September 25, 2009

Ted Roden's open letter to independent music

tedroden: I want you to bring guitars up in the mix. That part of the song where you don’t have any lyrics? That’s a perfect time to destroy my face with guitars…Most importantly, turn the amps back up. I’m tired of nodding along or standing near the edges of the crowd…Give me something that will make me pump my fists in the air. People should avoid standing in front of the speakers.

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“ With such a glut of impressions from all media and the number of impressions with which people are bombarded with every day, it just doesn’t matter anymore. It’s an arcane notion that’s a holdover from a time when there wasn’t as much media.
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September 24, 2009

Brazil’s President Lula with Maria Bartiromo on CNBC Look out greenbacks, the BRICS are planning an end around.

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“ Seth has sent his team of goblins out to register your Brands in Public company page for you, fill it with scraped content and then lock it down so that you have absolutely no way to touch or control it. Unless you pay him. Four hundred dollars. A month. I’d personally like to welcome Seth Godin to the world of brandjacking and hostage taking.
Seth Godin Tries Out Brandjacking Interestingly, Jakob is working on solving a similar global problem set, though he has opted for a more wholesome approach. •
Resting Like a Good Boy (via Jonathan Marcus)

Resting Like a Good Boy (via Jonathan Marcus)

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Soundtrack 2 My Life | Kid Cudi

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joshmohrer:amircohen:johnzanussi: This is what happens when “managers” go go-kart racing and don’t invite their team.

joshmohrer:amircohen:johnzanussi:

This is what happens when “managers” go go-kart racing and don’t invite their team.

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September 21, 2009
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Love vs. Money | The-Dream

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September 19, 2009
“ Yeah, still sounds lame, huh? But I think this lame little location game is going to be bigger than Twitter…The really scary thing is how FourSquare could become a much better Yelp than Yelp.
Foursquare: will it be bigger than Twitter? | Robert Scoble That’s a lot of hyperbole for a company that Google already acquired and starved to death once. Good luck scaling a local sales force! •
“ I can completely understand if you’re a fighter yourself, and you want an image of camaraderie with one of your sporting idols, but if you’re an overweight short order cook who’s never even taken a tae bo class, do the world a favor and keep your fucking fist un-balled when you’re standing next to Anderson Silva.
The Joe Rogan Blog » Conduit to the Gaian Mind
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September 17, 2009
“ Twitter has become a playground for imbeciles, skeevy marketers, D-list celebrity half-wits, and pathetic attention seekers…forget all the stuff you’ve heard from bloviating Web gurus about it being useful, or important, or deeply revolutionary.
Users Love Stupid Content | Newsweek, Daniel Lyons
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Anthony is rad.

Anthony is rad.

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Good looking out, Will: Just set up my flavors.me account—it’s great, a super smooth data aggregation service that’s easy to manage and customize. Only took a couple of minutes to get fully set up, I’m very impressed. I prefer looking at a lot of the content on flavors.me rather than the sites it’s pulling the info from (Especially Flickr). CHECK IT OUT, you can be like me!

Good looking out, Will: Just set up my flavors.me account—it’s great, a super smooth data aggregation service that’s easy to manage and customize. Only took a couple of minutes to get fully set up, I’m very impressed. I prefer looking at a lot of the content on flavors.me rather than the sites it’s pulling the info from (Especially Flickr). CHECK IT OUT, you can be like me!

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