October 2009
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ListenLa Roux, I’m Not Your Toy This album is...
Oct 31st
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ListenThe Soft Pack, Fences (Phoenix cover) A really...
Oct 30th
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Oct 30th
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“There are roughly three New Yorks. There is, first, the New York of the man or...”
– Here is New York, E. B. White, 1949 (via cdixon) One of my favorite pieces on the incomparable NYC.
Oct 30th
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ListenJay-Z, Run This Town (Featuring Rihanna &...
Oct 29th
“If you have the facts on your side, pound the facts. If you have the law on your...”
– Legal Adage, John Gruber - Daring Fireball: Pound the Quality
Oct 28th
Don't Forget The Red States
We tend as a technology community to be obsessed with the bleeding edge of innovation.  Many of the greatest companies of our time have been built on it (Google, Apple, Microsoft) and many of the rising stars are being built on it (Facebook, Twitter). Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for the bleeding edge.  Heck, I live on it.  But let’s not forget the “boring”...
Oct 28th
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Oct 28th
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ListenYo La Tengo, By Two’s Beautiful.
Oct 28th
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Oct 28th
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ListenDelta Spirit, People C’mon Was reminded of...
Oct 27th
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ListenBob Marley, Three Little Birds Appropriate for...
Oct 26th
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Aviary
Today we announced Spark’s investment in Aviary (www.aviary.com) – a pioneering suite of digital creation and editing tools in the cloud.  With this investment, we join a terrific team of existing investors including Bezos Expeditions and a prominent network of angel investors who continue to be engaged in the business. Aviary’s business is exciting on two primary fronts.  Firstly, Aviary is...
Oct 26th
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ListenBenjamin Biolay - Chiara Mastroiann, Je Ne...
Oct 23rd
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ListenMC Solaar, La belle et le bad boy It’s...
Oct 22nd
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ListenBon Iver & St Vincent, Roslyn I’m a...
Oct 20th
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ListenLCD Soundsystem, Bye Bye Bayou Loving this dancy...
Oct 19th
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ListenThe Flaming Lips, Worm Mountain Another track...
Oct 18th
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ListenThe Flaming Lips, Convinced Of The Hex The first...
Oct 18th
Oct 18th
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“You know, if you economize and don’t buy new airplanes or long-range jets, or...”
– Ted Turner Passed Cash ‘Like a Joint,’ Now Feels ‘Like a Dummy’ - Bloomberg.com
Oct 16th
“If you were around at the time, I gave everybody a hundred thousand dollars if...”
– Ted Turner Passed Cash ‘Like a Joint,’ Now Feels ‘Like a Dummy’ - Bloomberg.com
Oct 16th
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ListenFlorence + The Machine, Hospital Beds (Cold War...
Oct 16th
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“The financial system nearly collapsed because smart guys had started working on...”
– Middle-aged man at bar, as recounted by Calvin Trillin - Wall Street Smarts - NYTimes.com
Oct 15th
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ListenThe Soft Pack, Redheaded Girl (Tijuana Panthers...
Oct 15th
Oct 14th
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WatchWatch
Fleetwood Mac, Landslide (Live) I’ve watched this over and over again since Andy shared it with me.  Absolutely stunning.
Oct 14th
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ListenMichael Jackson, This Is It Because I have...
Oct 13th
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ListenEdward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, Carries...
Oct 12th
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ListenThe Smashing Pumpkins, Landslide (Fleetwood Mac...
Oct 9th
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ListenJay-Z, Run This Town (with Rihanna + Kanye West) ...
Oct 8th
Listendubliner: Florence and the Machine Dog Days Are...
Oct 5th
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The AHT Guide to Hamburger and Cheeseburger Styles... →
Burger madness.
Oct 2nd
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Oct 2nd
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ListenFlorence + The Machine, You’ve Got the Love...
Oct 2nd
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Oct 2nd
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ListenMiike Snow, Black & Blue Some more Miike Snow...
Oct 1st
Oct 1st
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