January 2010
10 posts
Wilco covering Steely Dan’s Any Major Dude...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-1-24) →
Dirty Projectors (8)
Dead Kennedys (4)
Joy Division (2)
Sex Pistols (2)
The Jesus and Mary Chain (2)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Carl Sagan's Apple Pie →
Found via Digg
It's Been Tried Already...
thegongshow:
I’m reading The Victorian Internet on the recommendation of Sam Lessin. What a terrific book. Only 30 pages in, I can tell already that I’ll be blogging about this book a number of times. So, here’s the first of many.
Samuel Morse invented the concept of an electric telegraph and his system of encoding messages, Morse code, during a 6 week journey across the Atlantic. When he...
Patents are just Nukes
siminoff:
There has been a lot of patent discussion today, starting with Brad from Union Square Ventures post, “We need an independent invention defense to minimize the damage of aggressive patent trolls”
Bijan’s follow on post had the best tidbit, “Trolls are just one end the spectrum. On the other end, patents also favor big companies. In 2007 IBM proudly announced they received 3000 patents...
Harry Reid's Quotes
Here is the quote Harry Reid is in trouble for followed by his apology.
From the new book Game Change:
“He (Reid) was wowed by Obama’s oratorical gifts and believed that the country was ready to embrace a black presidential candidate, especially one such as Obama – a ‘light-skinned’ African American ‘with no Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one,’ as he...
Hype Machine's Music Blog Zeitgeist 2009 →
Love the additional artwork to this years Hype Machine Music Blog Zeitgeist. Awesome work by the guys at Hypem.
gtmcknight:
We’re showcasing 10 artists/albums per day till Friday when we announce the Top 10.
So many amazing pieces and collaborations here. Grooveshark is powering our full album streams and our Artists section features 50 visual artists we invited to create a NEW piece of work...