Monthly Archives: December 2008

NFL Musical History: Musical Misadventures in the NFL began in 1984

During a recent trip I took to San Francisco I picked up an incredible piece of musical history. It’s a single (vinyl) from 1984 of the SF 49ers singing “We’re the 49ers.” [listen] This record signaled the beginning of an alarming trend in which football teams produced their own music.  It started with this, in 1984, [...]
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Myspace brings out the best in people

There’s been 360 priceless comments on an article I wrote about myspace, and the maelstrom of inarticulate myspacers throwing down words will likely continue. Here’s a recent gem: ok , 1st of all yes im emo , 2ndly FTW i mean that in a specific way , 3rd i am a manic depresant , im not [...]
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Warehouses, Long Johns, and other ways to survive the recession [photos]

In an afternoon, I met a certain executive at a recession -proof blogging company, had the greatest taco of my life, then attended a dinner party with my sister where I met Matt Rubin [rubinrecommends.com], a wine connoisseur, and long john fanatics. The next moment I found myself in a indoor commercial space wearing hannah [...]
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Shoe throwing…

This is all the backstory you need. Let me direct your attention to a friend of mine in Damascus who chimes in on the recent shoe throwing incident: There is a lot to say about these shoes, and the gusto of Muntazir Az-Zaydi. It’s a subject that will get play in the press for weeks now – [...]
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Cold December [photos]

Well because all these photos are on Flickr, and one can find their titles by simply mashing on them, I won’t bother putting titles. It would kind of break of layout too. These are a set of photos taken by me (During December) in Vemont, New York, Poughkeepsie, and elsewhere.
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Today is black Friday but it’s ok.

GM and Chrysler are brands of yesterday. The Nikkei dropped like woah, and now the real crash has begun. May I recommend we all take a deep breath, and hope Detroit does not burn to the ground, that the petrodollar does not vaporize before the holidays, and that the lord of unbacked currencies watches over [...]
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Photograph Of Jesus by Laurie Hill [video]

At 6 minutes long, watching this entire film felt like an enormous task simply because I was on youtube. I’m so used to skipping between clips and such, but this short film about peculiar requests made by visitors to the Getty Images collection got me hooked. It’s a whimsical neo-animation adventure that plays in the [...]
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Kopbusters – Busting the Twisted War on Drugs

This article and video is via nevergetbusted.com KopBusters rented a house in Odessa, Texas and began growing two small Christmas trees under a grow light similar to those used for growing marijuana. When faced with a suspected marijuana grow, the police usually use illegal FLIR cameras and/or lie on the search warrant affidavit claiming they have [...]
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What’s on the back of your ticket?

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Too many Images [video]

A quick video I made using Google reader and the friendly http://ffffound.com/ feed. Too many images from moneydick on Vimeo.
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