been Caught Stealing by Jane’s Addiction Nina Simone – Since I Fell for You Old 97’s – Alone So Far Paul Simon – Loves Me Like A Rock (Ft. The Jessy Dixon Singers) (Live Form Saturday Night Live On October 18, 1975) Prince – P. Contro Raul Midón – Sunshine Scott Joplin – Fig Leaf rag Sidney Bechet – C-Jam Blues-SIDNEY BECHT Squirrel Nut Zippers – Blue Angel The Backsliders – Two Candles The Beach Boys – That’s Not Me The Beatles – 13 13 – She Came in Through the Bathroom Window The Dedringers – Sweetheart Of The Neighborhood The Dragons – Gravity The Flaming Lips – Race for the Prize The Jazz Butcher – Hungarian Love Song The Mohawks – Heavy Bopper The Police – Can’t Stand Losing You The Quintet of the Hot Club of France with Stéphane Grappelli – Louise The Quintet of the Hot Club of France with Stéphane Grappelli – Stompin’ At Decca Van Morrison – Bring It On Home to Me Warren Zevon – Stand in the Fire Willie Nelson – $1000 Wedding Willie Nelson – Remember Me (When The Candlelights Are Gleaming)
	@jayrosen_nyu #gopaywall #gopaywall #gopaywall #gopaywall #gopaywall #gopaywall #gopaywall #gopaywall #gopaywall #gopaywall #gopaywall [#]
	Was going to read this FT article about skepticism about paying. But hit the pay wall. Not worth it. http://bit.ly/5P86n (via @jeffjarvis) [#]
	Has anyone ever read anyone else’s Twitterscope? … I didnt think so. Some things just don’t translate to social media. [#]
	@DallasDirtCandy Auto-generated horoscope posted daily. [#]
	@lazyfeed Would love an invite! [#]
	@rhettmiller @butchwalker Collecting conversational phrases that would make good bandnames and hoping others will join at #shouldbeabandname [#]
	"Come to Connecticut some night & I’ll tell you about my wedding night – you’ll be on the floor for three hours." Bette Davis to Dick Cavett [#]
	@JoniSloan is a stinking spammer #spam Can’t believe AngiesList would endorse… [#]

Stream o’ consciousness for August 8th

In me, Me, ME! on August 8, 2009

	RT @jayrosen_nyu: … Twitter downage: @evgenymorozov goes deep background on the target, CYXYMU. http://tr.im/vUPM (Me: crazyfascinating) [#]
	TxDOT creates Twitter feeds everywhere but DFW. We pick up their slack: http://bit.ly/XPFeM [#]
	@LindaJacobson We’ll get on that as soon as we figure out the right bizmodel for new New media. [#]
	@LindaJacobson Web 5.63beta [#]
	Listening to Drive-By Truckers – George Jones Talkin’ Cell Phone Blues http://qtwt.us/16s (love odds & sods albums) [#]
	DfW-There are some good finds in this weeks estate and garage listings. find them here: http://tinyurl.com/9fofxy (via @mikebullock) [#]
	Listened to 31 songs. Booker T. Jones – Pound It Out Chris Barber / Lonnie Donegan / Van Morrison – Goin’ Home Chris Barber / Lonnie Donegan / Van Morrison – Outskirts of Town Chuck Mead – Out On The Natchez Trail Del McCoury / Steve Earle – Harlan Man Drive-By Truckers – George Jones Talkin’ Cell Phone Blues Drive-By Truckers – Play It All Night Long Drive-By Truckers – Rebels Drive-By Truckers – Uncle Frank (Alternate Version) Earl Scruggs – T for Texas Eleven Hundred Springs – Long Haired Tattooed Hippie Freaks John Fogerty – Travelin’ Band Marty Robbins – They’re Hanging Me Tomight 1959 Mavericks, The – 02 – Tell Me Why Mose Allison – Since I Fell for You Old97’s – Ivy’s Got A Boyfriend Problem Ray Charles – A Song for You Ray Charles – Baby, It’s Cold Outside Ray Charles – GENIUS + SOUL= Jazz – From the Heart Ray Charles – I’m Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town Ray Charles – Let the Good Times Roll Ray Charles – Moanin’ Ray Charles – Ray Charles – Let’s go get stoned Ray Charles – Ray Charles – no Title Ray Charles – You Don’t Know Me REO Speedwagon – REO Speedwagon – The Hits – 06 – Tak The Rolling Stones – Rocks Off The Rolling Stones – Under My Thumb The Velvet Underground – Sweet Jane (early version) Theme Songs – Cheers Wilco – Misunderstood
	Listening to Drive-By Truckers – Play It All Night Long http://qtwt.us/t7s (rare instance of cover CRUSHING beloved original) [#]
	If it’s Friday eve (and it is), ’tis time to sail. As soon as we negotiate this @$#* traffic on 30. [#]
	Shared The Iron Giant

Stream o’ consciousness for August 7th

In me, Me, ME! on August 7, 2009

	Listened to 45 songs. Audioslave – Be Yourself Audioslave – Getaway Car Audioslave – Like a Stone Audioslave – The Worm Audioslave – What You Are Bob Schneider – A Long Way to Get Bobbie Gentry & Glen Campbell – Less of Me Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy – Lie Down in the Light Carole King – Jazzman 1974 Dazz Band – Let It Whip Django Reinhardt and the QHCF with Stephane Grappelly – Charleston Eddie Cochran – Hallelujah I Love Her So (with echo – no strings) Fluffy Hunter – The Walkin’ Blues Jim Croce – I’ll Have to Say I Love You in a Song Joe Tex – Skinny Legs and All Kasey Chambers – The Rain Louis Armstrong – Basin Street Blues [Live] Marty Robbins – That Old Feeling Marty Robbins – Tumbling Tumbleweeds Marty Robbins – Utah Carol Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs – I Wanna Be Sedated (Bonus Track) Mose Allison – Ever Since The World Ended (Live) NeffTunes – I Don’t Know by HankWilliamsIII Night Ranger – Sister Christian Pink Floyd – Dogs Robert Randolph & The Family Band – goin in the right direction Rodney Crowell – Moving Work Of Art Rodney Crowell – Sex & Gasoline Roy Milton & His Solid Senders – Hop, Skip & Jump Sonny Rollins – On a Slow Boat to China Steely Dan – Here at the Western World Tennessee Ernie Ford – Sixteen Tons The Avett Brothers – Walking For You The Black Crowes – Go Faster The Black Crowes – Remedy The Dramatics – Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get The Ernie Freeman Combo – Rock House The Gourds – Tex-Mex Mile The Hold Steady – First Night The Jazz Butcher – Shirley MacLaine The Princeton Nassoons – Time Todd Snider – Thin Wild Mercury Tower of Power – Ain’t Nothin’ Stoppin’ Us Now Us3 – World No More victoria spivey & lonnie johnson – Furniture Man Blues – Part 2
	@sblaskovich agreed. Worth a blogpost. [#]
	For the record, I have been known to hucklebuck: (Fluffy Hunter – The Walkin’ Blues http://qtwt.us/yvs) [#]
	@johnengler Backatchya, amigo. [#]
	Come on HuffPo. Not even trying to look professional. I’ve met Will Bunch and he’s not so pixelated: http://yfrog.com/0ngnilj [#]
	rt @copyblogger "So it’s sorta social, right? Demented and sad, but social." John Bender, The Breakfast Club #hugheslinesthatdescribetwitter [#]
	Screw the game, Leonard Cohen is on PBS! (via @bsaren)-> What gives @kera? [#]
	RT @frozenct: People been asking if I pay for quality content online.The honest answer is yes,if it guarantees an orgasm. (via @vincrosbie) [#]
	My new litmus test for entertainment: Will it be more fun than sailing? High-priced Bob, Willie and JCM lose. [#]
	RT @ckrewson: THE John Hughes piece to read today: http://digg.com/d3zwTS via @ryansholin, others. [#]
	Listened to 14 songs. Chris Barber / Lonnie Donegan / Van Morrison – Outskirts of Town Earl Scruggs – T for Texas Eleven Hundred Springs – Long Haired Tattooed Hippie Freaks John Fogerty – Travelin’ Band Mavericks, The – 02 – Tell Me Why Old97’s – Ivy’s Got A Boyfriend Problem Ray Charles – A Song for You Ray Charles – Baby, It’s Cold Outside Ray Charles – Moanin’ Ray Charles – Ray Charles – Let’s go get stoned Ray Charles – Ray Charles – no Title Ray Charles – You Don’t Know Me REO Speedwagon – REO Speedwagon – The Hits – 06 – Tak The Velvet Underground – Sweet Jane (early version)
	Good week for lunches w/ old friends: Yesterday @radiotime (congrats on new round!); today @dmagazine… [#]

Stream o’ consciousness for August 6th

In me, Me, ME! on August 6, 2009

	Shared Apple’s new low: censoring a dictionary
	"I enjoy the massacre of ads. This sentence will slaughter ads without a messy bloodbath." http://bit.ly/D1qvK (Brilliant ad context hack) [#]
	Shared How to build a long-lived culture of excellence
	@mleewelch It’s just under a mile, but I highly recommend Club Quarters. Nice and cheap (rare combo): http://bit.ly/MYYVD [#]
	RT @copyblogger: Ironically, it’s a lot easier to have integrity when you have money. [#]
	@bsaren What’s main differential? [#]
	Published Smart thoughts on corporate culture
	@LevelTen_Colin Step 1. Take your group off LinkedIn and to a social net where people actually use/interact with groups. [#]
	Wow. First time I’ve ever been actively blocked on Twitter. And by someone I met under seemingly pleasant circumstances last week. Sniff. [#]
	RT @dgouldin: @mikeorren then why do most of the people I know with integrity not have money? (original via @copyblogger) [#]
	@davehucker I saw a retweet that I knew I hadn’t seen. When I clicked user in Seesmic, said I was blocked @ user request [#]
	@mattsingley A free and immediately available copy of Sherpa for iPhone. [#]
	Listening to The Ozark Mountain Daredevils – It’ll Shine When It Shines http://qtwt.us/las [#]
	Listened to 45 songs. 07 If You Need Me _ Solomon Burke – If You Need Me / Solomon Burke Al Hirt – Green Hornet Allen Brothers – Shake It, Ida, Shake It Austin Lounge Lizards – Trailways of Tears Barrelhouse Annie – If It Don’t Fit (Don’t Force It) Beastie Boys – The Melee Ben Harper and Relentless7 – Under pressure Bob Seger – Beautiful Loser (Live) Bob Seger – Katmandu Bob Seger – Mainstreet Bob Seger – Shame On The Moon Bob Seger – Still The Same Bob Seger – trying’ to live my life without you Bob Seger – We’ve Got Tonight Buck Owens – Down on the Corner of Love Centromatic (with Jason Isbell) – Love has found me somehow Cher & Gregg Allman – Can You Fool Creedence Clearwater Revival – Pagan Baby Death Cab for Cutie – Soul Meets Body Donald Fagen – Florida Room Dwight Yoakam – Nothing’s Changed Here Fugees – Blunted Interlude Glen Campbell – It’s Only Make Believe Jimmy Page / The Black Crowes – Out on the Tiles Journey – Anytime Mandy Barnett & Chuck Mead – Jackson Marty Robbins – God Understands Marty Robbins – Twentieth Century Drifter-74/10 Mavis Staples – Have A Little Faith Neil Young & Crazy Horse – Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black) Oglio Music – Sexercise Plastic Bertrand – Ca Plane Pour Moi Son Volt – Bandages & Scars (live) The Flaming Lips – Drug Machine The Flaming Lips – Flaming Lips No Title The Flaming Lips – Rainin’ Babies The Four Tops – Reach out I’ll be there (origi The Ink Spots – Slap That Bass The Ozark Mountain Daredevils – It’ll Shine When It Shines The Smithereens – I Don’t Want to Lose You Tim’m West – Stutter Todd Snider and the Nervous Wrecks – 16_Todd_Snider_and_the_Nervous_Wreck Uncle Tupelo – We’ve Been Had Wilco – Outta Mind (Outta Sight) Willie Nelson – Keep Me From Blowing Away
	Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell. – John Nichols (via @johnperrybarlow)-> what’s your co’s strategy? [#]
	Sad on several levels that the #4 paid app in iTunes store is geocoded sex offender dbase. [#]
	rt @pegasusnews Pegasus News week in view: Serial edition – http://eepurl.com/cSLb [#]
	If you’ve ever pitched or been pitched or might pitch for investment, you must watch Dragon’s Den on BBC America. [#]
	@wmhartnett I didn’t get Cohen either until I saw him live a few months back. Then the skies opened. [#]
	http://bit.ly/NHRKj (via @GraemeThickins) "The lesson: it doesn’t matter what a company needs; only matters what customers willing to do." [#]
	Mad Men premiere dry, @dynamoe? So many illusions shattering. Need an early-morning old fashioned to cope. [#]
	@anildash Count me another vote for genius o’ PM Dawn. [#]
	Listening to The Gourds – Tex-Mex Mile http://qtwt.us/ats "I was Rip Van Winkle, but I thought I was Apollo Creed" [#]
	Posted New player in local news (and nonprofit) space: Square Pegs
	Listened to 24 songs. Bob Schneider – A Long Way to Get Bobbie Gentry & Glen Campbell – Less of Me Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy – Lie Down in the Light Django Reinhardt and the QHCF with Stephane Grappelly – Charleston Eddie Cochran – Hallelujah I Love Her So (with echo – no strings) Joe Tex – Skinny Legs and All Marty Robbins – That Old Feeling Marty Robbins – Tumbling Tumbleweeds Marty Robbins – Utah Carol Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs – I Wanna Be Sedated (Bonus Track) Mose Allison – Ever Since The World Ended (Live) NeffTunes – I Don’t Know by HankWilliamsIII Rodney Crowell – Moving Work Of Art Rodney Crowell – Sex & Gasoline Tennessee Ernie Ford – Sixteen Tons The Avett Brothers – Walking For You The Black Crowes – Go Faster The Ernie Freeman Combo – Rock House The Gourds – Tex-Mex Mile The Princeton Nassoons – Time Todd Snider – Thin Wild Mercury Tower of Power – Ain’t Nothin’ Stoppin’ Us Now Us3 – World No More victoria spivey & lonnie johnson – Furniture Man Blues – Part 2

corporations, culture, netflix, organizations

Smart thoughts on corporate culture

In Bidness on August 5, 2009

Culture

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Stream o’ consciousness for August 5th

In me, Me, ME! on August 5, 2009

	Less-than-annual confontation w/ neighborhood nemesis #walmart. Damn you and your reasonably-priced solar boat lights! #fb [#]
	News from socialnets means lost detail. Did Clinton have sec svc? In my version he snuck in w/ Walther PPK wrapped in copy of Penthouse. [#]
	Posted Guest co-hosting the Jack E. Jett Show: Square Pegs
	Listened to 25 songs. Asylum Street Spankers – Monkey Rag (Live) Ben Pollack & His Orchestra – On With the Dance Brian Wilson – Oh Broadway Dick Hyman Group/Howard Alden – Old Fashioned Love Django Reinhardt et le Quintette du Hot Club de France, avec Stéphane Grappelly – I Saw Stars (f. Bert Marshall) Dr. John & Chris Barber – Basin Street Blues/Take Me Back To New Orleans Elvis Costello – My Flame Burns Blue (Blood Count) Frank Sinatra – That Old Black Magic Guns N’ Roses – Dead Horse Howard McGhee – Sharp Edge James McMurtry – I’m Not From Here Jimmy Buffett – Quietly Making Noise John Coltrane – Naima Kay Starr – I’ll Never Be Free Marty Robbins – After You Leave – 1953 Nat King Cole – Bring Another Drink Nat King Cole – I’ll Never Be the Same Nina Simone – Please Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood Old 97’s – You Belong to My Heart Rhett Miller – Caroline Richmond Fontaine – Capsized Southern Culture on the Skids – The Great Atomic Power The Beatles – 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 – Get Back The Dandy Warhols – Wonderful You The Mavericks – Things You Said To Me
	Din w/ April at Lake Ray Hubbard Flying Saucer. Yes, we sailed here. #fb [#]
	Time marches on. Sock puppets get no smarter: http://bit.ly/nPEih [#]
	Listened to 14 songs. Allen Brothers – Shake It, Ida, Shake It Austin Lounge Lizards – Trailways of Tears Ben Harper and Relentless7 – Under pressure Bob Seger – We’ve Got Tonight Buck Owens – Down on the Corner of Love Cher & Gregg Allman – Can You Fool Creedence Clearwater Revival – Pagan Baby Death Cab for Cutie – Soul Meets Body Dwight Yoakam – Nothing’s Changed Here Jimmy Page / The Black Crowes – Out on the Tiles Journey – Anytime Mandy Barnett & Chuck Mead – Jackson Marty Robbins – Twentieth Century Drifter-74/10 Wilco – Outta Mind (Outta Sight)

Stream o’ consciousness for August 4th

In me, Me, ME! on August 4, 2009

	Listened to 24 songs. Barry Manilow – I Made It Through the Rain Boz Scaggs – Runnin’ Blue BR5-49 – 18 Wheels & A Crowbar Buck Owens – Dust On Mother’s Bible Elton John – Pinball Wizard Eminem – Lose Yourself – No Skips – Guaranteed – Cervantes1337 Eric Clapton – Motherless Children Living Colour – Fight the Fight Living Colour – Information Overload Living Colour – Ology Living Colour – Tag Team Partners Living Colour – These Are Happy Times Living Colour – Type Living Colour – Visions Meat Loaf – Everything Louder Than Everything Else Ralph Stanley & Bob Dylan – The Lonesome River Red Hot Chili Peppers – Desecration Smile Talking Heads – Mr. Jones The Connells – Fun & Games (live) The Darkness – Holding My Own The Drams – Holy Moses The Happy Bullets – Good Day! Us3 – Enough (bonus beats) Will Kimbrough – Goodnight Moon
	Listened to 9 songs. Dick Hyman Group/Howard Alden – Old Fashioned Love Django Reinhardt et le Quintette du Hot Club de France, avec Stéphane Grappelly – I Saw Stars (f. Bert Marshall) John Coltrane – Naima Nat King Cole – Bring Another Drink Nat King Cole – I’ll Never Be the Same Old 97’s – You Belong to My Heart Southern Culture on the Skids – The Great Atomic Power The Beatles – 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 – Get Back The Dandy Warhols – Wonderful You
	Newsflash: People don’t enjoy ads, even online. Film @ 11: http://is.gd/22cFv [#]
	Taking a day off. [#]
	Just got a new #shouldbeabandname from @chrismarquardt: Astronaut-Butt Molds – http://bit.ly/2U08N3 [#]
	Weird Al + JibJab+ White Stripes + CNR = Awesome http://is.gd/22ecP [#]
	Shared 37 37
	Posted 37 \| Mike Orren
	Just because your hamster wheel is made out of platinum and diamonds, doesn’t mean you’re getting off any sooner buah ha (via @gapingvoid) [#]
	Just kicked a bottle of champagne. Feeling very AbFab. [#]

Todd Snider: “Age Like Wine”

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In me, Me, ME! on August 4, 2009

This year's resolve: The prelude is over. Game on.

Stream o’ consciousness for August 3rd

In me, Me, ME! on August 3, 2009

	Steve Jobs hates the App Store – http://qtwt.us/nsr (I dismissed beginning as clownery bit by end is spot-on) [#]
	@howardowens The fact that they’re addressing you means you’ve already won. [#]
	Seeing war over web metrics in @howardowens smaller town puts ours in DFW in perspective http://tinyurl.com/l48ehd [#]
	@howardowens I agree was worth responding. But most important point is that they are clearly afraid of you. Win. [#]
	Said before; will again: Someone (FriendFeed?) create a Twit/FB/RSS reader that dedupes links. Bonus points for aggregating who posted. [#]
	RT @worklawyer: Re-watched "Paths of Glory" Reaffirmed including on my Top 5 movies for lawyers to watch, http://bit.ly/13TFXY (Me=awesome!) [#]
	RT @ideacounter: The number of people alive on earth right now is higher than the number of all the people that have died. [#]
	Published Sometimes too much is too much
	Why I’m over Central Market; shopping Whole Foods: http://is.gd/1ZshU [#]
	The New Lexicography (or) Wordination Postenko: http://bit.ly/livL1 [#]
	12seconds – Test http://tiny12.tv/NE848 [#]
	Isn’t Robert Earl Keen like 3 years overdue for a proper new CD? http://is.gd/1ZuVY [#]
	Rest of day swimming w/ pups, drinking LaChouffe & Absinthe & eating dinner of tuna, devilled eggs and bruschetta. April spoils me. #b-day [#]
	I wanted my ship’s log to be all analog so I got a moleskine I rarely use. Here’s the digital answer: http://is.gd/1ZvOc [#]
	RT @gapingvoid: From my latest blog post: "Fail cheap. Fail often. Always make new mistakes." ~Esther Dyson http://bit.ly/Yb6t0 [#]
	Listened to 41 songs. Ben Folds – Your Redneck Past Bobby Summers – Pad Brave Combo – Patricia Twist Country Gazette – Snowball Elvis Costello & The Attractions – Beyond Belief Hank 3 – Life of Sin Jan Garbarek – Nefertite-Jan Garbarek Leadbelly – In New Orleans (House of the Rising Sun) Leonard Cohen – Chelsea Hotel #2 Leonard Cohen – Our Lady of Solitude Liars – Plaster Casts of Everything Marty Robbins – 10_No Tears, No Regrets (Sweeney) Marty Robbins – Girl from Spanish Town Marty Robbins – Stairway of Love Marty Robbins – The Roving Gambler Marty Robbins – Would You Take Me Back Again Marty Robbins – You Won’t Have Her Long Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs – I See The Rain Neil Young & Crazy Horse – The Old Laughing Lady Phish – Cavern Phish – Manteca Primal Scream – Over & Over Robert Earl Keen – My Baby Left Me (Please Send Her Home Roger Miller – Dang Me Scott Miller and the Commonwealth – Feel So Good to Midland The Detroit Cobras – Baby Let Me Hold Your Hand The Detroit Cobras – Cha Cha Twist The Lurkers – Frankenstein Again The Lurkers – Jenny The Raconteurs – Hold Up The Sadies – Home The Smithereens – Time and Time Again Tom T. Hall – Me and Jesus Tom Waits – $29.00 Tom Waits – All the World Is Green Tom Waits – Innocent When You Dream [Barroom][Version] Tom Waits – Intro Tom Waits – Let Me Get Up On It Warren Zevon – Mohammed’s Radio William Bell – I’ll Show You Willie Nelson & Wynton Marsalis – Bright Lights Big City
	I’m thinking that no one earned anything from WaPo/Gawker angst. Question is who lost less. #newnewnewmediaeconomics [#]
	Marty Robbins only wrote five songs and remade them with lyrical variations 1,000x. All are worth hearing. #whitesportcoatpinkcrustacean [#]
	Posted Body language says Melissa d’Arabian is Next Food Network Star: Square Pegs
	Shared Dallas Convention Hotel Fails As Urban Design
	Linkified http://bit.ly/cVfvc (via @seankovacs) [#]
	Shared mikeorren: http://twitpic.com/ckpn4
	B-day festivus din http://twitpic.com/ckpn4 [#]
	Ambidextrous Sinners #shouldbeabandname [#]
	Tunajuice Cuttinboard #shouldbeabandname [#]
	Shared Tina Brown: It seems like Talk mag’s launch party happened in the 18th century
	Starting a new job with @pegasusnews tomorrow; found the job through, who else, @twitter – thanks guys! (via @chrisedgemon) [#]
	A lion’s roar can be heard from 5 miles away. (via @ideacounter)–> for my fellow Leos. #fb [#]
	Google v. Microsoft v. Apple – like a 70’s Japanese Godzilla flick: http://bit.ly/AId75 (via @davidgerzof)–> great analogy [#]
	Listened to 13 songs. Barry Manilow – I Made It Through the Rain Boz Scaggs – Runnin’ Blue BR5-49 – 18 Wheels & A Crowbar Buck Owens – Dust On Mother’s Bible Eminem – Lose Yourself – No Skips – Guaranteed – Cervantes1337 Eric Clapton – Motherless Children Living Colour – Fight the Fight Living Colour – Tag Team Partners Ralph Stanley & Bob Dylan – The Lonesome River The Darkness – Holding My Own The Happy Bullets – Good Day! Us3 – Enough (bonus beats) Will Kimbrough – Goodnight Moon

centralmarket, food, grocery, wholefoods

Sometimes too much is too much

In Bidness, Locavore / locaholic on August 2, 2009

Whole Foods in Lakewood, Dallas

While doing the weekly-ish grocery shopping at the Lakewood Whole Foods this morning, I realized that I am totally over Central Market, which used to be my favorite grocer.

First, a bit of context: Because we live in an area of town where grocers fear to tread, we have to drive a minimum of five miles to get to anything north of a dollar store. And, as demi-foodies, we figure that if you’re going to drive, you might as well go to one of the better stores — and in this gerrymandered burg of dry areas, part of that relates to the ability to buy hooch. We never much cared for the Greenville Avenue Whole Foods, so until it moved to the new store in Lakewood, that meant a drive to the Central Market on Lovers.

At first I thought we were going to the new WF more often just out of laziness because it was closer. But during today’s shopping expedition, I realized that I really am enjoying the shopping experience more. Here’s why: Read the rest of this entry »

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Stream o’ consciousness for August 2nd

In me, Me, ME! on August 2, 2009

	Shared Should NPR let staffers march in gay pride parades?
	@markbriggs Tell them no need to worry about KOMO. [#]
	… Sweep the leg. [#]
	… You’re the best! Around! Nothing’s gonna ever keep you down (punctuation literal) #karatekid #joeesposito [#]
	"Turn on, tune in, and drop out." – Marshall McLuhan (Honest. McLuhan gave it to Leary cuz it didn’t fit his own rap) (via @johnperrybarlow) [#]
	Gen X, Gen Y, Gen Z, uh… maybe we ought to rethink this naming system. (via @scottkarp) [#]
	For those who love/hate the #madmen iconmaker: A Dyna Moe model of media – http://qtwt.us/goq [#]
	Listened to 7 songs. Ben Folds – Your Redneck Past Bobby Summers – Pad Elvis Costello & The Attractions – Beyond Belief Jan Garbarek – Nefertite-Jan Garbarek Primal Scream – Over & Over Warren Zevon – Mohammed’s Radio Willie Nelson & Wynton Marsalis – Bright Lights Big City
	If you think your business is people interacting w/ content AND comment on your site, check & tremble: http://www.greactions.com [#]

Stream o’ consciousness for August 1st

In me, Me, ME! on August 1, 2009

	At luncheon with #belo head Robert Decherd as speaker. Tidbits tk if interesting … [#]
	"we have been ridiculed for some of our early investments, but the fact is that we were there" #cuecat [#]
	Minor irony: as this talk goes on, many AH Belo sites are down… [#]
	Decherd: "How do you support great journalism in the face of this kind of revenue decline?" [#]
	Current rev of all AHC papers < DMN alone in 2000. [#]
	4th recession Decherd has seen. Difference = Internet. [#]
	Decherd: "Have to receive a fair value for what we deliver every day." [#]
	Remembering days of customer complaint over Sunday paper being too big for dog to pick up. (ah, memories) [#]
	"our advertisers don’t care what our circulation is in Tulsa or Amarillo" [#]
	Decherd: Attrition rate from higher sub prices is fae less than modeled. [#]
	Decherd: nonprofit model is swell idea. Doesn’t work. (room laughs) [#]
	RD: Nonprofit model is not "commonsensical" b/c no wider print distribution. Foundations/donors will lose interest. [#]
	RD: philanthropy is fickle. Don’t be lulled into notion it is substitute. [#]
	RD: "Briefing has probably annoyed the heck out of a lot of you" Al Dia profitable. Quick "will be there" [#]
	RD: "All about the core" (niche sections didn’t work. It’s metro, sports, etc" [#]
	"Internet cannot save traditional media." Price destruction. [#]
	RD: paid online won’t save the day. Online fees + ads not replace what was lost. Industry missed boat years ago. [#]
	RD: Kindle is horrible financial deal for us. [#]
	NPR.org has by far the best "site not found" page I’ve ever seen. http://is.gd/1WtO3 (via @ckrewson) [#]
	Shared mikeorren: http://twitpic.com/ca5l4
	Just got my awesome b-day pressie from April: http://twitpic.com/ca5l4 Wonder what I’ll be having for my after work cocktail tonight? [#]
	Posted Lunch with Robert: Square Pegs
	So. Disturbing. Sex dolls for dogs: http://is.gd/1WyJp (Hat tip: Chad Jones via Facebook) [#]
	Aggregation of my tweets during Belo honcho Robert Decherd’s lunch talk: http://is.gd/1WzYg [#]
	RT @mikebullock: Hey DFW, rain or shine here are the estate and garage sale listings for this weekend. http://tinyurl.com/9fofxy [#]
	April got us a couples massage at The Crescent Spa. I hope my masseuse is ready for a workout. [#]
	@old97s The bootleg community can suck eggs. Everybody converts to MP3 if they want to listen to the music. #unnecessarypretention [#]
	Closing out the workweek w/ Waco Brothers version of Baba O’Riley #fb [#]
	@old97s I know all that. Just never understood point of being so pristine with recordings that are generally already substandard. [#]
	At stoplight. Crone in next car yelled at me for "the texting." Replied that she needed to mind her bidness; that she is greater danger… [#]
	…she gasped, called someone to report "assault…well, verbal assault!" People behind honked cos she didn’t notice light change #couldntmakeup [#]
	Listened to 20 songs. Blood, Sweat & Tears – Ride Captain Ride Bowling for Soup – 1985 Frank Black – Selkie Bride Georgie Fame – Green Onions Gorillaz – Five Four Gram Parsons – Honky Tonk Woman James Brown – Talkin’ Loud & Sayin’ Nothing Johnny Cash – Wreck of the Old ‘97 Laura Nyro – Jimmy Mack Little Feat – The Weight (feat. Bela Fleck & Mike Utley) NeffTunes – WhiteTrashBySouthernCultureOnTheSkids Rush – Crossroads Sonny Lester and His Orchestra – Perfume And Pink Chiffon Steve Earle – Steve’s Last Ramble Stray Cats – You Can’t Hurry Love The Jazz Butcher – Angels The Jazz Butcher – Bath Of Bacon The Jazz Butcher – Love Kittens The Waco Brothers – Baba O’Riley Van Morrison – Listen to the Lion / The Lion Speaks
	Thunderstorm Convertible #shouldbeabandname [#]
	The one thing I absolutely cannot tolerate is hypocrisy … unless it benefits me. Then I blithely ignore it. [#]
	Light at the end of the tunnel @ http://tinyurl.com/nykonq (via @seankovacs re: G Voice iPhone app rejection) [#]
	Listening to Dwight Yoakam – Please, Please Baby http://qtwt.us/fyq (testing qtweet) [#]
	Dear Bob: We Haven’t Met, But Texas Tribune Heart DMN Anyway!! BFF, Okay? « Insomniactive – http://qtwt.us/gyq [#]
	Listened to 12 songs. Bobby Bare – Dropkick Me, Jesus Cracker – Yalla Yalla (Let’s Go) Fats Waller and his Rhythm – Ain’t Misbehavin’ JK w/ Jools Holland Band – I’m In The Mood For Love Marty Robbins – Respectfully Miss Brooks Pete Johnson and "Big" Joe Truner – Rebecca S. Grappelli and Barney Kessel – Cant’ Help Lovin’ That Man Of Mine Steely Dan – Barrytown Teddy Wilson – Stompin’ At The Savoy The Rolling Stones – Torn and Frayed The Staple Singers – Will the circle be unbroken Us3 – money on my mind
	Interplanetary Biscuit #shouldbeabandname [#]
	Watching Karate Kid recorded of AMC and drinking mimosas… [#]
	…Mom is convincing son that she could never make the $ and bennies in computers that she could make after breaking into foodservice (!) [#]
	… forgot how integral crap soundrtracks were to 80’s films. [#]
	… Was 1984 really a cruel, cruel summer? [#]

Stream o’ consciousness for July 31st

In me, Me, ME! on July 31, 2009

	Prof. Gates Lied? http://bit.ly/9id96 (someday will write long article on my early faux racist debacle) [#]
	@drnicomartini "There’s people out there turning music into gold." [#]
	@drnicomartini Gold, by John Stewart. 70’s greatness featuring Buckingham / Nicks [#]
	@markjosephson Just added a bunch to your Wilco list. Enjoy! [#]
	@prestonjones Um, I think your acct has been compromised: http://is.gd/1UZGv [#]
	Listened to 35 songs. 256 – Louvin Brothers – The Family Who Pra Back Porch Vipers – When I Get Low I Get High Cameo – Candy Clarence Carter – Looking for a Fox Clarence Carter – Patches Clarence Carter – Slip Away Eddie Purrell; Soul 71 – [Untitled Track] Frank Black – All Around the World Frank Black – Dark End of the Street Frank Black – Don’t Cry That Way Frank Black – Go Find Your Saint Frank Black – I Burn Today Frank Black – Seven Days Frank Black – Violet Frank Black – When the Paint Grows Darker Still Frank Black – Where the Wind Is Going Gladys Knight & The Pips – If I Were Your Woman Gold Chains & Sue Cie – Shoot Straight Kenny Dorham – Stella By Starlight-KENNY DORHAM Lou Reed – Real Good Time Together Lou Reed – Ride Into the Sun Mark Olson and the Creekdippers – Elijah Mark Olson and the Creekdippers – Golden State Locket Mixed 80s – (I Just) Died In Your Arms NeffList – Tears Dry on Their Own by Amy Winehouse Pink Floyd – Summer ‘68 Prairie Home Companion, A – Old Plank Road – Robin & Linda Williams Queen – In The Death Cell(Love Theme R R.B. Greaves – Take a Letter Maria Raul Malo – At Last Steve Earle – Rake The Rolling Stones – the rolling stones – a bigger bang – 15 Walter Vinscon Jacobs & Lonnie Chatman – Driving That Thing Wilco – 4. Hummingbird Wilco – Company in My Back
	Maybe first sail in almost two weeks tonight. Hook me up Windfinder! http://is.gd/1V1Da [#]
	Shared Lower the drinking age
	I have zero patience for those who don’t understand even the basics of the interwebs. #survivaloffittest [#]
	@pauldawalibi "Clowns to the left of me; jokers to the right…" [#]
	Shared Supporting the new news ecosystem
	@gapingvoid Dunno idiot’s context but that sounds a bit like Jon Stewart’s I’m not a newsman, I’m a comedian schtick. #notmutuallyexclusive [#]
	After months of driving Volvowagon, Miata feels like finely-tuned fighterjet. #fb [#]
	Bankrupt Cash for Clunkers program had a 30-second spot on every single break local during TV morning news. Coincidence? [#]
	Use of mobile realtime traffic reporting results in worse traffic from too many people trying to optimize: http://is.gd/1Wcv7 [#]
	Upshot of iPhone stupidity w/ GVoice: Just jailbroke for first time since app store opened 7/08. Matters b/c there are 1,000s of me. [#]
	@donthorp Used to use, but as dev halted, I’ve found Goog Quick Search Box does everything I used and is simpler. [#]
	@geodelic So iPhone users SOL on Sherpa? [#]
	@spamboy I got GVoice app before ban too. But the paranoia that created pushed me over the jaibreak cliff. [#]
	@donthorp If you’re power user you might. If like me you use to open apps, files, and control itunes, allgood. [#]

Stream o’ consciousness for July 30th

In me, Me, ME! on July 30, 2009

	Make that @angelahunt twittering form City Council retreat (had wrong address before) [#]
	@dynamoe Does that mean we might see some Mad Men art on TV? (Lovin’ the icons btw http://is.gd/1SUoW) [#]
	@seankovacs So you take a net loss on the return? They hit you for more than your rev share? Amazing [#]
	CNN’s breaking news alert email on Health bill an hour behind my Twitter friends. Why bother? [#]
	@old97s I think did it once at the Gypsy Tea Room. And if I remember right @rhettmiller made remark about too many words but got through it. [#]
	@old97s Towards the end, I agree. Circa 1998-1999, was my favorite place to see them. They got greedy and oversold/understaffed later on… [#]
	@old97s Not that I went. By the end I refused to go to GTR shows. Actually I’d say my fave place to see em was Sons. [#]
	Listened to 55 songs. Alanis Morissette – Head Over Feet Billie Holiday – I Thought About You Bonnie Tyler – Holding Out for a Hero Brian Wilson – Our Prayer/Gee Carl Hancock Rux – Eleven More Days Cat Power – Could We Cat Power – Don’t Explain Cat Power – I Believe in You Cat Power – Islands Cat Power – Living Proof Cat Power – Lord, Help the Poor and Needy Cat Power – Willie Corey Harris – Frankie Doris Corey Harris – High Fever Blues Django Reinhardt et le Quintette du Hot Club de France, avec Stéphane Grappelly – Some of These Days Eddie Hazel – California Dreamin’ Ella Fitzgerald – Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye Elton John – Your Song Emmylou Harris – If I Could Only Win Your Love Eric Clapton – isn’t it a pity Fagen Donald – I.G.Y Frank Black – Raider Man Frank Sinatra – I’ve Got a Crush on You Joe Henderson – Snap Your Fingers Lester Young – I Want a Little Girl [#2] Lil Mama – Lip Gloss Lonnie Donegan – I’m Just a Rolling Stone Marty Robbins – She Was Young And She Was Pretty – 1960 Mary Cutrufello – Candy In The Window MC5 – Borderline MC5 – High School Old 97’s – W-I-F-E Shuggie Otis – Strawberry Letter 23 Sleepy John Estes and Yank Rachell – Expressman Blues The Bambi Molesters – Theme From Slaying Beauty The Beatles – 08 [2] – 08 – Michelle The Fleshtones – The World Has Changed The Go-Go’s – We Got the Beat The Hold Steady – Your Little Hoodrat Friend The Resentments – Thirteen The Shakes – Hell I Waited Tinariwen – MataDJem Yinmixan Tiny Bradshaw – The Train Kept A Rollin’ Todd Snider – Once He Finds Us Tom Jones – Help Yourself Tom Petty – Ankle Deep Tom Waits – Virginia Avenue Traveling Wilburys – New Blue Moon Traveling Wilburys – Runaway Traveling Wilburys – The Trembler Traveling Wilburys – Walk Away Traveling Wilburys – You Got It Us3 – An Ordinary Day in an Unusual Place (part 2) Van Halen – House of Pain Wilco – Leave Me (Like You Found Me)
	@JoostTX Funny. I was listening to Pocahantas this am. [#]
	RT @pegasusnews: Pegasus News week in view: Around town edition – http://eepurl.com/cJ0w [#]
	@ajkeen The age of nomenclature. Nothing can be unnamed, apparently including the age. [#]
	Goog Voice app may become crossroads for iPhone dev: http://is.gd/1UzGc (Me: It’s going to get worse and then APL comes around… I hope.) [#]
	Good analysis on who to blame for G Voice iPhone app fiasco, @cgouldin: http://is.gd/1UA6j [#]
	@cgouldin Agreed. Logic defied. [#]
	Listened to 5 songs. Cameo – Candy Gladys Knight & The Pips – If I Were Your Woman R.B. Greaves – Take a Letter Maria Steve Earle – Rake The Rolling Stones – the rolling stones – a bigger bang – 15

Stream o’ consciousness for July 29th

In me, Me, ME! on July 29, 2009

	Forget the 4chan nonsense. AT&T (& Apple) doing much more damage by banning Goog Voice & Qik on iPhone. Might have to jailbreak again. [#]
	Published Banjo, The Best Dog Ever™
	Shared Banjo, The Best Dog Ever™ Banjo, The Best Dog Ever™
	Banjo, The Best Dog Ever™: http://is.gd/1RhXI (To be avoided unless you are prepared for maudlin sentimentality and mantears) [#]
	#Twitition Apple to unblock Google Voice App http://twitition.com/xh8jk @kevintraver [#]
	I just learned from Buzz Aldrin that Supertramp is reunited and playing concerts: http://is.gd/1Rs2A #whyilovetwitter @therealBuzz [#]
	Published A Dyna Moe model of media
	Mad Men Yourself is cooler than you know. Why it’s textbook of how brands, mktg and fans should interact: http://is.gd/1Rw9E [#]
	Horizon Realty in Chicago is a sue first, ask questions later kind of landlord: http://is.gd/1RwLw #assclowns [#]
	Shared ‘Maybe Media Won’t Be a Job At All’
	Posted Cowboys – Redskins rivalry starting early this year: Square Pegs
	Shared Bad Apple: An Argument Against Buying an iPhone [Rants]
	Posted Hidden local treasure: Plano’s Dallas Vintage Shop
	Listened to 27 songs. Arturo Sandoval – A Mis Abuelos Arturo Sandoval – La Virgen De La Macarena Asylum Street Spankers – Got My Mojo Workin’ (Live) Asylum Street Spankers – Hick Hop (Live) Asylum Street Spankers – It’s a Sin to Tell a Lie Branford Marsalis Quartet – Reika’s Loss Branford Marsalis – The Nearness of You Clifford Brown & Max Roach – Delilah Clifford Brown – Joy Spring Dizzy Gillespie – Mas Que Nada Drivin’ N’ Cryin’ – Build A Fire Freddie Hubbard – Open Sesame Horace Silver – The Cape Verdean Blues Kenny Garrett – Wooden Steps Lee Morgan – Totem Pole (alternate take) Miles Davis Quintet – Orbits Miles Davis – Dear Old Stockholm Nicholas Payton – Taking a Chance on Love Roy Hargrove – Dream Traveler Roy Hargrove – Trust Sonny Rollins – Alfie’s Theme Stephen Malkmus & The Million Dollar Bashers – Maggie’s Farm The Waco Brothers – The Hand That Throws the Bottle the Bottle Down Wynton Marsalis Septet – Buggy Ride (live) Wynton Marsalis Septet – Local Announcements Wynton Marsalis – Chambers of Tain Wynton Marsalis – I’ll Remember April
	@dgouldin What if you want to hire fir a frontman fir your band or an oriental stealth fighter? [#]
	@dgouldin What if you are hiring a band frontman or stealth fighters? [#]
	rt @stephenfry Even to be presenter on a BBC doc you now have to complete an online "ethical training module" called "Safeguarding Trust" [#]
	Transcript of Obama, Gates, cop happy hour: http://is.gd/1SyBL [#]
	AWESOME parody of AP illustration of paywall DRM plan: http://is.gd/1SHLh #coffeespittake [#]
	@sblaskovich For the record, I only read nonfiction while driving. [#]
	Listened to 13 songs. Alanis Morissette – Head Over Feet Corey Harris – Frankie Doris Corey Harris – High Fever Blues Django Reinhardt et le Quintette du Hot Club de France, avec Stéphane Grappelly – Some of These Days Elton John – Your Song Frank Sinatra – I’ve Got a Crush on You Lil Mama – Lip Gloss Marty Robbins – She Was Young And She Was Pretty – 1960 Mary Cutrufello – Candy In The Window Sleepy John Estes and Yank Rachell – Expressman Blues The Resentments – Thirteen The Shakes – Hell I Waited Tom Petty – Ankle Deep
	@jiconoclast Still doing a post on comments? Get my email? No biggie-was just gonna post on my blog so I don’t forget it if you don’t need [#]
	@jiconoclast Saw that one. Hadn’t seen the followup. I’ll watch your feed! [#]
	RT @Sully007: Part 3 in excellent healthcare series – http://bit.ly/14cvP3 (Me = Can’t wait for finale w/ solution proposals) [#]
	Shared New iPhone only visible to most loyal customers, claims The Onion

art, commerce, dynamoe, madmen, newmedia, smart

A Dyna Moe model of media

In Media, PopCult on July 28, 2009

My Mad Men totem, cruising through the offices of Sterling Cooper

One of the first posts ever on this blog was a recognition of work by a New York artist and actress who was making weekly stylized desktop images based on episodes of Mad Men.

The artist, Dyna Moe, started doing the illustrations after doing a Christmas card for a friend in the cast of the show. I discovered her illustrations via a fansite towards the end of Season 1. We started looking forward to them every Monday during season two; quietly thrilled for her as she met the show creators when star Jon Hamm was on SNL ; and are now ecstatic to see her creations turned into the instantly-popular “Mad Men Yourself” tool on the show’s official website.

I see this as a textbook example of how the new New Media should work: A fan / friend starts creating an homage to a brand. That brand does not sue or discourage the fan doing unofficial work, even though she might be making a few paltry bucks. Nor does it jump in and try to co-opt, compete or take over. It lets the homage play out. Once it becomes clear that the homage is successful and additive to the brand, it embraces that homage. It then hires the fan / friend to extend that homage in an official way that is true to the brand and the artist.

Everybody wins. Imagine that.

april, banjo, chesapeakebayretriever, chessie, dogs, dysplasia, family, love

Banjo, The Best Dog Ever™

In Fam, Memoir on July 28, 2009

My favorite photo of Banjo. After playing a while, he'd want to float regally on his raft, which we called "George," after the actor George Raft. We're weird like that.

My favorite photo of Banjo. After a long play, he'd want to float regally on his raft, which we called "George," after the actor George Raft. We're weird like that.

As a kid, I never had a dog, or any pet for that matter. My mom was terrified of cats, and perhaps had OD’d on pets as a child, as my grandfather kept everything from dogs to monkeys to bears to sheep as housepets. I got a cat on graduating from college: Buffett is now sixteen years-old and looks likely to dance on my grave someday. But it was April who brought dogs into my world.

April and I married in October of 1999, right as we were moving to Charlotte in my first attempt to start a business. Her first birthday as my wife was a couple months later, and it was clear that she wanted a dog — not just any dog, but a Chesapeake Bay Retriever.

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Stream o’ consciousness for July 28th

In me, Me, ME! on July 28, 2009

	Shared Advertisers Relying Less on Traditional Media
	RT @johnperrybarlow: The most dangerous of all falsehoods is a slightly distorted truth. – G.C. Lichtenberg [#]
	Shared 2 photos.
	Really @bluefly_com? Order placed 7/21 and 9(!) sales pitches since then? + sales pitch while unsub? http://twitpic.com/bu8j6 Stay classy. [#]
	Shared Glass likes the idea of "real reporters" talking in normal language
	Hey @snappysalads our film guy likes you. He really likes you: http://is.gd/1Pefj [#]
	Posted In which the Townview Big D Band wishes Woot.com a happy birthday: Square Pegs
	Get @seankovacs excellent iPhone Google Voice app fast. It’s about to be pulled from the store: http://is.gd/1Pkrq [#]
	@drnicomartini I learned about it from your post. Looking into it. [#]
	Listened to 23 songs. Andrew Hill – Hey Hey Andrew Hill – Mcneil Island Art Blakey – The Drum Thunder Suite Bill Evans Trio – All of You (Take 2) Bill Evans – My Foolish Heart Bud Powell – Celia Charles Mingus – Jelly Roll (Alternate) Charles Mingus – Pedal Point Blues Coleman Hawkins – I Remember You Dexter Gordon – Willow Weep for Me Dexter Gordon – You’ve Changed Duke Ellington & John Coltrane – In a Sentimental Mood Eric Dolphy – Out There Hank Mobley – Recado Bossa Nova Horace Silver – Song For My Father John Coltrane – My Favorite Things McCoy Tyner – Four by Five Miles Davis – Moon Dreams Sonny Clark – Cool Struttin’ Sonny Rollins – St. Thomas Sonny Rollins – Strode Rode Thelonious Monk – Bemsha Swing Wayne Shorter – Infant Eyes
	Shared The VCs’ upper hand
	@drnicomartini Who/what is MavTV? They sent me the same message. I don’t get it. [#]
	Made my Mad Men avatar at http://madmenyourself.com. Go make yours! Mad Men premieres Aug 16, then every Sunday 10p on AMC. #madmen #fb [#]
	Shared Village Voice Media: Jumpstarting Online Efforts
	@jdunck There is no Sanctuary!!!! #logansrun [#]
	@jdunck #logansrun never got MST3K’d because it is a Great Film. Or they couldn’t get the rights. One or t’other. [#]
	My Seattle friends’ hot weather reports crack me up. #northernborderofhell [#]
	@westseattleblog Yup. And in turn, a cool rain shuts down our city. All a matter of perspective. [#]
	Anyone have good stats on rural / smalltown broadband penetration? [#]
	@gapingvoid What’s broadband penetration like in #westtexas? [#]
	@jdunck You have learned well, young Padawan. [#]
	Budweiser, Blue Moon and Becks? If Dubya was having people over for beer, at least coulda been @Shiner or Lone Star. #meaninglessgestures [#]
	BHO’s Bud order is self-consciously faux working-class. Don’t fear the frou frou Belgian ale with butterfly nectar! #whatdotheydrinkatluaus [#]
	Despite last two tweets, don’t peg me GOP. Card-carrying member of Equal Opportunity Offender Party. #ironyisdead [#]
	@johnrobinson That’s what I’m responding to. Politico says bud for pres, moon for cop, becks or red stripe for Gates. [#]
	And if we can’t agree of one beer to share together, what will we accomplish? Take up question of bottle, can or draft? [#]
	"Sorry hon. Gonna be late. Lime ickeys with the commander-in-chief." #feydrinkswithpotus #fb [#]
	"Sorry hon. Gonna be late. Lime rickeys with the commander-in-chief." #feydrinkswithpotus #fb [#]
	rt @jimbradysp To me charging for content is akin to movie scene where, after running out of bullets, a gunman throws the gun at its target. [#]
	@hotpinkpunk Yeah but he’d never serve a beer from there #urbancowboy [#]
	Yes, John Prine. It IS a crooked piece of time that we live in. #fb [#]
	No traffic in Dallas this morn. Did I sleep through The Rapture? [#]
	Oof. Spoke too soon. [#]
	Listened to I’ll Remember April – Wynton Marsalis

Stream o’ consciousness for July 27th

In me, Me, ME! on July 27, 2009

	When making film with all midget cast, must suspend disbelief on town being full of regular buildings. How else know they’re midgets? #tcm [#]
	@Candyland A little closer to freeway. No house porn, nut there’s a porn studio on Dilido! [#]
	Shared The Pushbutton Web
	@jdunck Clearly too subtle for film audiences of the 1940s. [#]
	Shared The Great Scratch Pad Caper
	"So many people to see. So many people you can check up on and add to your collection." #prescienceofelviscostello [#]
	Yes, Declan Macmanus, you are correct that it’s not very far from sulphur to sugarcane. #fb #mustremember [#]
	@CharlotteAnne @michelemclellan Unless planning on using only for travel, go pro. Air is anemic and less computer for $$. [#]
	@JoostTX Leave it to a scientist to ruin a perfectly good metaphor. #dontlettruthruingoodstory [#]
	@jayrosen_nyu @johnrobinson Greensboro has great tradition: O. Henry. Murrow. John Robinson. [#]
	Watching "Showtime," MGM retrospective of dogs in movies. Laughing. Crying. Laughing. Crying. [#]
	@JoostTX Did you expect the traditional liberal anti-bee bias? [#]
	@Candyland Not a house. A warehouse. Not sure of exact addy. [#]
	Seeing Our Culture With Fresh Eyes – O’Reilly Radar http://bit.ly/uvmlK (mustread) [#]
	@rossbates happy to help with #evilplans [#]
	A special report on Texas: : Lone Star rising \| The Economist http://bit.ly/12DtMd [#]
	Shared Google goes for local business ads with new format
	@AlexGoodall Auto DM = almost instant unfollow. I come to Twitter to talk to people, bot robots. #TWADMR [#]
	@TheNewsChick If you lived in TX, you’d find that weather report hilarious. Low 90s = coldfront. [#]
	Shared mikeorren: http://twitpic.com/btac1
	Cancakes: An Idea Whose Time Has Come http://twitpic.com/btac1 [#]
	Shared Revamped NPR website emphasizes written reporting over audio reports
	Listened to 3 songs. Bill Evans – My Foolish Heart John Coltrane – My Favorite Things Thelonious Monk – Bemsha Swing

Stream o’ consciousness for July 26th

In me, Me, ME! on July 26, 2009

	Tough day. April and I and Banjo (The Best Dog Ever ™) could use any positive vibes you could send our way. #fb [#]
	I think @bretthoerner is being haunted by the Good Doctor HST. Glad the newsroom rubbed off… [#]
	Helicopters over the house again… Police scanner on Wunderradio iPhone app FTW. #fb [#]