February 2012
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Feb 20th
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Feb 17th
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hotspotmusic: I Travelled A Long Way is the latest HotSpotMixtape.  I’ve been cooking it up for the past few weeks and it’s really more of a journey than a mix. Not all that you hear is new, but it is all part of the ride.  Let me know what you think!  Sure thing Thom.  I think it’s one of the best HotSpotMixtapes.
Feb 12th
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January 2012
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Jan 28th
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Creative Vinyl Sleevefaces (49 Photos) | Pondly →
This deserves a reblog.  Courtesy of @slavkation
Jan 25th
“Two possibilities exist: Either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both...”
– Arthur C. Clarke (via kapi)
Jan 24th
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Jan 24th
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IN WHICH I FIX MY GIRLFRIEND’S GRANDPARENTS’ WIFI... →
Another one in my ongoing series of Reasons Why McSweeneys Rules.
Jan 23rd
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HotSpotMusic must live on.
hotspotmusic: Dear readers…. you may have noticed something of a winter hibernation here on HotSpotMusic.  2012 has brought about many changes and how we run HotSpotMusic will be one of them.  It has always been my intention to write about music in the way that I consume it - full albums - and to find music to share with others in a simple, unpretentious way.  And so it must continue.    Since...
Jan 22nd
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Jan 22nd
“Like I said, I’m thrilled that we came together as a company to execute this...”
– McSweeney’s Internet Tendency: Effective Immediately, the Entire Northwest Sales Team Will Be Sacrificed to Quetzalcoatl. (I should read more McSweeneys)
Jan 19th
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Jan 1st
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December 2011
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-12-25) →
Alabama Shakes (24) Radiohead (13) Flight of the Conchords (13) Sean Na Na (11) St. Vincent (11) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Dec 26th
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-12-18) →
Ryan Adams & The Cardinals (18) Rilo Kiley (17) The Specials (15) John Maus (13) M. Ward (13) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Dec 20th
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“One reason, then, that I would not relive my life,” he continued,...”
– Christopher Hitchens dies aged 62 | Books | guardian.co.uk RIP Hitch - one of the most inspiring writers, orators and thinkers of our time.
Dec 16th
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Dec 6th
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“Black Mirror takes its name both from the Arcade Fire song and from the idea of...”
– Black Mirror Interview: Charlie Brooker Talks Twitter
Dec 5th
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Dec 4th
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St Vincent covering The Pop Group
Dec 2nd
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I gave a brief talk today to a small group of MBA students at the European School of Management & Technology in Berlin.  The topic was ‘Startup Marketing’ and lessons learned from my experience at SoundCloud.   Despite the bold title of ‘Marketing is dead, long live marketing’, my thoughts here are mostly an aggregation of other people’s perspectives synthesised...
Dec 2nd
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November 2011
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Nov 30th
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-11-27) →
Emmy The Great (24) Le Butcherettes (13) The Smashing Pumpkins (12) Casiotone for the Painfully Alone (10) Peggy Sue (10) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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“Those who do not move, do not notice their chains.”
– Rosa Luxemburg
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-11-20) →
Summer Camp (58) Blouse (26) Los Campesinos! (20) Clap Your Hands Say Yeah (18) Flying Lotus (16) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Nov 23rd
Why isn't there a lobster emoticon? - Gmail Help →
The single greatest technical support question of our time.
Nov 20th
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This new Andrew Bird track, written for 11/11/11, is pretty awesome.
Nov 14th
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“All art aspires to the condition of Top 40 bubblegum-pop. Sample formula: A song...”
– STEPHIN MERRITT, THE FORMULIST MANIFESTO (via sudafeddiaries)
Nov 12th
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“When asked at a recent conference about the biggest threat to his company, Mr....”
– from an excellent article on Larry Page’s new Google
Nov 11th
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Nov 10th
“Design like you’re right; listen like you’re wrong”
– Design like you’re right… « John’s Blog John Lilly sent me a link to his mighty fine post last night after reading my thoughts on a/b testing. (via bijan) Agreeing with gbattle’s comments on this one but I like this quote a lot.
Nov 10th
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-11-6) →
Gospel Music (29) The Magnetic Fields (24) Active Child (24) The Beach Boys (24) Neutral Milk Hotel (22) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Nov 8th
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Beautifully shot video about population changes from NPR.
Nov 6th
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To celebrate the launch of our new HTML5 widget, I’d like to share my favourite piece of white noise.  Just listen to the density.  WOW.
Nov 3rd
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