While Pono makes news with their righteous promise to give you free content upgrades for life, Spotify is making news with an update to their privacy policy that informs the users of their service – particularly the free subscription tier … Read the rest
Author: ezzy
The Pono Promise Is Real
This crazy old rock star started another company. He named it the Hawaiian word for righteousness. He has long hair, wears jeans and a leather coat, it’s a for-profit small business, and he is hated by conservatives.
The … Read the rest
How Not To Be A Corporate Pitchman
Ouch, Jared, we loved you so much! If we could eat our meatball subs and stay get skinny anything was possible!
You dirty bastard. Prosecutors claim you found out the president of your foundation (to fight childhood obesity) was banging … Read the rest
Trump Tweets
Sing it, sing it!
… Read the restSurviving At The Top With Donald Trump
Ouch. The Washington Post does a bit of simple journalism to nail the donald on his obvious bullshittery.
He is making it up as he goes like a reality TV star does. He’s playing this game well, bullying … Read the rest
Kings & Queens & Guillotines
More old guys still rocking – here’s Aerosmith doing one of their great songs from almost 40 years ago, with Steven Tyler still hitting those notes, damn!
PonoPlayer Doing Well At Amazon
During my recent shopping experience I’ve found Amazon reviews to be pretty accurate once enough people use that product and report back.
The Pono Player has been for sale up there for a while and people of all types have … Read the rest
Redstate Ridiculousness
The republican blog RedState made news the other day when they rescinded their invitation to Donald Trump to speak at their event meeting the Republican hopefuls.
RedState did this based on his exchange with Meghan Kelly about women, and more … Read the rest
Trump Trump Trump Trumps Your Trump
This is priceless. I hope Donald Trump stays in the Republican race as long as possible!
This is a pretty despicable man, famous for his wealth, his bombast, his ridiculous hair, and his inability to stop self-promoting.
He is the … Read the rest
Full Power Launch on E Street
Two of the most powerful forces working in music right now are Bruce Springsteen and Ahmir Thompson aka Questlove.
Bruce and his E-Street band have been moving mountains since the 70’s.
Quest started in the 90’s but made up time … Read the rest
Funk en tele chy
Enjoy some old school funk from one the finest in the business – The original Brides of Funkenstein Dawn Silva and Jeanette McGruder throw down a few years back.
… Read the restTheories Into Reality
About 500 years ago some people started to sort some things about our universe out. Many were ridiculed if not persecuted so they hid this knowledge from the authorities.
This is what they knew to be true:
That is actual … Read the rest
Words and Notes
Combine both of those forces to bring about new energy and new life.
… Read the restFacebook Siding With Turkish Government To Limit Opposition?
Reports out of Turkey are claiming that Facebook has sided with the Turkish government and are enacting pro-government policies including blocking discussion groups about Kurdish independence and banning users that insult the current Turkish president or his policies towards theKurds. … Read the rest
The Many Voices of Ice T
Damn.… Read the rest
24bit or Bust: Bill Withers & Led Zeppelin
They trickle out slowly but at least they are finally coming: 24bit versions of classic albums by classic artists, ready for purchase for under $20. This is the full-quality studio master for your library so don’t pass up these opportunities.… Read the rest
Appreciating HD Audio
Good article by Bob O’Donnell posted at Engadget. Engadget is usually anti-audio quality, pushing the standard line of lossy is fine, smartphones are fine, buy new headphones and shut up. But Bob pushes through with a nice summary of … Read the rest
Music Business vs. Youtube
The battle for pennies is heating up. The 3 major record labels are supposedly fed up with Youtube’s lame attempts to monetize their content, feeling that Google, who owns Youtube and the entire ad network and search engine that drives … Read the rest