June 2009
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Come and open up your folding chair next to me/ My...
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“I have seen many successful people fail after they start fearing they might lose...”
– co-founder & CEO Guy Laliberté, on the continued growth of Cirque Du Soleil
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Is a good song even more memorable when the word...
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Back and Fourth is Pete Yorn’s new record....
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Today is Wednesday, so in honor of Rasta Club —...
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“Born-on-date is no match for born-on-premises.”
– brand positioning for Iron Hill Restaurant & Brewery by 160over90
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Like Dennis Eckersley and Lee Smith before him,...
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“Running a start-up is like being punched in the face repeatedly. But working for...”
– Paul Graham of Y Combinator
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The Black Keys — 2 young fellers from Akron, Ohio...
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“Record stores are one of my favorite places in life. I hope they live forever...”
– Luke Lalonde of Born Ruffians
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“Love can free us from all excess/
From our deepest debts/
Cause when our...”
– The Submarines off Honeysuckle Weeks
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If and when the word groovy makes a comeback,...
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“Any idiot can be a boss; all you need is a title. But to be a leader, you need...”
– David Droga
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More than any other act on the bill, I’m...
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“I love bowling! It’s the perfect workout. Six seconds of exercise, drink...”
– Roseanne Barr
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“Early on, you worry about being friends and not hurting feelings. But, kindness...”
– Andrew Keller on leadership
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Mister Pete Townshend with a nice reworking of...
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“There are things in this world that matter. Those things are not contests.”
– Alison Weiss
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I love the percussion on this one. A short drum...
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“If it sounds like writing, I rewrite it.”
– Elmore Leonard
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Saw these guys play an extended, raucous version...
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“Put me anywhere on God’s green earth/ I’ll triple my worth”
– Jay-Z, off The Blueprint
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For me, Graham Nash is ‘the other...
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“I don’t want the concert to ever end.”
– Nathaniel Ayers, in the final sentence from The Soloist — written by LA Times columnist Steve Lopez
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From Around The Well, a new double album by Iron...
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Pete Yorn & Scarlett Johansson have made a...
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“When you make something no one hates, no one loves it.”
– Tibor Kalman
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The one & only Spoon. This one’s called...
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“There is very little that cannot be solved by buying the next round.”
– recent Heineken print ad
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“I have decided to give the greatest performance of my life! Oh, wait, sorry,...”
– Steve Martin, opening line from a 1976 stand-up performance
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A comic's life.
Steve Martin writes — in Born Standing Up — of his childhood & teenage years, then his nearly two decade-long struggle to become a successful performer. In this story, he reminds us of the importance of being fearless. And persistent. Mixed reviews continued. At the end of my closing-night show at the Troubadour, I stood onstage and took out five bananas. I peeled them, put one on my head, one...
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After looking forward to Rachel Getting Married,...
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The mighty Mos Def seems more likely to reach the...
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“You can’t arrest me, I’m a rock star.”
– Sid Vicious