January 2012
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Did Bob Dole Really Say This To Newt Gingrich?
Newt Gingrich: Why do people take such an instant dislike of me?
Bob Dole: Because it saves them time.
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“Correlation Ventures said it closed an initial $165 million venture capital fund...”
– peHUB » Correlation Ventures Closes $165M Fund That Will Use Predictive Analytics
I don’t get this.
(via jryu)
So these guys contacted me last year and I was completely sketched out. This is as close to “dumb money” as a VC could ever be. They’re a bunch of Wall St quants who think they’ve...
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Watch“The beat for “Little Brother” was created by legendary hip hop producer J Dilla. While it was only released on the movie soundtrack for The Hurricane**, it’s Questlove’s favorite Black Star song and he was there when J Dilla made the beat for it.”
** my crew submitted a track for that soundtrack (Curtis Mayfield remake), but we got dinged for a wack track (not...
“Jazz is a lie. America is a lie … Playing Jazz is like running on a treadmill:...”
– Trumpeter Nicholas Payton “On Why Jazz Isn’t Cool Anymore”. A brief quote won’t do his piece justice. Few musicians can put together two sentences, let alone an epic manifesto killing the very brand that has carried their career. Bravo.
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The Next Steve Jobs Is: Kanye West →
“Hip-hop star launches design institute stuffed with dope … minds”
Mmm hmm. I know just what you’re thinking.
Slow. News. Day.
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Best of Leftover Takeout (Generator) →
My BEST posts of 2011 (automagically selected)
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The Wizard
Black Sabbath - “The Wizard” - Black Sabbath. There can never be enough harmonica in heavy metal.
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Video
My cousin just sent me this video.
Christmas Wish List += this awesome thing.
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Hannah,
Our son Weston had his first birthday yesterday. I wanted to capture a glimpse of the incredible, and...
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Nyquil: Organic Seasonality →
I’m sick.
I’ve been coughing and hacking up a lung since New Year’s Eve, and it’s finally starting to break. There’s a bug going around, and I caught this one from Hannah’s father (we’ve traveled a bunch over the holidays, it’s taken its toll on me I guess).
Though rarely sick, when I am, I sleep awfully and I’m a giant grump - total pain....
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“It’s not styles that clash; it’s people that clash. You can get the...”
– John McLaughlin recalling the one time he jammed with Jimi Hendrix. This is so true, and not just in music. In all things. Here’s to more harmony in 2012.
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“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety,...”
– Benjamin Franklin (via markherrmann)
I can reblog this every year, and it applies more today with respect to technological innovation than ever before.
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“The party’s in your head.”
– Waitress at the club last night, echoing the hard truth that anything you engage in is experienced through the lens of your emotional state, no mater how much external stimulation there might be.