Archive for 2011/04


Grammy Category Reduction

I don’t give a shit. The only people who care are the players.  For the rest of us, it’s like listening to a parent complain about Little League baseball. But the bottom line is, are the Grammys for the major labels and CBS or the players/members? Since no one watches the endless pre-game, where they […]

Howard Goes Mac

And he can’t stop talking about his iPhone. First there was the switch to Verizon.  "I even have a connection in the basement!" Then there was the talk about BBM.  That was the rage, for a minute, using BlackBerry Messenger to stay in touch with your friends. But then Howard Stern switched to an Android.  […]

Sunday Reading

Sometimes I worry I’m missing out on life catching up on my reading.  And then I find buried gems that stimulate me.  I want to tell you about two. 1. Rob Walker’s article bout "Radiolab" in Sunday’s "New York Times Magazine" On ‘Radiolab,’ the Sound of Science I’m a satellite guy, I rarely listen to […]

Simple Man

Maybe you’ve got to die to get your due. I’m sitting in front of my Mac watching the Masters on my Slingbox and downloading music from the Internet.  Was gonna write about these great alternative takes of the Beach Boys’ "’Til I Die" until I heard this. When I was twenty one I lived in […]