Category: ‘Music’ · TangleBones

An Open Letter to American Idol Contestants, Re: Microphones

Stop hold­ing them so close to your face. You look stupid and ill-​informed about the capa­bil­i­ties of modern sound equipment.

Why I Love Steve Jobs (and Apple)

Steve Jobs just posted the most plain-​spoken, honest, open and accu­rate essay on music and DRM in the his­tory of the Inter­net. Really. The head of the biggest seller of DRM’d music just laid it all out on the table in a way that no jour­nal­ist, neti­zen or cor­po­rate drone ever could. Wow.

Quick thinking

• I just noticed that there’s a dis­cus­sion group at the place where I work for people with autis­tic family mem­bers. I noticed because they have a bul­letin board by the cafe­te­ria. A bul­letin board where they posted flyers for CAN and DAN!. What’s so wrong with real sci­ence, people? Why not listen to real doctors?
• To the people with whom I share my morn­ing com­mute: seri­ously, just quit it. All of it. The tail-​gaiting, the cruis­ing slowly in the left lane. And who are you talk­ing to on a cell phone at 6:00 AM? And why do you have to do it while dri­ving slowly in the left lane? What sur­prises me is that anyone hired you people. Maybe you should think about taking a train.
• I remem­bered today why I made a life-​long com­mit­ment never to carry a pen in my pants pocket today. Looks like a I need a new pair of khakis. Oh well.
• To the owners of jacked-​up (in the sense of extra tall) pick-​ups with whom I share my morn­ing com­mute: this isn’t a race, and those aren’t race cars. Really. It’s kind of pathetic. Why didn’t you buy a car if that’s how you like to drive? And no, I’m not intim­i­dated, because even in my little car, I’m more likely to sur­vive an acci­dent than you are.
• Look, I liked the Ban­gles as much as anyone else back in the 80’s. And I like that Mashup “What­ser­name (Susanna Hoffs)” because, what’s not to like about Green Day + the Ban­gles? But can we agree that if all of the radio sta­tions are going to play “Manic Monday” every Monday morn­ing, they’re not allowed to play it Tues­day morn­ing? Because it just con­fuses me.