February 2010
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Why I couldn’t care less about the circle jerk that is the GRAMMYs While these “artists” are making millions, patting themselves on the back and lip-synching through their performances, actual talented musicians are out there likely working real jobs and playing music on the side because they have to scratch and claw just to make their rent and feed themselves. Yet the Song of...
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January 2010
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Jan 31st
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I love the internet. Three hours ago I had never heard of Holly Miranda. After listening to a post by Hipstertracks I Googled her, found her EP, bought it online, Googled again and am now sharing this video (and this!) with you. Take that, major record companies.
Jan 31st
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Jan 31st
now that i think about it, wearing a balaclava is...
Or, if you ride in Chicago, a necessity four months out of the year. (via theblueprint)
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Jan 29th
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Attention cycling peeps!
If you or anyone you know around Chicagoland is into cycling and/or triathlon, let them know they should become a fan of Endure It! on Facebook and follow their Twitter. They’ve got a pretty tight-knit community of athletes and are putting together a team, so I thought I’d help them take advantage of social media stuff to get the word out. It’s probably of no interest to the...
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Whole Foods to give greater employee discounts to... →
Whole Foods is sending a clear message to employees: you weigh less, you pay less. The grocery store chain known for organic, local and sometimes exotic food options announced it will offer steeper discounts to employees with lower BMI’s (Body Mass Index). The initiative, called the Team Member Healthy Discount Incentive Program, would offer an additional 10% off to employees who meet certain...
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An example of why motorists hate cyclists →
I realize I already posted a video today. I don’t even want this on my page but it pissed me off enough that I felt it needed to be shared. So click through to see it. You only really need to watch from the 3:00 point on. It shows an illegal bike race through the streets of downtown Los Angeles and it seems like the cameraman makes a point of filming the traffic signals at intersections as...
Jan 26th
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Levi Leipheimer Descending Pine Flat Road, with helmet cam wearer Roger Bartels flatting out on a 20-percent decent along a cliff. (via Roger Bartels)
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Compare and Contrast
NBC executive Dick Ebersol on Conan: “Chicken hearted and gutless.” “What this is really all about is an astounding failure by Conan.” “He was just stubborn about not being willing to broaden the appeal of his show.” Conan on NBC: “Before we end this rodeo, a few things need to be said. There has been a lot of speculation in the press about what I legally...
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What a classy, brilliant finale
And now I will never tune into NBC at 10:35 again. Not even to watch Jay Leno hanged live.
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Cyclist Killed On Rickenbacker Causeway  →
After reading about and seeing photos of what happened to Christophe Le Canne over the weekend in Miami, I am completely sold on and ordering the “Don’t Run Me Over” jersey. Although I suppose it doesn’t really matter if you’re riding in the designated bike lane and happen to be in front of a drunk driver…
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John Kass tells it like it is →
The man accused of biting the nipple off a Chicago police officer during a struggle for the cop’s gun — and spitting it out on the sidewalk in front of Gibsons Steakhouse on Rush Street — was in bond court Tuesday. I stopped by to hear the details. But before nipple biter suspect Fernando Cooper was brought before Judge Ramon Ocasio III, there were dozens of other cases — assaults, drugs,...
Jan 20th
New York Times site to charge in 2011 →
Readership plummets in 2011.
Jan 20th
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Survived my first crash of the year!
Slipped on some ice. Couldn’t get my foot out of the clip fast enough. Fell down and went boom.
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“It’s a totally legit news story for CNN or anyone else (we’ll get to NBC in a...”
– Marc Cooper, CNN In Haiti : Disaster Porn? (via soupsoup) A much more eloquent take on the point I was trying to make last night.
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Birds of a Feather Wear Bad Costumes Together →
choire: This crazy piece on figure skating outfits in the Times veers unreliably from being actually very funny to being this amazing mix of homophobia and xenophobia? (Who knew those homos in RUSSIA were destroying everything manly (??) about FIGURE SKATING.) I think what’s funniest about this piece is that the Times is leading off by ripping into Evan Lysacek for his costumes when they...
Jan 17th