May 2010
22 posts
“The Florida Keys, third longest barrier reef in the world, is a dead zone....”
– Phillippe Cousteau (via unburyingthelead, inothernews, dpstyles) (via pdemul) (via mikehudack)
“In World War II, Mr. Sennheiser helped the German Army with the radio...”
– Fritz Sennheiser, 98, Executive, Dies
I’m sorry, am I missing something here?
Does someone have more information they could share regarding Sennheiser’s involvement with the “German Army?” (who I’m pretty sure were, oh, you know, killing millions of people in...
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Watchitsthemusic:
Harvey’s Kitchen: Steel Train
New Jersey. Yes, this band is from New Jersey. They’ve performed on the Conan O’Brien show, been featured by Spin Magazine, performed at Lollapalooza, Bonnaroo, Coachella, and were formerly signed to Drive-Thru Records before this latest album. We had to wait until the release of their newest album, “Steel Train” before we could post this stripped...
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Watchtodayonbliptv:
Keavy Landreth, owner of Kumquat Cupcakery in Brooklyn, invites us into her kitchen space to see how she makes her secret recipe for what many refer to as “Brooklyn’s favorite miniature cupcakes”…on this episode of “Food. Curated.”
worship the glitch: Facts about Obama and BP →
Obama did not accept donations from PACs during his presidential election, therefor he did not receive a single penny from BP’s PAC.
He did take $1,000 from them in 2004.
The $77,051 Sarah Palin claims he received from BP is actually the total amount accepted from individuals who work at BP.
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Watchitsthemusic:
Harvey’s Kitchen: Amelia’s Mechanics - Part 2 - (see Part 1 here) - Molly McGinn and Molly Miller after completing their first album “North, South” with Kasey Horton and produced by Jim Avett, are now beginning the process of recording their second album with 3 time grammy award winner Steven Heller and Laurelyn Dossett at Echo Studios. This is a bit of departure from the usual...
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WatchFADER TV visited The Safdie Brothers to talk about the release of their first feature film, “Daddy Longlegs.”
This was a hard movie to sit through - painful, heartbreaking and full of shades of moral grey.
Ronald Bronstein and the two Ranaldo brothers were really fantastic.
Explaining the Rand Paul Disaster →
“The second point, which gets directly to why Rand Paul is suddenly flailing, is that the local Kentucky media—in particular the newspapers, and especially the flagship Louisville Courier-Journal—has been decimated by job cuts, as has happened across the country. This came up several times in discussions with Kentucky politicos and local journalists. The reason it matters is that...
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Watchericmortensen:
rafimama:
todayonbliptv:
Felicia Day, of The Guild and Dr. Horrible, shares childhood artifacts with Mortified Founder, Dave Nadelberg on a new Mortified segment called The Shoebox Sessions.
Watchericmortensen:
itsthr33am:
The Banana Boys are an interracial superhero duo on a mission to stop all that is evil, unholy and terrible in the land of bananas.
This is amazing…especially their method of transportation.
“I’ve seen too many people who have plotted a career, and often what’s at the...”
– Steve Hannah, chief executive of The Onion
Cliché, but true (I hope).
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Watchitsthemusic:
Dr. Dog sings, “Jackie Wants a Black Eye” at Heathers in the East Village.
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The FADER is the definitive voice of emerging music and the lifestyle that surrounds it. Through in-depth reporting and a distinct street sensibility, The FADER aggressively covers the most dynamic breadth of music and style emanating from the fringes of the mainstream to the heart of the...
“ThinkProgress has obtained a PowerPoint document which reveals how the telecom...”
– Think Progress » Telecoms’ Secret Plan To Attack Net Neutrality: Target Video Gamers And Stoke Fear Of Chinese Censorship (via rafer) (via mikehudack)
Here’s the playbook folks, learn it well.
(via spytap)
Blip.tv Aims to Engage L.A. With Epic Fu's Steve... →
mikehudack:
The word “excited” doesn’t do justice to our mood here at blip. We’re opening up in Los Angeles! The fantastic Steve Woolf will be heading up our LA office as our West Coast Director of Content Development. We’re signing an office lease today. This is a really big moment for us.
Super excited to be working with Steve!
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Watchitsthemusic:
Dave Tompkins shows us the inspiration for his new book, “How To Wreck a Nice Beach.”
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The FADER is the definitive voice of emerging music and the lifestyle that surrounds it. Through in-depth reporting and a distinct street sensibility, The FADER aggressively covers the most dynamic breadth of music and style emanating from the fringes of the mainstream to the heart of...
“Q. Tell me about the culture of AdMob. What’s it like to work there?
A. We’ve...”
– Corner Office - At AdMob, a CEO With a Portable Desk - Interview - NYTimes.com
Interesting to hear about the company culture at AdMob. Not sure about a culture of constant negativity - don’t think it’s the best way to motivate people - but somewhere in between, there has to be a happy...
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