Tunes Listening to Bombs Away by The Police Stewart Copeland's father worked for the CIA. As a child, Stewart lived in some of the world's hotspots, including Beirut. This song is inspired by these memories.
Marketing TV advertising used to work like this ... One of the more provocative and humorous views of social media, from the creator of Black Mirror.
Creativity UnGrounded Innovative marketing from British Airways that might actually change a little part of the world.
Tunes Listening to Astronomy Domine by Pink Floyd Astronomy Domine is one trippy song. This version from the live Pulse recording in 1995, nearly 30 years after appearing on Pink Floyd's debut The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, is wonderful.
Music Business "Do it for the exposure" an infinite loop "Do it for the exposure" is an infinite loop toward exploitation and poverty. The internet promised economic democratization. It hasn't delivered.
Tunes Listening to Nocturne No.2 Eb major by Chopin I can only dream of having the talent to perform works by Chopin. I enjoy Nocturne No.2 in Eb major for its reflective mood, and its almost wandering rhythmic cadence. Like all great music, it takes the listener on their own journey.
Creativity The time I hacked my elementary school cafeteria There's a trending question on Quora about the biggest heist someone had ever pulled. Here's how I hacked my Australian elementary school cafeteria.
Business Breaking into Silicon Valley The best way to break into Silicon Valley? Jason M. Lemkin says, "product flattery." Read on to see what he means.
Tunes Listening to Smile by Brian Wilson Smile. One of my favorite records. A sad tale that it took so long, but equally amazing that it got made at all. So glad it was.
Music Business Finding what's been lost in the transition to digital It's not about whether Spotify and Pandora are paying a fair rate. It’s that they’re not paying enough to make up for what has been lost in the transition to digital.
Music Business To stream tunes, or to buy Some in the music industry seem surprised that Spotify subscribers don't buy music. Odd, since they're substitute products.
Tunes Listening to Big Machine by Mark Duplass Wonderful song from the closing of the movie Safety Not Guaranteed. Which, fwiw, is a seriously fun flicker well worth any indie fan's time.
Business The helpfulness of criticism I took a meeting with a VC the other day about my startup, "eBay for digital objects meets the social graph." There were a lot of negatives. Here's how I received the news.
Tunes Listening to We No Who U R by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Many consider [Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds](http://www.nickcave.com/) one of the greatest bands the past several decades. More than 1 million monthly listeners on Spotify says it's a widely held view.
No discounting secondhand digital markets Very recently Apple and Amazon respectively filed and were granted patents on processes that create secondhand markets for digital content within their ecosystems.
Tunes Listening to the birds by Elbow I discovered Elbow via a friend and I'm thankful for the intro. Their live show is stunning. the birds opens their excellent 2011 release build a rocket boys!
Technology Funniest app review I've read in a while A laugh-out-loud moment from the Mac App Store, a customer review of the OSX app Memory Clean. Major points for getting Cheez Curls into a review.
Tunes Listening to Tel Aviv by Michael Tsukerman When I published Entertainment & Media 5 years ago, a well-liked feature was 'song of the day.' Thanks to Spotify it's time to bring it back.
Business Yahoo!'s VPN logs don't lie? Business Insider says that Marissa Mayer's work from home ban was supported by VPN data indicating that some external employees weren't logging in to Yahoo!s network. No login, no work?
Music Business How to let people pay for music Don't make people pay for music, says Amanda Palmer: Let them. In a passionate talk that begins in her days as a street performer, she examines the new relationship between artist and fan.
Music Business How to buy music (if you're a fan of a band) Ironic message from Suffocation guitarist Guy Marchais, who went to the mall and bought his own CD. And filmed it. Just to make a point about buying CDs from the mall.
Music Business Pandora caps free listening hours Pandora has capped free listening to 40 hours per month, apparently slightly more than the average listener uses.
Music Business Dear Thom, Big Tech isn't the problem Tech needs to keep commodifying things to keep the share price up, but in doing so they have made all content, including music and newspapers, worthless, in order to make their billions. And this is what we want?
Business How to manage a Kickstarter campaign A great Kickstarter campaign relies on great communication. Here's how two projects that went sideways got it right.
