Consolation Champs

I’ve been back from SXSW Interactive for more than two weeks and yet I still haven’t posted my thoughts. The reason? Well, I wrote something that was very negative and I’ve been sitting on it. I’m going to post it now, unchanged, but I will add that my malaise seems to have been shared by […]

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How could I NOT click on the ad for LDSAudio: “Download thousands of LDS songs by your favorite artists”
I had no idea there even was such a thing as Mormon music. My favourite? It has to be LDS Super Hits of the 80s. Hands down.

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Though the concert happened more than a month ago, I just discovered this interesting commentary on Icelandic band Sigur Rós’ concert at my alma mater Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Calvin is a liberal arts college affiliated with the Christian Reformed Church and for me continues to exemplify the best example of what a […]

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The Boomtown Rats – The Fine Art of Surfacing (1979)

There was once a time when “Sir” Bob Geldof was known for something other than organizing huge benefit concerts to feed the hungry. In fact, there was once a time when he was the hungry one. Hungry to find meaning in the world, and to find […]

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Los Nacional
Ooh, such a clever title! Thanks to Neil and indirectly to Frank, I got to see The National tonight for free. I’d only heard two songs before tonight, but am firmly in the fan camp now. If you get a chance to see them, you really ought to go, before singer Matt Berninger does […]

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In January 2001, I wrote an article for online magazine About This Particular Macintosh about the burgeoning popularity of “blogs” and now more than five years later, it’s sort of quaint to look at it again. I thought you might think so, too.
March 25: Seems like someone else is getting nostalgic as well. Michael Stillwell […]

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My review of Andy Budd’s new book, CSS Mastery, has been posted over at Digital Web. Enjoy!

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The Institute of Multicultural Development, a Dutch multicultural group is arranging a soccer match between Muslims and homosexuals. In an effort to combat fears and misconceptions, the two sides will meet on the pitch, and hopefully in the process, come to see each other as human beings.
While I applaud this effort, it does seem a […]

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I’m back from Texas and dog tired. I’ll post a wrapup of SXSW in a few days after I’ve caught up with my life, but I just wanted to direct anybody upon whom I foisted a “Compilation Champs” CD to the liner notes. Post your comments here if you can.

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Now that we no longer make mixtapes, the humble cassette is rarely seen. Check out this beautiful gallery of these lost objects of yesterday. (via powazek)

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