May 2012
“Basically, our goal is to find movie stars and have them get weird with us....”
– The Duplass Brothers Have Kidnapped Hollywood! http://mobile.nytimes.com/article?a=952069&f=37
April 2012
“Am I right and early, or am I just wrong? You always have to wonder.”
– Peter Thiel in WIRED article, How to Spot the Future: http://m.wired.com/epicenter/2012/04/ff_spotfuture/
“And what’s made them change their tactics? They are getting hammered by a...”
– Kudos to Ben and my friends at The Espresso Room, http://www.monocle.com/monocolumn/2012/04/12/starbucks-have-named-a-drink-after-you/
March 2012
“We’re already starting to pay our climate bills in Copenhagen,” she said. Recent...”
– Beware, We’re Having a Heat Wave - NYTimes.com
“The larger lesson is that because our memories are formed by the act of...”
– WIRED Magazine, http://m.wired.com/magazine/2012/02/ff_forgettingpill/all/1
“I mean, if you’re always striving for success, you end up with something...”
– Via NYT, http://mobile.nytimes.com/article?a=919192&f=37
February 2012
“Knowledge scarcity.” This is not an uncommon problem in our modern world. Yet...”
– From Tim Ferriss: http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2012/02/20/beyond-x-prize-the-10-best-crowdsourcing-tools-and-technologies/
Adele - Turning Tables (Bærs remix)
“The number of likes on Facebook or tweets on Twitter is volume and is likely to...”
– A VC: Dispersion and Entropy In Social Media
“2012 is the year of the storm. The Pirate Bay will reach an age of 9 years....”
– The Pirate Bay Moves to .SE Domain To Prevent Domain Seizure | TorrentFreak
January 2012
“I am really interested in silence. In inarticulacy also, which isn’t the same as...”
– Tilda Swinton in NYT: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/01/movies/awardsseason/tilda-swinton-discusses-her-career.html
“There’s a dramatic gap between what one reads in the United States and what one...”
– The Myth of Japan’s Demise: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/08/opinion/sunday/the-true-story-of-japans-economic-success.html
“Those who count on quote ‘Hollywood’ for support need to understand that this...”
– MPAA head (and former U.S. Senator) Chris Dodd speaking to Fox News (as noted by Hillicon Valley).
I mean, he actually said this.
In one soundbite, he’s both threatening any and all U.S. politicians and implying that they’re corruptible. It’s a statement that so egregious, it’s hard to think of...
Kill Hollywood, Not Movies
parislemon:
The fallout from the failure of SOPA and PIPA is just as interesting as the main topics themselves. First, many on the web with loud voices are finally waking up to how corrupt the lobbying/political system is in this country. Second, directly-related, there’s a quickly growing anti-Hollywood sentiment.
The most forceful stance has to be Y Combinator putting out a new RFS...
“I don’t want a consistently funny man woman or child that isn’t on my payroll....”
– Paul Carr talking his new company, Not Safe For Work: http://m.techcrunch.com/2011/10/14/vescere-bracis-meis/
“Megaupload waved the D.M.C.A. flag even though it was based in Hong Kong and...”
– NYT http://mobile.nytimes.com/article?a=898214&f=24
“When the cell company MTN launched in Nigeria in 2001, it thought that it would...”
– The Rise of the Informal Economy, via WIRED: http://m.wired.com/magazine/2011/12/mf_neuwirth_qa/all/1
Gotye vs. Adele vs. MGMT vs. Sebastian Ingrosso...
“People who disagree over legal or economic matters ought to be able to respect...”
– Religion in America: The faith (and doubts) of our fathers http://www.economist.com/node/21541718
“Mr. Hu did not address the widespread assertion by Chinese artists and...”
– Via NYT: http://mobile.nytimes.com/article?a=888966&f=110
I’m at Rosa’s Spitalfields (12 Hanbury Street, Shoreditch) http://t.co/2M7NW4Ii
I’m at Terminal 1 (LHR Airport, Hounslow) w/ 6 others http://t.co/k7rQXDaa
December 2011
I’m at Platform 1 (Edgware Road Underground Station, Marylebone Rd., Paddington) http://t.co/UTGTExPC
The best Mexican in Rochester without a doubt, stop by and say hello to Maria. Every dish is amazing! (@ El Rincon) http://t.co/UrjxAb8h
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-12-25) →
M83 (216)
Arrested Development (97)
Kleerup (94)
Husky Rescue (26)
Flight Facilities (23)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
I’m at Flaherty’s Three Flags Inn (60 West Main St, Honeoye Falls) http://t.co/RpIoNAH5
Back in the States safe & sound (@ United First International Lounge - IAD) http://t.co/p93h68ra
I’m at Damascu Bite (Damascu Bite 1 review 119-121 Brick Lane, Cheshire St, London) http://t.co/KtT2ZEQv
Grizzly Bear Walk Around Paris and Sing...
I’m at Argos (185-197 Old St., London) http://t.co/vAeshsqb
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-12-18) →
Stars (376)
M83 (31)
The Roots (10)
Black Star (9)
Talib Kweli (1)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
The new honey-baked ham with caramelised onions on baguette sandwich is delicious! http://t.co/mLpFebsV
“Mr. Gingrich was “a disaster” as speaker and most likely would be as...”
– NYT http://mobile.nytimes.com/article?a=882015&f=110
Back from Brussels (@ St Pancras Intl. Station (STP) - International Lines w/ 3 others) http://t.co/7uUclNjy
I’m at Le Chatelain Boutique Hotel Brussels (Rue du Chatelain 17, Bruxelles) http://t.co/ZSr33S5A
Not first choice but good place to work. And they just played Head and The Heart so I can’t complain :) (@ Starbucks) http://t.co/QY59G1rB
Hearing Zach Galifinakis on old podcast, 12/03 of Who Charted, proclaim his love for musical group, Brazilian Girls, is truly awesome.
I’m at The Square Pig (30-32 Proctor St., Holborn) http://t.co/H9v0C8L2
