Category: Internet (Page 10 of 40)

Fantastic, fascinating analysis of the increasingly loud (and, as a result, less dynamic) music mixes. This is what a generation of earbud heaphones and mp3 compression has wrought. It's not wrong, either–try listening to Zeppelin on an iPod outside and see how hard it is–but it is making music less compelling in important ways. Check out Finger Eleven's "Paralyzer" for a great Exhibit A in contemporary mixing technique

Obligatory joke: George W. Bush can't even pen a book, he has to make it a list

Confirmed: whoopie pies from the Lancaster, Pa., farmer's market are terrific

Lordy lordy, he did it again. Paul is amazing.

There's an off-color joke in here somewhere (I kid! I kid! My wife is 3/4 Polish!)

whoa 1982 hi

In the movie "Strange Days" Ralph Fiennes' character's voice mail asks, "What's on your mind?" I tried it on my answering machine for awhile and got complaints that it was freaking people out

Yes, that's about right

What I learned today: Joe Leeway of the Thompson Twins is now a certified hypnotherapist in California

Countering the article I linked to re K-Rock: WHTZ, the good ol' pop station, is #2 in this market, and it caters to the tween-and-teen crowd just like it did when I was that age. Although it's not a good sign that the station I like, WRXP, is doing worse than K-Rock, which is getting yanked (maybe RXP will inherit some listeners)

K-Rock is becoming "Now FM." I wonder if it will do as well as Jack did before they brought CBS-FM back. There's room in New York for rock radio, by the way; it just has to not play the saaaame soooong allll daaaay

If you had a pair of pants with the same fit as the Wall Street Journal and a sports section, you wouldn't wear them

delectably evil

I could have told you numbers 1, 3 and 4 would be atop the list… the only surprise is that #2 worked its way into the mix

Andy's article makes it into the Time (as does Andy, as an author, congrats to him)

Congratulations Joe! This is a signal that it's time to get you back to the poker table

Ewww… makes me reconsider whether my love of Tropicana Pure Premium is really all that healthy (but hey, at least they're fixing the packaging)

Not new, but always worth noting. Good summary and observations, too

The day after my post on GM, The Economist weighs in, and shares my exact opinion (although they say it a lot better)

Fascinating stuff. Too bad my friends at The Economist wouldn't talk to Andy about it