Tim Ferriss On Trolls
Tim Ferriss keynote The Next Web Conference 2010 – Love the Haters from Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten on Vimeo. Tim Ferriss is an easy target. I, myself, have doubted whether his career would live...
View ArticleWhy Ninja Assassin Failed
I know why the film Ninja Assassin failed. It’s the name! They should have consulted with me. I would have recommended Ninja Assassin Killer. (The dot com is still available, by the way.) We know...
View ArticleIs This Chord Ugly Enough For You?
“Shine” by “Final Placement” (Original Video) from F.P. Shine on Vimeo. Every composition needs dissonance. For ears that crave more adventure, tritones stopped doing their job a hundred years ago....
View ArticleFirst, You’ll Have To Learn How To Suck.
Hollywood is one step ahead. Do you really believe, that with millions and millions and millions and millions and millions of dollars at their disposal, they’d make a mistake? New Media is a tool to...
View ArticleRob Wright: How Original Music Happens
Rob Wright is probably my favorite bassist in the world, and the reason I switched to playing bass back in 1995. He even inspired the first appearance of Dr. Zoltan Øbelisk‘s voice on “How To Sell The...
View ArticleDrummer Saves The Gig… By Ruining It?
Had this not happened, I imagine the audience would have fallen asleep. Why is this video hilarious? In contrast to the cheesy MC / front-man who is trying really hard to entertain the crowd, this...
View ArticleThe Art of Hype
There is so much pushing and shoving, so many people trying to be interesting, so many ads and videos and self-marketers trying to control your eyeballs… that it’s impossible to even exist these days...
View ArticleQuinolones: The Side-Effects Are Worse
I don’t talk about this often, but this is part of the reason I stopped playing an instrument. Watch that above video about Levaquin, starting at 4:26. (And check out that mighty obelisk while you’re...
View ArticleHidden In Plain Sight
In Atlas Shrugged, the world’s most important invention was abandoned to rust in a factory. No one recognized what it was, so it sat there for years, invisible to everyone. Thoreau said: “The works of...
View ArticleWhy Book Stores Are Closing
[Photo from Oxford Daily Photo.] This morning, I was horrified to see several large signs in my neighborhood: BORDERS CLOSING SALE! EVERYTHING MUST GO! What a HUGE mistake. (Because now I won’t be...
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