May 2009
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Mobb Deep, Shook Ones Part II
It’s been a...
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Jay-Z, Can’t Cheat Death (produced by DJ...
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Stone Temple Pilots, Revolution
Yesterday was a...
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Wilco, You and I
Like all of their albums, The...
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Niche Media's Unlikely Savior: Offline
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the real and virtual worlds — where they intersect, where they depart, how they are the same, how they are different.
As we spend more and more time (and money) in the virtual world, elements of the ‘real world’ seem to actually increase in importance. While authentic real life experiences and interactions can be augmented...
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Grizzly Bear, While You Wait For The Others
Some...
“When we met Bijan Sabet at Spark, I remember telling Ev that I liked him a lot....”
– Biz Stone - D7 Interview: Twitter Co-CEOs Biz Stone and Evan Williams | D7 Highlights | AllThingsD
BIz shared this at the D conference last night. He also said it at our recent Spark LP mtg. Had us all laughing.
(via bijan)
Love it.
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Franz Ferdinand, No You Girls
An overdue music...
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Passion Pit, Sleepyhead
On a Passion Pit kick...
“But for near term, Touré said, the cultural upbringing of his children boils...”
– State of the Unions - Rita Nakouzi and Touré, Four Years After - NYTimes.com, 5/24/09
A great piece on my close friends, Rita and Toure, and the challenge of rasing kids of mixed cultural and racial heritage.
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Alice Cooper, School’s Out For Summer
Need...
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Fountains of Wayne, Someone to Love
Thinking of...
“From 1975 onward, Mr. Tran made sauces from peppers grown by his older brother...”
– Hot Stuff in a Squeeze Bottle - NYTimes.com, 5/19/09
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Billy Brag & Wilco, California Stars
Got...
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#TwitterTees
I’m really impressed with the latest offering from the Threadless crew: TwitterTees. They nailed it on a number of levels.
1) Crowd-sourcing - Threadless is smartly leveraging their crowd-sourcing expertise across the expanded Twitter network, using Twitter to surface and gather votes on shirts and thereby greatly expanding their reach and viral spread. And using the 140 character meme as...
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Jay-Z (feat. Santogold) -...
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Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Zero
Enjoyed this song all...
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Wilco, The Jolly Banker
As we anticipate The...
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Neil Young, Cowgirl in the Sand
They were playing...
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White Lies, To Lose My Life
I discovered this...
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M.I.A., Paper Planes
I’ve had this song...
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WatchI did an interview recently with Fox Business on VC funding. Jose Ferreira, CEO of Knewton, was interviewd from the entrepreneur side. It came out pretty good I think, but boy do I need a tan. Thankfully summer is around the corner.
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Lissy Trullie, Boy Boy
A little Lissy Trullie for...
“With the Palestinians split between Fatah and Hamas — Fatah unreformed and...”
– Elliott Abrams, The Power of the First Impression - WSJ.com, 5/9/09
Let’s hope he buys it.
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“If a Tweet can release some anxiety that would otherwise be focused on...”
– Adam Hanft, Maureen Dowd, Please Stop Now. Twitter is Not Just For the Banal Retentive — The Huffington Post, 4/22/09
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WatchThe Flaming Lips, Borderline
Still getting a kick out of this Flaming Lips cover of Madonna’s Borderline. Wayne Coyne’s got full license in my book.
“The New York Times? I have to be honest with you. I don’t care what the New...”
– Mort Zuckerman’s Plan to Save Newspapers — Daily Intel — New York Magazine, 5/6/09
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Dinosaur Jr, I Want You To Know
Eagerly...
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Paid Content Interview
I did an interview recently with Paid Content. The full post is below:
Interview: Mo Koyfman, Principal At Spark Capital, On Why Twitter Won’t Fail
By Rory Maher - Thu 07 May 2009 04:30 AM PST
Spark Capital has had a busy few years. It launched in 2005 after raising $260 million, raised another $360 million in July 2007 for a second fund, and announced a funding initiative...
“Business plans are like sausages, if you knew what went into them you wouldn’t...”
– Yossi Vardi (via betaworks)
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The Doves, Kingdom of Rust
I’ve been...
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The Shins, Saint Simon
Feeling this song today.
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Conor Oberst, Nikorette
Some new Conor Oberst for...
cdixon.org - Chris Dixon’s personal webpage »... →
I love this post from Chris Dixon. How quickly we forget that the cash printing press known as Google was chastised for its early purity and patience. An important lesson.
