March 2011
11 posts
What's the difference...
…between a marathon volunteer and a girl whose bikini top was just stolen in a madcap 1960s comedy?
One hands cups and the other cups hands.
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Making Money On Music: Patrons of the Arts, Public...
It seems like the Summer of the Shark lately with articles on how [not] to make money on music. I’m always skeptical of these stories since you can never disentangle one particular artist’s chance circumstances from the effects of the methods they’re exhorting you to embrace.
I was going to give some detailed criticism of the articles, but instead, here’s a pile of links....
Reincarnation (Buddhism and the Brain | @seedmag) →
Of course, I thought this was an awesome article, and why not: “When a scientific discovery seems to support any religious teaching, you can expect members of that religion to become strict empiricists, telling themselves and the world that their belief is grounded in reality.”
Of course, it did offer one basic criticism of Buddhism: “Will Buddhists allow neuroscience to render...
Nonprofit/Foundation Idea for Music and other...
Since copyright remains in force so long beyond the life of a work’s creator, there have to be some copyright owners who want to do good with their copyrights after they die.
Here’s one thing that could be done (maybe it has already): Create a nonprofit whose mission is to administer and exploit those works to benefit a specific cause.
Copyright holders would bequeath rights to the...
What's the difference...
…between a disciplinarian and a steamboat in shallow water?
One paddles bottoms; the other bottoms paddles.
What's the difference...
…between a wild baseball pitcher and a cook making frijoles refritos?
One beans batters and the other batters beans.
Funniest in class
Structure: Quonset Hut
Transport: Hackney Cab
Metalworking Machine: Hobber
North American Tree: Bodark (Runner-up: Hackmatack)
What's the difference...
…between a Bohemian census-taker and a feudal physician?
One counts Czechs and the other checks counts.
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Will the Real Quinn Walker Please Stand Up?
So I first heard someone called Quinn Walker singing “Plenty of Water For Mud” on the December 2007 CMJ New Music Monthly sampler CD. I loved the song (still do) and found his double album Laughter’s an Asshole/Lion Land on eMusic; I bought a few tracks.
Back then, Stereogum called him a band to watch… I should have been watching because I went back to see what he’s...
What's the difference...
…between a jeweler and the gambling commissioner?
One fixes watches. The other watches fixes.
