from Vatican abolishes the concept of limbo (Seattle Times)
A church decision to abolish limbo has long been expected.
Benedict and his predecessor, the late Pope John Paul II, expressed misgivings about the concept. Benedict, when he was still Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger and the church’s top enforcer of dogma, said he viewed limbo as a mere “theological [...]
Year Zero seems to be my least favorite NIN record. ho hum. I’d say that I’m getting old, but I’m still younger than Trent, so that can’t be it. There is neither power, grace or density in this record. The production is spare and weak. I’m bummed.
Lefsetz Letter
This guy writes a music industry analysis newsletter. Unfortunately, he writes like I would have when I was in high school. The dude looks to be about 50, so why is he writing about jocks and cheerleaders?
He is some of his penetrating analysis:
Should Jay-Z make another album? Not unless he’s into it for [...]
Two new articles came out recently that show that the administration is uncowed in their attempts to control the truth and eliminate the perception of dissent.
First of all is this article from the Seattle Times describing how the defense in a 1st ammendment case stemming from the 2005 ejection of a George Bush “town hall” [...]
Actually, I think this pretty much applies to all musicians in these times.
NYTIMES
Spinning Into Oblivion
By TONY SACHS and SAL NUNZIATO
Published: April 5, 2007
The major labels wanted to kill the single. Instead they killed the album. The Recording Industry Association of America wanted to kill Napster. Instead it killed the compact disc.
The article is from a couple of guys who owned a shop in Manhattan. They don’t bring [...]
Periodically, those of us in Seattle get reminded of the fact that a big chunk of the state feels more in common with our ultra-red-state neighbors to the east than they do with us ultra-red-commies in Seattle.
Gay rights bill for couples passed
The bill passed easily on a 63-35 House vote despite condemnations from conservatives who [...]
You are 82% Chicagoan!
Nice work. You know just about everything there is to know about Chicago. Stay out of the suburbs, friend!
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You are 95% Pittsburgh.
Great job! There’s nooooo doubt about it. You’re from Da Burgh. You deserve a reward, so go have an Ahrn City or two. [...]
SB.com: –Engage!
After all this, I realized that MS made a really powerful tool for really expert users. It seems that after all is said and done that it is a tool not for interaction designers, but for interactive designers and thus its real promise is lost because interactive designers don’t design or engineer applications but [...]
