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JFK 50

By Scott

In Ramblings

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50 years ago today, JFK became our 35th president. Watch the speech that started it all...

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Snowpocalypse Now

By Scott

In Musical Ramblings

1 Min read

It snowed in Boston.  One reporter saw a guy named Noah putting snow tires on his ark.  Shoopa Shoopa.  Knowing that I was going to be spending a large amount of time outside snowblowing/shoveling/cursing my life, I used Rdio to make a lovely playlist.

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Legacy

By Scott

In Other Stuff

2 Min read

A few hours ago, Debbie Friedman passed away. For those who knew her, she was a unique person with an absolute gift. But for most Jewish kids, she was the creator of countless songs that are indelibly linked to our days in youth group.

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Timbuk2: A love story

By Scott

In Other Stuff

5 Min read

Too many folks today feel compelled to tell you how shitty their experience was with any retailer. It seems that bad news is far more interesting to share than the good kind. After a while, you start to get really pessimistic. The surplus of unwarranted cynicism is enough to make you assume that everyone’s just in it for the cash. This will not be that type of rant. In fact, this is closer...

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What am I paying you for?

By Scott

In Industry Ramblings

3 Min read

For anyone that’s a marketing consultant, you know the three steps to discomfort…. You submit an invoice to a normally happy client. They come back to you with: “what have you done? Why am I paying you this much?” You show them everything you did, which they don’t quite understand, and proceed to grumpily write you a check. Hopefully. Marketing isn’t a...

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Something to be…

By Scott

In RockGeek Fact of the Day

1 Min read

John Lennon
1940-1980
For a lot of people it seems bizarre to think that John Lennon died 30 years ago today. While not that long ago, 1980 was a completely different time and place for the music industry — if not the world at large. To remember John and his music, take a minute, sit back, and just soak it all in …

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Because it works

By Scott

In Industry Ramblings

3 Min read

My computer is a few years old, and I was starting to panic. Should this computer die, I’m totally lost. My entire professional life (not to mention a lot of other stuff) resides inside it’s Apple-y glow. I’m approaching the hard drive’s capacity, and I know

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If you want to end the war …

By Scott

In Ramblings

3 Min read

After a while, pie sucks. It doesn't take much skill to buy a frozen crust, plop fruit and sugar inside it, and bake at 350 'til golden brown. Anyone who does this, and claims to have "baked"...is a liar.

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Don’t Stand in Your Own Way

By Scott

In Industry Ramblings

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Over the weekend, I saw a very cool band play. At times, their shtick began to take away from their music. It was as if they had to make sure they got the gimmick represented at every opportunity...

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RockGeek Fact of the Day #103b

By Scott

In RockGeek Fact of the Day

2 Min read

SS Edmund Fitzgerald (nicknamed “Mighty Fitz,” “The Fitz,” or “The Big Fitz”) was an American Great Lakes freighter launched on June 8, 1958. At the time of its launching, it was one of the first boats to be at or near maximum “St Lawrence Seaway Size” which was 730 feet (220 m) long and 75 feet (23 m) wide. From its launching in 1958 until 1971...

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