The Staying Power of Music
Posted: May 16, 2012 Filed under: Deep, Listening Leave a comment »I’m not sure what inspired me to do this, but I downloaded Men at Work’s “Cargo” off of Google Play last night. I’m a little hazy here, but I am pretty sure I first bought this record on vinyl close to when it was released (in 1983). It was definitely in very heavy rotation on my record player for a while back then.
Prior to this morning, I don’t remember the last time I listened to “Cargo,” but I imagine it was sometime in the 1980s. Yet there was I was on the bus this afternoon, listening to “It’s a Mistake” for the first time in decades and easily humming along to every single note in the guitar solo of that song. I was astonished, not by my own memory but by music. What other art form has that kind of staying power?
The Only SEO Advice You’ll Ever Need
Posted: April 26, 2012 Filed under: Books, Deep Leave a comment »From Guy Kawasaki’s What the Plus! (which I just finished):
So whether you’re writing for Google+, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin, a blog, or a website, personally or professionally, the only SEO advice you’ll ever need is:
Write. Good. Shit.
(This is one of those once-a-year times where profanity is ok.)
A Thread
Posted: March 1, 2012 Filed under: Deep Leave a comment »If there is a thread that unites the story of our people, it is the thread of human dignity. #MD4Equality #MDSSM—
Martin O'Malley (@GovernorOMalley) March 01, 2012
H/T Oliver Willis
Humanity’s Odds, According to OMG
Posted: February 25, 2012 Filed under: Deep Leave a comment »There’s a 95% chance of human extinction in the next 9000 years! –> omgf.ac/ts/og3—
OMG Facts (@OMGFacts) February 25, 2012
Marshaling Facts Not Going to Do It
Posted: February 14, 2012 Filed under: Deep, Environment Leave a comment »I’m not sure what all the implications are here, but this strikes me as a fair observation.
Someday, the climate sane will learn that marshaling facts (yet again) is not going to do it. SOCIAL forces at work, not intellectual.—
David Roberts (@drgrist) January 29, 2012
What Is the Value of Architecture?
Posted: February 12, 2012 Filed under: Deep, Transportation Leave a comment »Michael Kimmelman, in today’s New York Times:
To pass through Grand Central Terminal, one of New York’s exalted public spaces, is an ennobling experience, a gift. To commute via the bowels of Penn Station, just a few blocks away, is a humiliation.
What is the value of architecture? It can be measured, culturally, humanely and historically, in the gulf between these two places.
Show, Don’t Tell
Posted: February 9, 2012 Filed under: Deep Leave a comment »Don’t speak to me about your religion; first show it to me in how you treat other people.—
Cory Booker (@CoryBooker) February 04, 2012
This Music Has Been in My DNA For So Long
Posted: February 6, 2012 Filed under: Deep, Listening, Videos Leave a comment »Parenthood leads MPomy back to Neil Young:
I like the idea of going back here with my own child. I like that this music has been in my DNA for so long, and I want to share that elemental thing with him, even though he’s too young to have any idea what these songs are about.
Here are a few other guys who might have some Neil in their musical DNA.
