October 2010
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“Six travel writers — chauffeured around in a limo — are on Navarre Beach this...”
– Travel writers visiting beaches on BP dime
Via The Sierra Club, which also pointed to a reports from one of the travel writers, the douchebag Ron Stern. Stern notes that:
Isn’t that where the birds are covered with oil and the beaches full of tar? Being of the opinion that much of the media...
September 2010
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-9-26) →
The Upsetters (5)
Toots & The Maytals (4)
Bob Marley & The Wailers (3)
The Heptones (3)
Ella Fitzgerald (3)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
“We do have two Americas. We have the America that’s living in reality. The...”
– Bill Maher (via azspot)
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-9-12) →
Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin (14)
Bob Marley (8)
Desmond Dekker (7)
Toots & The Maytals (6)
Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers (4)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr…
“Awl: So now you’re outed. What’s next for you?
@BPGlobalPR: I...”
– The First Interview: Meet the Man Behind Twitter’s @BPGlobalPR - The Awl
“We’re just sort of raising our hands to see if lightning continues to strike. I...”
– It’s a few days old now, but if you haven’t yet, do yourself a favor and read this Q & A: with Longshot co-founder Alexis Madrigal in CJR
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-9-5) →
Beastie Boys (16)
Sleigh Bells (9)
UNKLE (5)
Gorillaz (4)
Hans Zimmer (3)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Longshot Magazine Issue One Unboxing Party →
It’s Wednesday. You’re invited. I’ll be offended and take it personally if you don’t show up.
Want to go to Pop Up Magazine with me?
Pop Up Magazine issue number four is coming up on Thursday. It’s way sold out. Like, Kanye West plays the Fillmore sold out. Like: Lady GaGa at Bottom of the Hill sold out. I have two tickets. They are not the greatest seats (A 17 & A 19), but they are seats. Sadly, my lovely wife cannot go. Which means I have an extra. I could sell it, or give it to a friend, but I’ve decided to...
“I’m also troubled by, not what Senator McCain says, but what members of the...”
– Colin Powell (via goodreasonnews) (via evangotlib) (via inothernews) (via marissaallison) (via cijimcb) (via apsies) (via soupsoup)
My Problem with Ping!
Last night, after I was finally able to download iTunes 10, I had a moment. Or more accurately: I totally wigged out. Not in a good way. Ping, the new social/music discovery feature in itunes, made me completely fucking tea party crazy:
When I woke up today, I spent some more time playing with it this morning, wanting to give it another chance. It was still bad. But I was able to understand...
Journalists Test the Limits of Publishing With HP... →
Nice write up on the HP & Magcloud sites about Longshot Magazine.