Mike Orren

Stream o’ consciousness for March 10th

Mike Orren — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:09:35 +0000

	I’ve seen a lot of naive and stupid SEO scams, but this one takes the cake: http://www.persistent.com/about.html (Just got spammed by them) [mikeorren]
	Using multiple email addys gives look at a/b testing. So which offer you think performs better for GoGo: $4 off single session or $29/mth? [mikeorren]
	Out of Underground album. Guitarist in this period? Very Marshall Tucker #nowplaying Lou Reed Waiting For The Man http://qtwt.us/ztrq [mikeorren]
	@pogoplank How about a user beta? [mikeorren]
	New Ben Harper and Relentless 7 live disc FTW: http://bit.ly/dAxqAl [mikeorren]
	RT @tgubbins: Iconic Dallas ’90s chain Sfuzzi returns http://tinyurl.com/yzuj5n3 [mikeorren]
	At the risk of beating a live horse, man I love me some A3 #nowplaying Alabama 3- Have You Seen Bruce Richard Reynolds http://qtwt.us/nvrq [mikeorren]
	I’d like to see – and think a bit before dissing – Jack White produce/perform an album of new Jim Steinman songs. [mikeorren]
	… or maybe Flaming Lips’ next cover album should be Bat Out of Hell. #wantyouneedyoubutwillnevereverloveyou [mikeorren]
	Can @jdunck @bretthoerner @dgouldin @chrisedgemon @brandonkonkle explain how this is/is not rubbish?: http://3.ly/BgUx [mikeorren]
	@got80s what channel? [mikeorren]
	Listened to 14 songs. .38 Special – 38 Special – Hold On Loosely Ben Harper and Relentless7 – Faster Slower Disappear Come Around (Live from the Montreal International Jazz Festival) Ben Harper and Relentless7 – Good Times, Bad Times (Live from the Montreal International Jazz Festival) Ben Harper and Relentless7 – Keep It Together (So I Can Fall Apart) (Live from the Montreal International Jazz Festival) Ben Harper and Relentless7 – Lay There & Hate Me (Live from the Montreal International Jazz Festival) Ben Harper and Relentless7 – Number With No Name (Live from the Montreal International Jazz Festival) Ben Harper and Relentless7 – Shimmer & Shine (Live from the Montreal International Jazz Festival) Ben Harper and Relentless7 – Why Must You Always Dress In Black (Live from the Montreal International Jazz Festival) Brian Eno & David Byrne – Home Levon Helm – You Can’t Lose What You Ain’t Never Had Lou Reed – I’m Waiting For The Man Mika – I See You Social Distortion – When the Angels Sing The Flaming Lips – Haven’t Got A Clue
	@bretthoerner That was my take too, but somebody smart was saying it was amazing, so I thought I might be missing something huge. [mikeorren]
	Is it 6:30 yet? I have a hankerin’ for some improverin’. /via @jdtatum Amen. [mikeorren]
	@jdtatum My TRIUMPHANT return, thankyuveddymuch. [mikeorren]
	Listened to 20 songs. 50 Cent/Indeep – Disco Inferno/Last Night a DJ Saved My Life Alex Chilton – Bangkok Ben Folds – Kylie from Connecticut Ben Kweller – Sundress Earl Poole Ball – I Still Miss Someone Gnarls Barkley – Crazy Guns N’ Roses – Sorry Hank Williams – Half As Much Joe Cocker – Let’s Go Get Stoned Leonard Cohen – I’m Your Man (live) Miles Davis – Summertime NeffList 2006 – Gone Up In Flames by MorningRunner Neil Young – Beautiful Bluebird Old 97’s – Garage Sale The Fleshtones – Mean Ole Lonesome Train The Sadies – You’re Everywhere (with Blue Rodeo) The Smithereens – Yesterday Girl [Pat's 4-Track Demo] The Velvet Underground – 05 – New Age (long version) Two Gallants – Nothing To You Wilson Pickett – Call My Name, I’ll Be There
	Hive mind: Best 3rd party poll software? Embed on multiple sites, handle thousands of responses, be fairly unhackable, allow links in ?s [mikeorren]

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Stream o’ consciousness for March 9th

Mike Orren — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:08:28 +0000

	Posted Photo gallery: Double Wide hosts benefit for Lower Greenville employees \| www.pegasusnews.com \| Dall.
	Whoah. 30k predicted for Flaming Lips at NX35?! http://bit.ly/aPP2To [mikeorren]
	Listened to 33 songs. Ben Harper – Serve Your Soul Billy Joel – Light As The Breeze Bob Dylan – The Levee Boyz II Men – End Of The Road (Feat. Brian McKnight) Crowded House – Better Be Home Soon Dan Baird & Homemade Sin – Hellzapoppin’ Eric Clapton – Drifitn’ Fugees – Zealots Future Soul Soundclash – caroKim’s Tsunami Grateful Dead – Music Never Stopped Jerry Lee Lewis – Don’t Be Ashamed Of Your Age Kasey Chambers – Light Up A Candle – www.Jalibu Leonard Cohen – There for You Lester Young – Sunday NeffList – Blue Sky Blue by Wilco NeffTunes – Ironworkers By Warm In The Wake Primal Scream – Nitty Gritty Sam Cooke – Somebody Have Mercy Scottie Stuart – Nightmare Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings – Be Easy Son Volt – Beacon Soul Stoney and Meat Loaf – Game Of Love The Del McCoury Band – Baltimore Jonny The Hooters – 11 Karla With A K The Hooters – 13 Give The Music Back The Marvelettes – Danger Heartbreak Dead Ahead The Rolling Stones – Complicated The Rolling Stones – I’m Moving On (Live) The Seldom Scene – 08 – Lara’s Theme The Velvet Underground – What Goes On Tom Petty – Night Driver Tom Waits – Burma Shave Us3 – Truth & Lies
	Shared 4 photos.
	Crazy rainbow action on LBJ http://twitpic.com/17fop1 http://twitpic.com/17fop2 http://twitpic.com/17fooy http://twitpic.com/17fooz [mikeorren]
	I just started the mikeostwits Snap Group. Join me! #SnapGroups http://snp.gp/mikeostwits Testing out new platform [mikeorren]
	Listened to 3 songs. Mika – I See You Social Distortion – When the Angels Sing The Flaming Lips – Haven’t Got A Clue
	Heh. "Everytime you state your case, the more I want to punch your face." #nowplaying Flaming Lips – Haven’t Got A Clue http://qtwt.us/jqrq [mikeorren]
	Spring? [mikeorren]
	@seanscogin cool. You’re gonna love it. [mikeorren]
	Posted You could be on the ground floor for the Manny Pacquaio/Joshua Clottey fight at Cowboys Stadium: Square Pegs.
	RT @pegasusnews: Pegasus News: Exclusive contest for $1,400 worth of tickets to Pacquaio / Clottey fight – http://eepurl.com/i83A [mikeorren]
	Posted Square Pegs: You could be on the ground floor for the Manny Pacquaio/Joshua Clottey fight at Cowboys.
	Posted Be The Talk of the Town! (A favoriting contest): Square Pegs.

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Stream o’ consciousness for March 8th

Mike Orren — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:09:33 +0000

	RT @johnrobinson: RT @mathewi Chris Dixon says that the Internet has revealed hard news reporting for what it is — "a lousy business": … [mikeorren]
	For those who love it http://twitpic.com/17937f /via @mikebullock (bacon porn) @mikedmerrill take note [mikeorren]
	Half-listening to Oscar® prattle while April cooks. Could be from any year. She: They all went to Crash Davis interview school. [mikeorren]
	RT @bfeld: awesome – a patent application for patenting being a patent troll. #abolishsoftwarepatents [mikeorren]
	RT @claybbaby: @joelmchale, invite @christrew to do Air Sex on your show to redeem himself from upcoming Bad Girls Club episode. (all RT … [mikeorren]
	Cameron Diaz sticks to her stump speech better than any candidate. Same answer to unrelated questions on two networks. [mikeorren]
	@jdtatum I just asked April the same question. Who ate the other "masters?" Groucho, Woody, Belushi, Olsen Twins? [mikeorren]
	RT @johnmoe: There’s a birth control pill named Yaz? Upstairs at Eric’s indeed! #80smusicjokesthatmakemehatemyself [mikeorren]
	Bigelow and Bullock? By the transitive property, it’s clearly Keanu’s turn at Oscar®. [mikeorren]
	Listened to 48 songs. Ben Kweller – My Apartment Boxcar Willie – Achy Breaky Heart Boz Scaggs – Jump Street Brave Combo – Cowering Mess Compulsive Gamblers – I’m That Guy David Lindley & Ry Cooder – Monkey Wash, Donkey Rinse Drive-By Truckers – I Walk The Line Electric Light Orchestra – 21st Century Man Electric Light Orchestra – Epilogue Elvis Costello and friends – Seven Year Ache: Roseanne Cash Fame Georgie – Survival Fol Chen – The Beautiful Ones Georgie Fame – Sweet Thing Hank Williams III – If the Shoe Fits Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit – Goddamn Lonely Love Jimmy Buffett – Stories We Could Tell John Hiatt – 01 – The Open Road Kid Rock – Lonely Road of Faith Leftover Salmon – Valley of the Full Moon Levon Helm – Kingfish Los Chiflados del Ritmo – The Hair on My Chinny Chin Chin Lou Reed – Ecstasy Lou Reed – I Love You, Suzanne Lyle Lovett & Robert Earl Keen – No Cane for the Brazos Mark Knopfler – Border Reiver Marty Robbins – Is There Any Chance Marty Robbins – Shackles And Chains – 1958 Max Morath – Dill Pickles Rag Murry Hammond – You Will Often Meet Obstruction NeffList – All You Rock & Rollers by Ghostland Observatory NeffTunes – Whippoorwill by Doug Burr Phish – Poor Heart Pink Floyd – Another Brick in the Wall (Part 1) Pink Floyd – Lucifer Sam Queen – In Only’ Seven Days REO Speedwagon – REO Speedwagon – The Hits – 04 – Kee Return to Forever – Where Have I Loved You Before Robbie Fulks – WHITETAIL WOODS INCIDENT Ryan Adams – Rosalie Come and Go Snarky Puppy – Strawman Sons of the Pioneers – Bunkhouse Bugle Boy The Dedringers – Seven Days and Seven Nights The Oak Ridge Boys – Every Now and Then The Rolling Stones – 05 When The Whip Comes Down Tom Waits – Foreign Affair Waylon Jennings – Louisiana Women Whiskeytown – Dreams Yusuf – Dream on (Until)
	RT @budkennedy: So the Academy liked a drunk country singer, a gun-toting Southerner and a war movie. Maybe that Perry 2012 campaign isn … [mikeorren]
	Only thing I hate as much as being late for a meeting is being super-early. Damn you, unpredictable Dallas traffic patterns! [mikeorren]
	@dgouldin No. Lamenting half hour I would have spent playing with dogs if not for leaving time to get there in traffic. [mikeorren]
	Listened to 16 songs. Ben Harper – Serve Your Soul Bob Dylan – The Levee Crowded House – Better Be Home Soon Fugees – Zealots Grateful Dead – Music Never Stopped Kasey Chambers – Light Up A Candle – www.Jalibu Lester Young – Sunday Primal Scream – Nitty Gritty Scottie Stuart – Nightmare Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings – Be Easy Son Volt – Beacon Soul Stoney and Meat Loaf – Game Of Love The Rolling Stones – I’m Moving On (Live) The Velvet Underground – What Goes On Tom Petty – Night Driver Tom Waits – Burma Shave

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Stream o’ consciousness for March 7th

Mike Orren — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 19:08:44 +0000

	Have, since November, lost > 50 lbs by obsessively avoiding starch / sweet. Now going to the forgy that is #savordallas and will eat it all. [mikeorren]
	Listened to 2 songs. Georgie Fame – Sweet Thing John Hiatt – 01 – The Open Road
	Facinating: The source of your site’s comment spam: http://bit.ly/bkMDwr [mikeorren]

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Stream o’ consciousness for March 6th

Mike Orren — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 19:08:14 +0000

	Things I love about @Pegasusnews: There is currently a barbershop quartet in full costume performing in the room next to my office. [mikeorren]
	@mediatwit PR people wouldn’t want. They want reader to think that topic was so compelling that reporter had to be aware/cover organically. [mikeorren]
	@mediatwit Tough call. Clients wouldn’t like it though, and I think that kills it. [mikeorren]
	Listened to 29 songs. Alabama 3 – Arse’oled on Coldharbour Lane – 01 – intro (i shall be released) – alabama 3 – arse’oled on coldharbour lane Billy Joe Shaver – When the Fallen Angels Fly Blues Traveler – Hook Carolina Chocolate Drops – John Henry Daft Punk – One More Time / Aerodynamic / Aerodynamic Beats / Forget About the World Dan Auerbach – Keep It Hid Drivin’ N’ Cryin’ – (Whatever Happened To The) Great American Bubble Factory Grateful Dead – Franklin’s Tower John Hiatt – Same Old Man Laura Nyro – Sweet Dream Fade Leadbelly – Borrow Love and Go Lou Reed – HookyWooky Marty Robbins – Tonight Carmen Raphael Saadiq – Body Parts Ry Cooder – Get Rhythm Ryan Adams – Monday Night Sam Cooke – Send Me Some Lovin’ Shooter Jennings – Steady At The Wheel Solomon Burke – I Wish I Knew Spoon – Got Nuffin Taj Mahal – Slow Drag The Killers – I Can’t Stay The Naughty Ones – Sweet Talk The Oak Ridge Boys – Bedtime The Stranglers – All Day & All of the Night The Velvet Underground – White Light/White Heat Todd Snider – Night Riders’ Lament Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – 05 – I’d Like to Love You Baby Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – Fooled Again (I Don’t Like It)
	@JohnnyLloydRock you teach? [mikeorren]
	@sarahEmagee No ways. Mine is more of a sharp truce. [mikeorren]
	Dog training, week 3. So far we’ve succeeded in teaching me to get up early on Saturdays. [mikeorren]

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Stream o’ consciousness for March 5th

Mike Orren — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:12:54 +0000

	Gilligan’s Island movie announced and we get flood of traffic to 2 yr-old film indie review mentioned show in passing. #iknownothingaboutseo [mikeorren]
	Listened to 27 songs. Air France – Beach Party Andre Williams & the Sadies – She’s A Bag Of Potato Chips Badly Drawn Boy – Magic in the Air Elvis Costello and friends – Bono, The Edge on Elvis Costello’s Spectacle Gov’t Mule – Trane Great Big Sea – Fast As I Can Ken Maynard – The Lone Star Trail Lou Reed – Women Mahalia Jackson – When The Saints Go Marching In NeffList – Long Forgotten Song by The Thrills OutKast – ÿMutron Angel Ryan Adams – Lovely and Blue Sam Cooke – Don’t Get Around Much Anymore Shooter Jennings & Hierophant – California Via Tennessee Shooter Jennings – Lonesome Blues (Live From AOL Music Sessions) Solomon Burke – I Wish I Knew (How it Would Feel to Be Free) The Roots Feat. Erykah Badu & Jill Scott – You Got Me The Beatles – 06 [2] – 06 – Helter Skelter The Blues Brothers – Expressway to Your Heart The Blues Brothers – She Caught the Katy The Brian Jonestown Massacre – Darkwave Driver / Big Drill Car The Byrds – All the Things The Deadly Snakes – I Can’t Sleep At Night The Rolling Stones – 13 – Tumbling Dice Todd Snider – Nashville Tom Waits – So It Goes Wilco – I Shall Be Released
	Continually breaking down formula of Top Gear. Aggressively apathetic about its topic — and yet I consider it the best show on TV. [mikeorren]
	@LevelTen_Colin @agardina Seen Top Gear segment on Fiesta? A hoot. (albeit year + old) [mikeorren]
	@levelten_colin @agardina Fiesta outperforms Corvette on marble. [mikeorren]
	@agardina So you’ve seen it [mikeorren]
	RT @EricCeleste: 4 @timmytyper RT @worklawyer Self-esteem=overrated. Lincoln&Churchill wracked by depression/doubt. Hitler, Stalin, Mao … [mikeorren]
	"Hi [name]. I spam you for my day job, so I figured I’d spam you for my hobby too. You won’t mind because I’m so amusingly brash" #gag [mikeorren]
	Been one o’ those weeks. Ready for a couple days of rest, dog training, #SavorDallas, and maybe a sail. [mikeorren]
	rt @dallascomedy "Every interpersonal situation has a solution in which everyone wins." – Del Close [mikeorren]
	@johnmoe Unless you bought a ticket, those scores are none if your beezewax either, bucko! [mikeorren]
	"Don’t want you under my roof with your 86 proof, watered down til it tastes like tea…" -Chip Taylor [mikeorren]
	Everybody says Sam Cooke had a great voice. (And he did.) But we was a REALLY great producer. (Recent PBS doc: http://to.pbs.org/6wVIis) [mikeorren]
	RT @jdunck: #BigD10 lineup looks great. May 28/29, $100 for both days. Great to see stuff like this in Dallas. http://bigdesignconfere … [mikeorren]
	Listened to 19 songs. Alabama 3 – Arse’oled on Coldharbour Lane – 01 – intro (i shall be released) – alabama 3 – arse’oled on coldharbour lane Carolina Chocolate Drops – John Henry Daft Punk – One More Time / Aerodynamic / Aerodynamic Beats / Forget About the World Drivin’ N’ Cryin’ – (Whatever Happened To The) Great American Bubble Factory John Hiatt – Same Old Man Laura Nyro – Sweet Dream Fade Leadbelly – Borrow Love and Go Lou Reed – HookyWooky Marty Robbins – Tonight Carmen Raphael Saadiq – Body Parts Ryan Adams – Monday Night Sam Cooke – Send Me Some Lovin’ Shooter Jennings – Steady At The Wheel Spoon – Got Nuffin The Naughty Ones – Sweet Talk The Oak Ridge Boys – Bedtime The Stranglers – All Day & All of the Night Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – 05 – I’d Like to Love You Baby Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – Fooled Again (I Don’t Like It)
	Omnifocus integration added to latest @Postbox beta release FTW. [mikeorren]
	Posted Win free movie passes to Percy Jackson…: Square Pegs.
	Not to belabor, but @Omnifocus integration in @Postbox just turned an hour of email triage drudgery into 15 minutes. [mikeorren]
	@academicdave Diving? [mikeorren]
	RT @bdunc1: Great recap of #ignitedallas: http://ow.ly/1eJdr Mentions @mikedmerrill @shyampatel @mikeorren @brandpointe (Guest post by me). [mikeorren]

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Stream o’ consciousness for March 4th

Mike Orren — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:09:29 +0000

	Posted Favoriting contest: Mavericks tickets : Square Pegs.
	Featuring #ignitedallas, free mavs tix, weekend picks rt@ pegasusnews Pegasus News week in view: Bondage edition – http://eepurl.com/iPWM [mikeorren]
	Loving that one of the "48 nights" secret chefs seems to be playing cat-and-mouse in our comments section: http://bit.ly/b8qxuv #fb [mikeorren]
	@windogtx Polyphonic Spree? Indie ELO tribute Alpacas Orgling. [mikeorren]
	Listened to 29 songs. Ben Kweller – I Gotta Move Bill & Bonnie Hearne – Wild Geese Intro Ghostland Observatory – Freeheart Lover Glen Hansard & Markéta Irglová – You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere Gram Parsons & The Shilos – Surfinanny Herbie Mann – scratch (Atlantic) Marty Robbins – By the Time I Get to Phoenix Marty Robbins – I Never Let You Cross My Mind Norah Jones – You’ve Ruined Me Queen – Save Me Roger Miller – Tall Tall Trees Ryan Adams – Everybody Knows Scott H. Biram – Whiskey II Shooter Jennings & Hierophant – God Bless Alabama Solomon Burke – None of Us Are Free T. Rex – By The Light Of A Magical Moon The Bar-Kays – House Shoes The Belmont Playboys – Caravan The Drams – Fireflies The Gougers – Riding In A Lincoln Continental With Sylvia Plath The Hold Steady – Lord, I’m Discouraged The Raconteurs – The Switch and the Spur The Recliners – Hot Stuff Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – 10 – No Second Thoughts Tom Waits – Just the Right Bullets Tom Waits – spare parts i (a nocturnal emission) Tom Waits – Tell It To Me Uncle Tupelo – Cocaine Blues Watching Cars – Sleep
	Love when shuffle pulls the perfect tune. #nowplaying Lucinda Williams – It’s A Long Way To The Top http://qtwt.us/ispq [mikeorren]
	@stephenanderson see ya there. [mikeorren]
	Finally met @sarahEmagee IRL. #IGNITEDallas [mikeorren]
	RT @levelten_tom: Loving @mikeorren talk. I’m taking the 3/20 class at @dallascomedy. Who’s with me? #ignitedallas [mikeorren]
	2/11 of #ignitedallas presenters have used @gapingvoid cartoons (so far). [mikeorren]
	Much respect for my fellow #ignitedallas presenters. 5 minutes is brutal. [mikeorren]
	Posted Favoriting contest: Tickets to see David Gray: Square Pegs.
	@bretthoerner @dgouldin Yes. Yes, I am. [mikeorren]
	"everyone uses a different version of PowerPoint" FML #ignitedallas /via @chrisdumler Or Keynote. [mikeorren]
	@bdunc1 Very kind of you, sir. I highly recommend the class. I couldn’t do justice in 5 mins. [mikeorren]
	#ignitedallas folk who were intrigued by "yes, and" concept should definitely check out @dallascomedy. More resources: http://is.gd/9EsM1 [mikeorren]
	#ignitedallas 1 in the books thank you Dallas /via @IgniteDallas -> Thank YOU! Amazing job on inaugural event in short time. [mikeorren]
	@therefore I think all the #ignitedallas talks will wind up on the main #ignite site pretty soon. [mikeorren]
	Dreamed last night that I had managed to acquire rights to Hee Haw; had Willie on board in Buck spot and was trying to pull rest together. [mikeorren]
	@johnrobinson If said history prof brought in as much $ and attention as K, lots. [mikeorren]
	RT @got80s: Want to follow all of the Twitter users who attended/discussed #ignitedallas ? Here’s the list http://bit.ly/aDIPu4 [mikeorren]
	For those who asked, here’s my #ignitedallas preso and resource links: http://tr.im/igniteimprov [mikeorren]
	@nffcnnr There was so much noise I only caught "flaming bag of poo." And then kinda botched my example with it. Was low point of preso. [mikeorren]
	@windogtx Alpacas Orgling http://bit.ly/9GrXHZ Really good; not quite great. [mikeorren]
	Listened to 12 songs. Badly Drawn Boy – Magic in the Air Great Big Sea – Fast As I Can Ken Maynard – The Lone Star Trail Ryan Adams – Lovely and Blue Shooter Jennings – Lonesome Blues (Live From AOL Music Sessions) The Roots Feat. Erykah Badu & Jill Scott – You Got Me The Blues Brothers – Expressway to Your Heart The Blues Brothers – She Caught the Katy The Brian Jonestown Massacre – Darkwave Driver / Big Drill Car The Deadly Snakes – I Can’t Sleep At Night Todd Snider – Nashville Wilco – I Shall Be Released

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Stream o’ consciousness for March 3rd

Mike Orren — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 19:09:30 +0000

	Have these days periodically. #nowplaying Robbie Fulks – I Like Being Left Alone http://qtwt.us/qeaq [mikeorren]
	Listened to 32 songs. ## Motown ## – The Miracles – Shop Around Big Bad Voodoo Daddy – I’m Not Sleepin’ Big Bad Voodoo Daddy – Still In Love With You George Jones & The Jones Boys – House Of Gold Gordon Lightfoot – Race Among The Ruins Jack Ingram – One Thing Marty Robbins – Some Memories Just Won’t Die NeffTunes – Crime Don’t Pay by Mike Ness Pearl Jam – Garden Phish – Rift Pink Floyd – Round and Around Pink Floyd – Wot’s… Uh the Deal Raphael Saadiq – Charlie Ray Raul Malo – Tomorrow Night Robbie Fulks – Angela Robbie Fulks – Irreplaceable Robert Plant & Alison Krauss – Let Your Loss Be Your Lesson Sam Cooke – Another Saturday Night (prev. unrel. take) Shooter Jennings & Hierophant – Don’t Feed the Animals Shooter Jennings & Hierophant – Everything Else Is Illusion Shooter Jennings & Hierophant – Last Light Radio 11:16 PM Shooter Jennings & Hierophant – The Breaking Point Shooter Jennings & Hierophant – Triskaidekaphobia Shooter Jennings & Hierophant – Wake Up! The Beatles – Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds The Polyphonic Spree – Lithium The Rolling Stones – Who am I (See I Love You) The Smashing Pumpkins – Starz Tom Waits – I Beg Your Pardon Tom Waits – Romeo is Bleeding Tom Waits – You Can Never Hold Back Spring Townes Van Zandt – Fraternity Blues
	Don’t forget #ignitedallas tonight: http://is.gd/9BcYd. I’ve seen a number of the presos and (present company excepted) they’re remarkable. [mikeorren]
	If I ever regale you with plans for a dystopian concept album, be a true friend and stop me by any means necessary: http://qtwt.us/noaq [mikeorren]
	RT @edbott "In case of emergency, please note: my blood type is espresso" /via @charlesarthur Me = Type-A(mericano) + [mikeorren]
	Posted Get (Facebook) connected: Square Pegs.
	Photo gallery: Wreckage in Greenville Avenue fires http://bit.ly/9zYNAm #DFW (includes Gordon Keith / Chief Kunkle) [mikeorren]
	Anybody else having problems w/ #Seesmic Desktop on Mac? Suddenly can’t get any windows to open. Multiple restarts. [mikeorren]
	Listened to 14 songs. Ghostland Observatory – Freeheart Lover Marty Robbins – By the Time I Get to Phoenix Marty Robbins – I Never Let You Cross My Mind Norah Jones – You’ve Ruined Me Queen – Save Me Scott H. Biram – Whiskey II The Drams – Fireflies The Hold Steady – Lord, I’m Discouraged The Raconteurs – The Switch and the Spur The Recliners – Hot Stuff Tom Waits – Just the Right Bullets Tom Waits – spare parts i (a nocturnal emission) Tom Waits – Tell It To Me Watching Cars – Sleep

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Improv resources

Mike Orren — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 07:00:10 +0000

Mike Orren Ignite Dallas Improv “Yes And” Preso

The notes, which are an approximation of what I said, are here.

For those who saw my talk at Ignite Dallas, here are the resource links I promised:

I took my Level 1 Improv class at Dallas Comedy House and am now in their Level 2 class. I wrote about my experience on Pegasus News. The story also includes a listing of other good improv programs around town. There is also a nascent community site: DFW Improv Forum.

For more on using improv in business, see The Applied Improvisation Network or Second City Communications. There was a recent article about the rise of improv in the workplace on CareerBuilder.

Info on London’s Yes And Club, which would be a cool idea in Dallas too.

Improv books:

The Second City book is better than Truth in Comedy, despite the latter’s pedigree. The Improv Handbook is next on my reading list.

Laughing Your Way to a Job (abcnews.go.com)
Fifty Years of Second City (online.wsj.com)
Second City Tops Off Anniversary Celebration With 24-Hours Of Sleep Deprivation (chicagoist.com)
Men of the Second City 2010 calendars arrive (late we might add) (timeoutny.com)

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Stream o’ consciousness for March 2nd

Mike Orren — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:09:10 +0000

	RT @FakeAPStylebook: Never let on that the bridge column contains coded messages for spies. Incidentally, West pass Ace Queen four. [mikeorren]
	@brucetomaso I know firsthand from my time at D. Multiple theories: Sounds like you went the extra mile; like a more believable list… [mikeorren]
	@brucetomaso … more genuine– You looked for the best, not a predetermined number. Stands out because different/unusual [mikeorren]
	Posted Tuesday is Election Day. Where will you be voting?: Square Pegs.
	#nowplaying The Squirrel Nut Zippers – Ghost of Stephen Foster (Live) http://qtwt.us/9waq [mikeorren]
	"If memories were all I sang, I’d rather drive a truck." #rickynelsonwisdom [mikeorren]
	I’ve said before and will many a time again. The world is a poorer place for the premature loss of Warren Zevon. [mikeorren]
	@Truersound Are you the source of the early GA Satellites boot I’m so enjoying now? Trying to figure out where I found it. [mikeorren]
	@Truersound Really nice 1987. Day Andy Warhol died. Mixes Nights of Mystery w/ Waiting For My Man. [mikeorren]
	@Truersound This is what I get for building up such a backlog of music. Do you have an opinion yet on new Shooter Jennings? [mikeorren]
	Sometimes it takes an artist breaking format for you to appreciate their "standard" catalog. Case-in-point, @benkweller. [mikeorren]
	@Truersound Do tell? Frankly he neither thrilled nor offended me before, but I’m a sucker for the concept album. [mikeorren]
	@dallasprogress Yes. You’ll find them splayed across the hoods. [mikeorren]
	@jayrosen_nyu What’s depressing? The results or the questions? [mikeorren]
	Listened to 32 songs. Alabama – Honey In The Rock Ben Folds – Hiro’s Song Ben Kweller – Penny On the Train Track Ben Kweller – Red Eye Ben Kweller – Run Ben Kweller – Thirteen Ben Kweller – This Is War Ben Kweller – Until I Die Big Bad Voodoo Daddy – 2000 Volts Bruce Springsteen – My Ride’s Here Don Henley – Searching for a Heart Fats Waller – Armful O’sweetness Hot Damn! – Live in the Past John Fogerty – Have Thine Own Way, Lord Leftover Salmon – Blister In The Sun Leftover Salmon – Ooh Las Vagas (w/ Trey Anastasio) Nashville Pussy – Shoot First and Run Like Hell Paul Simon – American Tune Queen – Escape From the Swamp Raul Malo – You Always Win Ryan Adams – Mara Lisa Scott H. Biram – Work Sixpence None the Richer – There She Goes Solomon Burke – Baby, Come on Home Solomon Burke – Can’t Nobody Love You Solomon Burke – Tomorrow Is Forever Spoon – Written in Reverse T. Rex – Hang Ups The Fleshtones – Blow Job Tom Petty – This Old Town Tom Waits – Bone Chain Willie Nelson – My Bucket’s Got a Hole in It
	Posted Favoriting contest quickie: State Radio with special guest Full Service: Square Pegs.
	@jayrosen_nyu Well said. [mikeorren]
	@Truersound Fair enough. Tricephus always uneven, but at least closer to the tree than Dad. [mikeorren]
	RT @Truersound: My new stereo is causing @raywylie’s new one to kick my ass all over again. Why have I never thought of using Car speake … [mikeorren]
	@Truersound Heh. Now brain filled with comedy sketch of Tricephus as polite conformist… [mikeorren]
	Once you get past honesty and transparency, @jayrosen_nyu, I don’t need no steenking standards. [mikeorren]
	RT @PeteFreedman: There are tons of cool communities and neighborhoods in Dallas. The suburbs ruined it for everyone. Thanks for nothing … [mikeorren]
	Wow. People are talking about doing things that start more than a half-hour from now. Me=old. #lubys [mikeorren]
	I used www.coveritlive.com at Google. Pretty intuitive. Hope it can help ignite! /via @cpetersia thanks! @ignitedallas checkit. [mikeorren]
	RT @dfwoutbursts: 6:30am – Terilli’s, GBG and Hurricane Grill are burning down! http://bit.ly/d5O2TY #DFW [mikeorren]
	@charlesarthur Depends on fruit involved. Grape=jelly. Strawberry=jam. And some things of that ilk we call preserves. [mikeorren]
	@charlesarthur correction/amplification http://recipes.howstuffworks.com/question84.htm [mikeorren]
	Listened to 23 songs. ## Motown ## – The Miracles – Shop Around Big Bad Voodoo Daddy – Still In Love With You NeffTunes – Crime Don’t Pay by Mike Ness Pearl Jam – Garden Phish – Rift Pink Floyd – Round and Around Pink Floyd – Wot’s… Uh the Deal Raphael Saadiq – Charlie Ray Raul Malo – Tomorrow Night Robbie Fulks – Irreplaceable Sam Cooke – Another Saturday Night (prev. unrel. take) Shooter Jennings & Hierophant – Don’t Feed the Animals Shooter Jennings & Hierophant – Everything Else Is Illusion Shooter Jennings & Hierophant – Last Light Radio 11:16 PM Shooter Jennings & Hierophant – The Breaking Point Shooter Jennings & Hierophant – Triskaidekaphobia Shooter Jennings & Hierophant – Wake Up! The Beatles – Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds The Polyphonic Spree – Lithium The Rolling Stones – Who am I (See I Love You) The Smashing Pumpkins – Starz Tom Waits – Romeo is Bleeding Tom Waits – You Can Never Hold Back Spring

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Stream o’ consciousness for March 1st

Mike Orren — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 19:08:14 +0000

	@JasonLBaptiste "When I was a child, I spoke as a child. I wish I could remember what I said." – Todd Snider [mikeorren]
	Hello there seasonal allergies. I hadn’t missed you one little bit. You’d best be a harbinger of spring. [mikeorren]
	Listened to 84 songs. 50 Cent/David Bowie – Disco Inferno/Let’s Dance Alice Cooper – School’s Out Andy Taylor – Lola Big Star – My Life Is Right (Alternate Mix) Boz Scaggs – Why Why Brave Combo – Honga Burlesque Music – Jhonny´s Dive Carl Perkins – Let The Jukebox Keep On Playing Cowboys & Indians – Dead in the Tracks Crowded House – When You Come (live) Dave Alvin – Mary Brown Diana Krall – I Remember You Dion Roy – Come Back Around Electrelane – To the East Flamin’ Groovies – Get A SHot Of Rhythm And Blues George Jones & Johnny Paycheck – Smack Dab in the Middle Georgie Fame – Yeh Yeh Grateful Dead – Jam Into Days Between Great Big Sea – Graceful & Charming (Sweet Forget Me Not) Great Big Sea – Scolding Wife Ike & Tina Turner – Something Came Over Me Jay Bennett – I’m Feelin’ Fine Jim Baker – Jingle Bell Rock John Fogerty – I Ain’t Never Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson – One More Year Kid Rock – Don’t Tell Me U Love Me Leonard Cohen – Bird on the Wire (live) Leonard Cohen – The Captain Little Walter – Off The Wall Living Colour & Run D.M.C. – Me, Myself & My Microphone Lou Reed – Heroine Marty Robbins – Back To Montego Bay Michael Jackson – Scream Louder (Flyte Tyme remix) NeffList 2006 – Both Sides Of The Gun by BenHarper Pearl Jam – The End Peter Wolf – Daydreams Getaway Pixies – Dancing the Manta Ray Preservation Hall Jazz Band & Cory Chisel – Some Cold Rainy Day Queen – Pain Is So Close to Pleasure Ray McCoy – I need it Robbie Fulks – THEY WANT ME HERE Roger Miller – Husbands And Wives Ryan Adams – Fools Gold Sam Cooke – Don’t Cry on My Shoulder Sam Cooke – Lost and Lookin’ Sam Cooke – These Foolish Things Shoes – Fatal Solomon Burke – Diamond in Your Mind Solomon Burke – Looking For A Sign Solomon Burke – Medley II Solomon Burke – Someone Is Watching Son Volt – Jukebox Of Steel Sonic’s Rendezvous Band – Heaven Southern Culture on the Skids – My House Has Wheels Steve Earle – 12 In The Jailhouse Now (with The V-Roys) [Songs Of Jimmie Rodgers Tribute] Steve Earle – 12 The Galway Girl [Austin, TX 3-16-2000] [Transcendental Blues UK Bonus Disc] Steve Earle – 16 Dallas (with Jack Ingram) [Jack Ingram-Livin' or Dyin'] Supersuckers – Clueless Swampwater – Lovin’ On the Fault Line The Backsliders – Have You Ever Been Down The Beatles – 04 [1] – 04 – With a Little Help from My Friends The Beatles – 07 [2] – 07 – Nowhere Man The Beatles – 10 10 – Baby You’re a Rich Man 1 The Black Crowes – Oh Josephine The Flaming Sideburns – Off Direction The Fun Company – Zambezi The Hentchmen – Like You Used To The Mooney Suzuki – Electric Sweat The Oak Ridge Boys – Elvira The Oak Ridge Boys – Y’all Come Back Saloon The Sadies – Oak Ridges The Smithereens – Someday Thin Lizzy – Jailbreak Three Faces West – Portales Three Faces West – Tin Can Jamboree Intro Todd Snider – Combover Blues Todd Snider – here’s to us all Todd Snider – kickin up a racket Tom Petty – Square One Tom Waits – (Looking For) The Heart of Saturday Night Tom Waits – Hope I dont fall in love with you Tom Waits – Lucky Day (Overture) Tom Waits – Singapore Whiskeytown – I Don’t Care What You Think About Me (Live)
	Who’s most out of touch: SNL for last night’s Hyundai joke; Sunday Morning for saying Hyundai no longer a punchline; me for watching both? [mikeorren]
	RT @IgniteDallas: Follow the first #ignitedallas speakers on twitter here: http://bit.ly/aZCcbC [mikeorren]
	Nice. This week’s Cheaters’ second segment starts about a block from my front door; ends at our lake hangout. [mikeorren]
	If my nose were any more raw, it would be on the menu at Nobu. [mikeorren]
	RT @bensmithson: My 2nd gig w/ PegNews – Shirin Askari fashion show. http://bit.ly/cg1igP [mikeorren]
	All these "top x things of category y" lists people love to blog / tweet strike me as mass market tactic lost in niche world… [mikeorren]
	… But just in case these top lists work for anyone, a tip any magazine person would know: odd numbered lists "sell" better. [mikeorren]
	@cpetersia What was twitstreaming svc you used at Google conf? For @ignitedallas. [mikeorren]
	@cmsour Bodes well if you’re looking to get picked. [mikeorren]
	Posted Ignite Dallas!: Square Pegs.
	Why you should go to @ignitedallas at @granadatheater on Wednesday (EVEN though I am on the bill): http://bit.ly/a5XIRa [mikeorren]
	Posted Square Pegs: Ignite Dallas! \| www.pegasusnews.com \| Dallas/Fort Worth.
	@LevelTen_Colin @agardina http://www.twelvesouth.com/products/bookbook/ [mikeorren]
	@LevelTen_Colin I never imagined it would be such a conversation starter. People seem amazed that anyone would carry an old book around. [mikeorren]
	Just picked up fellow Dukie @tkrieg’s e-book on cocktail chat http://bit.ly/cV4xDx Sure I’ll be ? 5% more interesting when next I imbibe. [mikeorren]
	Listened to 15 songs. Alabama – Honey In The Rock Ben Folds – Hiro’s Song Big Bad Voodoo Daddy – 2000 Volts John Fogerty – Have Thine Own Way, Lord Paul Simon – American Tune Raul Malo – You Always Win Ryan Adams – Mara Lisa Scott H. Biram – Work Sixpence None the Richer – There She Goes Solomon Burke – Baby, Come on Home Solomon Burke – Can’t Nobody Love You Solomon Burke – Tomorrow Is Forever Spoon – Written in Reverse Tom Petty – This Old Town Tom Waits – Bone Chain

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