You Searched For the Secret too Soon

Watched (again) this documentary on Pink Floyd’s “Wish You Were Here.” Damn, this album has always been great and only gets better with age – its and mine. Easily one of the best albums of all time, from anyone. Consider Dark Side of the Moon, Animals, Wish You Were Here and The Wall. The albums from when Floyd was at their peak. Only the Beatles – not even the Stone...

The Critical Similarity Between Apple and Google

They are both giant, globe-spanning, for-profit corporations run by white men in California. Stop being stupid. Praise them where they should be praised. Call them out when they do bad. But enough with viewing either in terms that *in any way* deviate from the first sentence in this post. You may thank me at acceptance. ...

Nevermind ended up costing double

A great rundown on the costs and the process involved in making one of the all-time great albums, Nevermind. Despite their slacker image, Nirvana were among the most well-rehearsed and painstakingly prepared bands in their entire scene. You try practicing together 6 days a week, 4 hours a day and see how long it takes you to record an album. Just listen to the band play “Love Buzz” into a ch...

A Fine Fielder

So, I always get pushback from people on how I cannot reflexively support Obama on everything because, after all, I am a writer, so that makes me smart, right? Right? Look, let’s save us both time. My view: If Jackie Robinson was a fine fielder and a 200 hitter, that’s Obama. ...

Parallax

The parallax viewing in iOS 7 does absolutely nothing useful. But, damn, it does point the way to usable 3D screens. That is big. I play with the home screen just to watch the (slow, minor) visual effect. Apple is peeling away at this. 3D is not dead. ...

Dead zone

Looks like ain’t nobody in America’s Midwest using any apps. Or, Apple is still working on this ‘apps nearby’ feature. ...

Now is our simpler time. Why Saturday Night Live sucks balls.

Yesterday, I tuned into Saturday Night Live. It was a re-run, having originally aired during the height of last year’s presidential election. In hindsight, it’s so gallingly apparent what pussies our big media have become. They are so in the tank it’s, well, not laughable, actually. Actually, there were several funny skits but the weekend news update was shocking. For me, at leas...