November 2009
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“I have three things I’d like to say today. First, while you were sleeping last...”
– Tony Campolo, to a church congregation
September 2009
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Jim Carroll: 'one moment of light'
I wrote this essay five years ago for a now-defunct blog by and for music lovers. After learning of punk poet Jim Carroll’s passing at age 60 this past weekend, I decided to dig it out and post it again. It isn’t appropriate for my blog, so I put in on here.
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If you want to talk about the true poets of punk rock – and by true poets I mean those few artists who could paint...
June 2009
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Summertime playlist
A 12-song playlist to help you kick your summertime blues:
1. The Who - Summertime Blues (Live at Leeds)
2. The Specials - Too Hot (live)
3. Janis Joplin - Summertime (Live at Woodstock)
4. The Hold Steady - Constructive Summer
5. The Sex Pistols - Holidays in the Sun
6. Yeasayer - Wait for the Summer
7. Ramones - Rockaway Beach
8. Regina Spektor - Summer in the City
9. Belle and...
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Why Twitter is killing blogs and that's not a good... →
Steve Rubel: “There is, however, one thing that irks me about Twitter. Actually, it’s more like I’m irked by something that’s happened as a result of Twitter. It’s the decline of well developed ideas on blogs because social media energy is being spent on Twitter rather than on blogs.”
10tunes: life is a playlist →
The purpose of this blog is to categorize music in a way that it relates to life. Consider it my mix tape to the world.
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Best rock/pop albums ever →
Here, without comment or context, is my current list of the greatest albums of all time. The top 10 are listed below, followed by a link to the top 100.
1. The Clash, London Calling (1979/1980) 2. The Beatles, Abbey Road (1969) 3. Jimi Hendrix, Are You Experienced? (1967) 4. Talking Heads, ’77 (1977) 5. Pink Floyd, Dark Side of the Moon (1973) 6. Pretenders, Pretenders (1980) 7. The...
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The next big thing in social media | higher ed... →
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YouTwitFace: YouTube meets Twitter meets Facebook →
From YouTwitFace’s June 10, 2009, post:
YouTwitFace was born from the ramblings of a dinner party conversation back in March. However, unlike most great ideas hatched at dinner parties, Bryan Kay took the idea and ran with it, creating YouTwitFace.com the very next day.
On June 3rd, 2009 Conan O’Brien broke the news to the world with his year 3000 skit, revealing us to the world.
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