“If you’re at a party, and you see Michael Phelps smoking a bong, and your first thought isn’t ‘wow, I get to party with Michael Phelps’, and instead you take a picture and sell it to a tabloid, you should take a long look in the mirror, ‘cuz you’re a dick.”
–Seth Meyers
RockGeek Fact of the Day #2113
Free your iPod !!!
iPod might be the greatest thing to happen to music since ears. But my personal listening habits (and many others who I scientifically polled…), seem to evolve around listening to the same bunch of songs. Granted it’s the same 200 or so songs, but there’s an extreme amount of repetition. Wondering who was being imprisoned in the virtual Siberia of my personal music device, I...
Find it here, but listen to it … there!?
Back in ye olde days, I had a pretty sweet system. Bose speakers, Denon receiver and cd player, and the oh-so-pricey gold Monster Cables connecting everything together. I was a sophomore in high school, and I saved up (Jewish) confirmation gift money, went to Tweeter’s “Scratch ‘n’ Dent” sale, and lugged it all home on the T — from Harvard Square to Oak Grove...
Happy 25th Birthday Mac!
Today marks the 25th anniversary of the original Macintosh, the first personal computer to draw masses, introduce the mouse and incorporate a graphical user interface, relying on images instead of text. The Apple Inc. watershed product entered American consciousness amid fanfare, with a $1.5 million commercial, made by Ridley Scott, wowing audiences during Super Bowl XVIII. The piece’s...
The Fine Art of Pissing People Off
It has always amazed me that the “squeaky wheel gets the grease.” And while there are quieter, more deserving people in need of help or praise, there may in fact be more to gain by squeaking your wheel. That being said, I wonder if pissing people off is actually the better vehicle for success. I once worked with a CEO whom everyone (without exception!) despised. In virtually every...
Happy 50th Birthday Motown…
Motown Records was founded by Berry Gordy as Tamla Records on January 12, 1959. That makes Motown 50 years old today! Not too shabby … and here’re a few reasons why …
The Jackson 5/Michael Jackson – Medley/Billie Jean (From Motown 25)
The Temptations – “Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone”
Erykah Badu – “Honey Live”
Happy Birthday to …
It’s 2009 and boy are my arms tired …
Now that we’re into a new year, and most people have already made and/or broken their resolutions, I wanted to address a l’il issue that bugs me. For those who know me, this isn’t the following: 1. People who put butter on their bagels. Wrong for SO many reasons. 2. Grown adults who type/text like 12-year old girls. Srsly. IDK, it’s just retarded. 3. I don’t care...