Archive for August, 2009
Sunday, August 30th, 2009
are there small venues/bars left in Vancouver that DON'T charge a fee for bands to play (bands should never have to pay bar staff IMHO)? #
OK - actually ADDING stuff to urbandictionary.com now. officially 12 till i die. #
I really should start remembering to stop using bit.ly - http://is.gd/2wEBA ...
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Friday, August 28th, 2009
It appears that by design or chance, the big Town Hall meeting on Copyright law in Toronto yesterday was dominated by one side of the debate - that side representing the (mostly foreign-based) commercial music industry, that side seething epithets about "lawbreakers" and "pirates", that side representing a tiny minority ...
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Sunday, August 23rd, 2009
putting out a feeler - looking for a good tech startup in Portugal to go 50/50 on a small (but simple) web biz idea #
taking the Canadaline TOMORROW w/Isabel. the little train fanatic can't wait. #
Isabel just said "this train goes to the report" #canadaline #
wow. The Canadaline has transformed ...
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Wednesday, August 19th, 2009
I've been on the sidelines of Critical Mass for far too long. Time for that to end.
For the umpteen-millionth time, I was (either intentionally or not) bullied today by two cars on Commercial Drive. Riding in the right hand lane, ever watchful behind and in front of me, carefully judging ...
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Sunday, August 16th, 2009
tofu (subbed due to seitan shortage) picatta w/olives n yellow beans + quinoa mango salad = yum. #veganomicon #
it's SRSLY embarrassing to have M.Harper represent Canada in meetings w/Obama #dumdum #
what we really need is Obama to guest host a reunion of either Soundproof or Great White North. that'd be ...
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Sunday, August 9th, 2009
according to a cashier at Donalds I look like the guy that did the voice of Nermal in Garfield. thanks, I guess... #
...would've preferred Peter Murphy or Ian McCulloch. heck I'll even take Rowan Atkinson. but I guess in the end I'll take what I can get ;-) #
anyone in ...
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Thursday, August 6th, 2009
An interesting pair of complementary articles have today sprung to my attention from my unfiltered and rapidly growing twitstorms.
First, Readwriteweb carries a story about the research of Viktor Mayer-Schönberger. Mayer-Schönberger has synthesized research into open source communities, arguing that radical ideas suffer in networks where there is a greater abundance ...
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Wednesday, August 5th, 2009
I've created a twitter poll (something I should be doing more regularly) asking a question of central importance to this blog, to my life, my creative pursuits, and something that's been on everybody's mind since the dawn of music (when wazzat?): how should musicians get paid? If I haven't given ...
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