Archive for 2010
Conan O’Brien and City Lights Records: A eulogy?
I’ve been tweeting about these things for a few days now, but I haven’t posted anything here for a month, so let me collect and plagiarize some of my recent thoughts.
I’m feeling sadness for Haiti (text “HAITI” to 90999 to donate $10 to American Red Cross relief for Haiti) . . . and also [...]
Someone must stop Pay-Per-Click Caveman Jesus
Why are advertisers using this guy’s photo? Caveman Jesus (as I like to call him) is apparently becoming the ShamWow! Guy of pay-per-click ads.
Yesterday I disabled Greasemonkey to unblock Facebook ads for a few minutes because I wanted to test something. Guess whose face I saw in the Sponsored area? You got it. This guy’s, [...]
Three 8tracks mixtapes
I used to create mixtapes and CD compilations all the time, but in this era of streaming music and MP3s I had gotten out of the habit. However, since sharing user-crafted mixes online keeps getting easier (and legal) with new service providers, I thought it would be fun to start making mixtapes again.
(That reminds [...]
Hip-hop mixtapes at 8tracks
On the heels of my first three 8tracks mixtapes, I created a couple of hip-hop mixes at 8tracks. One is an alternative hip-hop mix with a sci-fi/samurai theme using songs from my college days (1995-2000). The other is a Definitive Jux label retrospective (2001-2009).
12 Memories: Futuristic Flow 2000
Twelve tracks including music by Del Tha Funky [...]
SearchFest 2010 in review
Today I am at The Governor Hotel in Portland, Oregon. I had to leave at the crack of dawn to make it to SearchFest 2010 on time. Which means I was awake at dark o’clock. This also means I got to see the sunrise. That almost never happens.
This is the fourth annual SearchFest, which is [...]